Nancy Rivers

Congratulations!

You're looking good! Keep up the great work!

6 months is a long time - but it will fly by. Your date will be here before you know it. Welcome to the forums and congratulations on taking the first steps.

Today Kath-A-Leena and Simply_KiZmet start their new lives with the sleeve. Congratulations you two! Good luck today! Please let us know how you are doing when you can.

Good luck today Kath!

Actually, I'm starting day 3 of my pre-op diet and the only problem I am having is eating everything that I am supposed to. I get 4 shakes per day plus 6 other food items. I've been able to do the 4 and 4, but it's tough getting the other 2 food items in a day because I'm so full!

Good luck today simply!

Protein bullets are liquid. Typically they are made from incomplete proteins and are therefore not the best source of proteins.

Wow - that's great! Keep up the good work and it will keep coming off!

Congratulations! That is awesome!

Congratulations - What an amazing journey you have had. Very inspirational. Thank you for posting.

Congratulations!

First - happy birthday! Second - you did great! I wouldn't do it every day - but the occasional isn't bad. And it's not like you went totally overboard on it.

The only way to know for sure is to contact your insurance company and find out what their requirements are. Every policy is different - even with the same insurance company.

Wow, that's great! You will do terrific with the sleeve!

Congratulations on getting through the surgery! Sounds like you are doing well despite having some gas pains. I hope those go away quickly for you. Thank you for letting us know. I've been told it gets better each day.

My surgeon said they are very rare after 4 weeks. Not that they couldn't happen - just really unlikely at that point. The most frequent time according to him is within the first 48 hours.

Congratulations on getting your date! Another firecracker!!!

If you go to restaurants ask to get a cup of soup broth.

Here's what I am doing per my surgeon's office: 4 Protein shakes per day (

My surgeon's office said we could use low - fat mayo or low - fat Miracle Whip to mix with it to moisten it up. Perhaps if you can tolerate carrots or something similar (non-starchy veggies), mix some in to make a "chicken salad".

My surgeon gave me a grocery shopping list for things to have on hand after surgery. Keep in mind each surgeon's diet plan is a bit different, but here are some things from my list: skim milk plain Greek yogurt (or CarbMaster) egg substitute fat-free cottage cheese Water packed tuna lean beef, chicken, turkey, fish (for blending/puree) carrots or green Beans (again for blending) low sodium tomato sauce low sodium vegetable Soup low sodium V8 unsweetened canned fruit unsweetened applesauce cream of wheat oatmeal (old fashioned) cream of rice mashed potatoes (made with chicken broth, no butter or sour cream) winter squash or sweet potatoes low fat mayo or low fat miracle whip crystal light sugar free kool aid sugar free hot chocolate sugar free popsicles sugar free syrup flavorings sugar substitute flavoring extracts true lemon packets Protein supplement

Congratulations on the approval and getting a date!

Welcome to the forums and congratulations on making the decision! What you are feeling is completely normal. We all go through the gambit of emotions. You're doing it for the right reasons - to get yourself healthy for you and so you can be a good example for your son. There's absolutely nothing wrong with those reasons. Since you are on the 2 week pre-op diet - it sounds like you might be going through carb detox. Some people experience headaches and such the first few days of their 2 week pre-op diet because it is very typically high Protein, low fat, low carb diet and in direct opposition to how we have been eating for years. The headache will eventually go away. Do not take Excedrin - it's an NSAID which is a no-no the 2 weeks prior to surgery since it can thin your blood. Excedrin Migraine is the only medication that seems to touch my migraines, so I'm really hoping that I don't get one in the next 2 weeks. The pre-op diet may be "torture" but it's for a good reason and it is a relatively short time in the great scheme of things. Stick to your diet as much as possible - it will help slim down your liver so it is easier for the surgeon to work around (much less chance of the surgeon accidentally cutting it). It will also give you some practice for eating after the sleeve. I'll be having my sleeve done the day after you. We can do this together!

I don't know if I will get detox symptoms with 80 g carbs. This is the 2nd day - and so far so good. It surprises me they aren't concerned that I'm getting that many carbs. But the vast majority of them are coming from the skim milk that they want me to use to mix the Protein drinks. Perhaps that's why they aren't concerned....