Liberated Sleeve

Thanks Suzanne for your looooonnnnngggg post! I have done alot of research and watched this site and read these stories for some time before I actually joined in. I picked up some new items from your post and am grateful for that. I am encouraged by you and your age. Since I am 50, have diabetes, high blood pressure and sleep apnea I am preparing myself that it may take me a little longer to heal then it would have 10 years ago, but that if I am patient and follow my doctor's orders to the T it will be a success. I am very confident in my surgeon and even more so after reading your post because nearly every point you made he or his staff have covered with me. My process moved alot quicker then even I expected it to. I went to my seminar on January 16 and started my Pre-Op diet on February 24 and my surgery date is March 5. I have excellent insurance who did not require me to jump through hoops but they do require I pay a portion of the hosptial's fees for the surgery. So even today I was struggling with should I put my portion of the surgery cost on a credit card or postpone my surgery until I had the cash to cover it. So one of the best things you said (for me anyways) was....."You know we never think twice about making car payments. If you have to borrow the money for this surgery just look at this as “body payment.” That is so true, this is an investment in the rest of my life and therefore putting my portion on my credit card is so worth it!! Only the Lord knows how many dinners I have paid for with a credit card doing the social thing! God bless you and I hope that we become friends during our journeys!

My Pre-Op diet is very similar to yours CarlosG, but don't start the vitamin/antibotic/etc regimen until after surgery. Currently taking the mulitvitamins and Calcium Citrate though. I agree I have been hungry, but knowing I get a meal at night has made it bearable. My doctor told me if throughout the day it becomes ugly and I become ugly (irritable - :wub: ) I can have a cup of bullion to help. The heated drink does help. So I have used decaffinated hot tea as well. Good luck!!

Hi, I too am just beginning this journey and feel most everything beautifulnewme that you listed above. Excitement but also some anxiousness about the changes. I know the end result will be exactly what I am looking for, but right now all I want is to wake up from surgery and my doctor tell me...."awesome liver" and everything went perfectly!! My surgery is scheduled for March 5 and currently on day 5 of a 14 day Pre-Op diet. I will keep you in my prayers and hope to share this journey with you as well as many others on this board. God bless!

Also my pillow has become my bestfriend. I hold it against my tummy at all times. Something about the firmness makes a big difference... Hey Sabrina - what does the pillow do?

New Whey Liquid protien - small tubes 42g protien

They also sell them at Walmart for $2.48 a tube

Hang in there and remember all the reasons you chose the surgery. I am sure if it took you 6 months to get the final approval you have taken plenty of time to decipher if this is the right decision for you. Be proud you are sticking to your Pre-Op, that shows you understand the changes that you will have to make. (Because in reality you don't have to do them right now, but you are doing them!) My surgery is on 3/5/12 and I am on Pre-Op diet too. - God bless you!

Congrats!! You look awesome!!

Congratulations!

Thanks Want2bthin! Just trying to figure stuff out on here and find out how to do things like make my timeline thingy and reading the different threads. I started my pre-op diet on the 20th so day 4 now. Going pretty good - thank God my doctor told me I could have some bullion if I needed to - that has made a big difference. Keeping that to only 2 a day, placed inbetween shakes, in order to make sure I don't OD on sodium!

Newbie to the board as of today! My surgery date is March 5th! Can't wait and hopefully can find some friends going through the same thing on this site.