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Good luck tomorrow Scooby!

Good luck to you. I only have 4 days left on my 14 day liquid diet. I would like to tell you that it get easier but every day has been a struggle for me. I have lost 15 lbs so it does work if you stick to it. Drinking lots of fluids and chicken broth does help and the SF popsicles are a nice treat. You are making a good change in your life and the struggles will all be worth it soon.

My approval took about 14 days and my insurance company even requested more information. I think 14 days is an average wait. Call your insurance company and ask them how many days it takes. See if you can find out the name of the person who will make the decision and call him/her to follow up after your docs office sends everything in. Do you have to go on a pre-op diet? How far out will you need to start that is you have one? Most offices will not schedule your surgery until they have the actual approval from your insurance company.

Good luck to you, keep us posted on how things go for you. I am scheduled for Friday, I am starting to get real excited and nervous too.

Good luck kah!

Thank you all for your comments.

Everyone I have talked to seems to be eating mushie food or solid food a little more than a month after surgery. I think you should be fine by then, just remember to take small bites and chew your food alot! Good Luck to you.

How long after your surgery is your road trip? Will you still be on liquids?

Has anyone traveled shortly after surgery? My daughter has her college orientation 3 days ofter my surgery and I would like to go with her. It is a 5 hour card ride to get to her school. I didn't know if anyone else had traveled after surgery and if so how it went for them. I will ask my doctor if I can, but I wanted to see if any of you had any suggestions if I should go with her or not. - Thanks!

Well I hope you are doing better. I am sorry you had a bad experience but thanks for letting me know it was not where I am going.

I have just started using True Lemon it tastes really good and has no weird after taste.

Great job! Keep up the great work and I know you will reach your goal.

Thank you for you post. I feel the same about the discrimination. Great job on your weight loss success!

Awesome job. Keep up the good work, I know you will reach all your goals!

Great job!

Are you doing all of the things recommended like not drinking while eating, taking very small bites and chewing till everything is just mush in your mouth? You did loose some, so what did you do when you were loosing? Do that again and try not to slip back into your old habits. Good luck to you.

My doctor was very clear about the risk of the surgery and that the liver is in the way. If your doctor didn't tell you about the risks you need to ask them some more questions. Like many others have said, the whole reason for the preop diet is to shrink the liver.

Good luck and keep us posted on how you are doing.

Mis73, thanks for the information on using a fork to eat everything. I think that will be helpful to me.

I started my liquid pre op diet on May 18th. My daughter graduated from high school that day and we had a big party for her at the beach. I just mingled at the party and asked everyone how things were and tried to stay busy. All last weekend we had to go to parties for her friends and I just told everyone I was dieting and turned down food. I plan on doing the same thing to get through this weekend. Most people are not even going to notice that you are not eating. Just keep a drink in you hand, mingle with people and stay busy.

I am glad you said something about taking deep breaths, that is the first time I heard that.