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I am on day one of my pre op diet, and so fat have a shake and some broth down. Don't feel too hungry, but I know I will this afternoon! However I am determined not to cheat, at the end when my Dr asks how the diet went I am determined to sag I didn't cheat once! I bought a new blender and some new Protein Shakes and I feel all set! I also just ordered some samples of nectar and the chicken Soup so....yay!

First day of pre-op diet (Protein shakes & 1 sensible meal)' date=' and I've had horrible diarrhea. Anyone else?[/quote']

I start tomorrow, ill let you know!

I start the diet in the am....since I will be out of town for my surgery the dr wants me to stay 2 nights in the hospital and 1 in a hotel....I'm am just so worried will go wrong and I wilmnot be here for my kids....I aso worry about having a comPlication....I am a vice principal and I can not miss alot of school...my bus does not really get me having the surgery....so I am ony out during the Xmas break

I hear you, I am being sleeved between semesters, I got back on the 14th and I sure do hope i am feeling up to it!

Yeah, for sure infected. Get seen ASAP, infection can travel quickly.

I'm scheduled for the 20th too! I've started the pre-op diet today even though the doctor said it was ok to only do a 10 day pre-op diet. I'll stay 2 nights in the hospital and home on the 3rd.

Oh well Congrats and welcome to the board! It's so close!

I went through the exact same thing and I was sleeved on 11/15. I was scared to death' date=' went through all the emotions, fears and what if's....For me though, it came down to a few questions and answers:

[*']How many times had I tired to lose weight before? Every year, every diet out there since I was 13

[*]How many times had I succeded at losing? less than 5

[*]How many times did I keep the weight off? NONE

[*]How many times did I gain the weight back plus at least 20 lbs? EVERY SINGLE TIME, YEAR after YEAR

[*]Has my health improved or declined due to the weigh roller coaster? Declined

[*]How much medication was I on for Co-Morbidities? Too much

A quote someone once told me rang in my head...."If you always do what you have always done... you will always get the same results and what you've always gotten".... that was so true of my diet yo-yo....

I thought about how much better I felt when I was able to lose weight, even if it never stayed off. I thought about how I wanted to feel confident and not embarrassed ever time I saw someone or had to go somewhere. Then I thought about my family, my husband and my children. As scared as I was about surgery, I was more scared of not being there for them some day because of my weight.. I wanted to see my kids grow up, graduate, reach their goals and dreams, see my grandchildren.... I realized I was worth it and that even though this was the biggest risk of my life, I had to do it. I tried everything else out there, I could either continue down the destructive path I was on or take a leap of faith and hope that this surgery would help me.

This isn't to say I wasn't scared to death! I had to decide what I wanted more.. my health, a normal weight or the food and the comfort of staying the same....The day of the surgery before they brought me in , I started to cry becauseI was scared. My husband, my doctor, the nurses, they were all wonderfully reassuring and calming. As they wheeled me into the OR, we were singing Christmas Carols down the hallway together.. an hour and a half later the surgery was over, I was fine and 2.5 weeks out, I'm down 14 lbs.

Only YOU can ask yourself why you have considered this option and what has lead you to this poit and only YOU can make the decision for YOU. Don't listen to anyone else, (except maybe your spouse), this is NOT their journey or their life or their struggle. Whatever decision you make, it will be the right one for you. If you don't get the surgery you will find what is right for you.. Good luck!!

This is a fantastic pep talk, thank you so much for taking the time to write it!

It is totally affecting me, I had a nightmare last night that I was drinking too fast after being sleeved and it hurt! I woke up panicking!

I am all over the place today! Insurance has approved, date scheduled, but I am terrified. I've been on these boards reading and researching forever it seems like, and I've read the amazing success stories along with the frightening complications that have been here recently. One second I am resolved to going through with it and know I need it. I'm good at reminding myself what this surgery has the potential to help me do. Then next second, I am terrified of complications, losing out on food, feeling restricted, wondering if I really need this, or if I would be ok like I am?

Of course I know I need this, bit how do I convince that other side of myself to calm down and go through with it? It doesn't help that my mom thinks I am crazy & this is sooo drastic. My husband supports me but he is a skinny minny so can't really understand.

Thanks for reading, guys. I think it helps to just get it all out. I am going to talk the a therapist on the 12, 8 days before surgery, and will continue to see her for a while afterwards to help work out issues that come up. There is probably no one in the world who couldn't benefit from therapy & I'm certainly no exception...

What did you guys do to help with the bad anxiety that comes from this journey? I don't want to get scared into banking out now.

I'm scheduled for December 19th...starting pre-op tomorrow! How many days did your doctors say you would be in the hospital? Mine said one night.

Mine said 1 night as well, but I have always been really sick after anesthesia so I anticipate 2 but would love to be home recovering nicely after 1. My Dr sends you home after the leak test in the morning.

Im schd for Deceber 17th' date=' I had up to a year to do it after my approval but I figure "Get r done" I would like to lose some weight before camping time lol.[/quote']

I hear you, I needed to get it done between semesters, but I am so looking forward to all the outdoor stuff again, I am in Utah, so there is so much to do here!

I'm A December 20 sleever!!!! In Dallas with Dr. Jayseelan! Woot! Woot!

Oh yay we can keep in contact and update how We are doing and what we can handle when! So glad I found someone crazy enough to do it right before Christmas!

You too cami, I am sure you'll do great!

So... I just got my date, Dec 20th! Sorta sucks right before Christmas, and my in laws will be here and they don't know about it, but I do not care at all! I'm getting sleeved! Start my preop diet Thursday...

Anyone else on the 20th?

This is a big issue for me as well. I have always drank while I eat. I am only 11 days post-op and I have drank while eating my liquids with no problems. While sitting here on the PC reading the forums' date=' I had about 10 to 15 cheese puff balls and drank 16 oz of Water. I kind of surprised myself when I realized how many cheese puffs I had ate and how much water I had drank. I didn't know I was able to have that much?? Why was I able to have that much? Why don't I feel stuffed?[/quote']

Why on earth would you go through a surgery like this, the pain and potential complications just to eat cheese balls 11 days out? Doesn't sound like you ate fully in the game, hopefully you can readjust your mental status and not keep eating that way. If you don't conquor your food deamons you are on your way to failure.

I haven't been sleeved yet, I will be within the next month, and I swear this is going to be me! I have stashes of clothes that I am sure I will not want to get rid of.

I feel you! I have had to be proactive and aggressive through every stage of this journey, my doctors office sort of sucks at follow up, but he is the best doctor here, so I put up with it. Half the time they don't return calls at all! Ugh. I just got my insurance approval last week, and I keep calling them to schedule but haven't heard anything yet. *so* irritated. Keep going though, you will get there!

Yesterday I packed up my shorts for the year, and put them into storage. I get a sleeve date on Monday, but its so nice to know that I won't fit on those shorts next year, and that I will be buying all new shorts instead. I'll give those to some of my larger friends. Let me tell you, it felt great to know next season those shorts won't be a part of me.

My insurance called me with an approval today, I am so excited and so nervous! I will probably get my final date on Monday but it will hopefully be sometime before Christmas. It's crazy that you put in all this hard work and everything and don't ever really know if insurance will approve you. I'm so glad that parts over, now I am on to the next part of my journey!

My surgeon sent my info off to insurance for approval. I'm super nervous!

My final pcp appointment for wt less was about an hour ago. I took my clinic note to the surgeons office and it looks like it will be submitted within the week, so hopefully they do it quickly and then the insurance is quick too!

I researched plication thoroughly before deciding on the sleeve. They don't turn the stomach inside out, they fold it over on itself and sew it...think of a pumpkin role. You can watch Dr. Cottam do it on YouTube, who is my surgeon BTW. We talked about it but they are finding that it is not reversible like they thought.... The stomach grows together over the stitches and there is a lot of scar tissue. If you really want to know about it, I suggest you go to sleeveplicationtalk.com or the lap band forums and look for the plication section.

In the end, if it is not reversible, then sleeve is a much better option imo.

An a1c measures how sugary your blood has been over the last 3 months. If you sugar was under contol during that time, it will be under 6 if it was over 6 that's an indicator that your sugar has been high. Some doctors use this as an indicator of diabetes. Diabetes is a co morbidity and usually qualifies you for surgery so... I don't see why it would affect you having surgery. I would be shocked if it did.

Smoking deprives literally every cell in your body of oxygen and blood. It completely affects healing and it the biggest risk factor for blood clots. Blood clots are the biggest risk of dying after surgery, and abdominal surgery has the biggest risk of blood clots. The single cigarette before surgery won't do much harm in the scheme of things, but a cigarette afterwards could potentially have devastating effects. I wouldn't chance it.

Implanon was awful for me. I gained 50 pounds on it and then I couldn't lose it for the life of me. Then one day, I was laying new sod and the shovel slipped and hit it. It broke in half, and they had to cut my arm apart to get it out. In my opinion implanon is *not* a good choice.

I swear so many of us have these issues with birth control. If it isn't one issue its another. I've been so much happier not taking anything at all.