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Mine's tomorrow, so I'm right there with you! Good luck! I'm sure we will both do fine!

Thanks for all the well wishes and encouragement. I just spent the last couple of hours at Walmart getting prepared for everything. Going to Walmart the Saturday before Christmas was pretty much my personal hell. I'm glad to be home with no reason to get out again until Monday morning. Well, I might get out to go see New Moon one more time.....:blushing: A couple of more questions.... The dietitian gave me guidelines for Protein and Water intake (post op), but did not tell me what range to stay in for calories. Reading around the board, it seems that 600-800 is the range. Does that seem pretty fair? Should I even be worrying about calorie count the first week or two, or just worry about being able to get anything down, etc? What is everyone's exercise regimen? Do you mix cardio and weights? I'd be interested to hear how much people work out in the beginning, and how it differs months down the road. I think that's all my concerns for now. I'm definitely feeling more nervous every hour it gets closer. I've never had surgery before, or been put under. So this is all new to me. Hope everyone is having a relaxing weekend!

YAY! I'm so happy to find someone who is getting sleeved the same time I am. Please stay in touch. I would love to track our progress together.

Hi There! I'm Olivia and I'm getting sleeved on Monday. I started looking into the lap band about a month ago and got turned onto the sleeve at the seminar. Because there was an exclusion on my insurance policy, I was able to get this ball rolling quickly, and, geez, Monday is right around the corner! I'm in my early 30's, single, and would like to lose around 130-140 pounds. I'm not that nervous yet, but I'm sure it will hit me Sunday night. My surgeon is Dr. Dirk Rodriguez in Dallas, TX and I just finished my last pre-op appt and nutrition class today. I've been lurking for awhile, so already took advice of Tiffany and ordered the multi-pack of Protein powder from bodybuilders.com. Anyway, just thought I would finally say hi. I'm sure I will need this forum for support post op. I'm really excited about this new life and everything that will come with it...including the exercise! One question though, my surgeon's post op diet includes full liquids the first week. Anyone have thoughts on that?? I'd rather play it safe, than get sick, etc. Thanks for listening! Olivia