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Woo Hoo! Congratulations! It's posts like yours that keep me encouraged.

Congratulations! Lookin' good girl!

Try Isopure ready to drink. It's got 40g protein in 20 oz. comes in different flavors and you can get them at vitamin shoppe or GNC. Hope you're doing well! Keep us posted.

Yes, he did my surgery on October 18th. He was great!

I used Isopure Dutch chocolate, Syntrax iced tea, and Isopure unflavored with all sorts of crystal lite flavored waters. That got me through 2 weeks per-op shakes. The week of Clear liquids post-surgery I used Isopure ready to drink in different flavors. You get 40g Protein per 20 oz of Fluid. You can get all of this from Vitamin Shoppe or GNC. I found Vitamin Shoppe less expensive. Good luck! You'll make it through this. Hang in there!

Such sweet pictures! Congratulations and thanks for sharing!

Paul, I'm so sorry you're not feeling better. I'll share my post op eating/drinking plan. Maybe something in it might work for you. I did no dairy the first week. Sometimes post WLS patients become lactose intolerant. If you want to stick with dairy, try chewable lactose tablets. I did: Decaf peppermint tea, reduced sodium broth, or sugar free spiced apple cider w/about 6 oz of Fluid EVERY morning after taking a Prilosec OTC for reflux. This relaxed my sleeve and moved the gas so I wouldn't feel sick or bloated. Then for several hours, I sipped an Isopure RTD until it was finished That way I got in 20 oz of fluid with 40 g of Protein. You can get bottles of this from GNC or Vitamin Shoppe. The rest of the day i used crystal lite or any of the sugar free drink mixes, Water, broth or tea to hit my surgeon's fluid goal for the day. Hope that some of this might help and please don't hesitate to contact your doctor if nothing changes . Feel better soon...

Hey Oct sleevers. My surgery was on Oct 18th. That night was pretty rough because of the gas pain in my back - not because of any pain in my abdomen! ) Once we figured out what combo of walking, pain med and nausea control med worked, the night went much better! It is really weird not to be hungry! That first hospital tray didn't get a good workout. LOL. Popsicle, two sips of iced tea and four sips of broth and I was done! I just moved to full liquids after traveling home to Bermuda today from Myrtle beach, SC where I had the surgery with Dr. Morris Washington. He's a great surgeon and I'd recommend him to anyone! I'm exhausted! I did manage to get in four teaspoons of creamed soup. Going to work on my fluids and get some rest. So glad the October slivers are doing well! Looking forward to the losers journey together!

Well I'm sleeved! Two days out, gurgly stomach and all. The first night was rough but it's been fine since then. That gas pain in the back is amazingly painful! LOL. I can laugh now thank goodness! Now the hard work begins.....

Thanks everyone! Good luck tomorrow his2my2our4!

Congratulations!

I can't believe it's already been 2 weeks! EGD today was a breeze! 14 day pre-op diet wasn't too unbearable. But I gotta tell ya - the Chic-Fil-A chicken biscuit was a real temptation yesterday as I drove around town buying yet more protein drinks! LOL. I stayed strong though and went back to my hotel room for yet another protein shake. Good luck October sleevers. See you on the other side!

My surgery is on Tuesday the 18th. Pre-op diet hasn't been too bad at all. Surprisingly! Wishing both of us the best of success with surgery, recovery and the real work ahead of us!

Thinking of you and praying that all went well.

I watched. I wanted to see what was going to be done. I thought I might have a better understanding of what recovery might be like once I knew what was, physically, going to happen to my body.

I'm on October 18th. Good luck everyone!

You look great! Congratulations!

Paint my toenails without leaning to the side! LOL

Congrats! We'll be having surgery around the same time. I'm self-pay and my surgery is currently scheduled for October 18th. Good luck to us!