buscove24

I'm on day 2 of my two week liquid diet before my surgery and having a really hard time. My doc is very strict about this. I'm allowed 5 packets of carnation instant breakfast w/ protein powder a day. I can also have surger free popsicles, jello, crystal light and broth. :faint: I'm not crazy about the instant breakfast but hope I'll be able to do it. The big thing that's helping me right now is that my husband is doing the preop diet with me just for support. He's a real trooper. I hope everything goes well for you all!

It took about 2 weeks to get the approval from Medica. I got a call from the surgery scheduler the day after my approval came back. I hope you get your surgery date soon!

It's great to hear from someone else from Duluth. I also work at SMDC, in registration. lol I began the process with the info session in November of last year. Dr. Medlin is doing my surgery. I've seen Danita Saunders for my dietician visits, but am scheduled to see Todra for my post op at the end of May. I agree that SMDC's bariatric program is great. I think this is going to be a great start to the rest of my life. Keep me posted on your progress, I hope you get your surgery date soon. Take care!

My surgery date is May 11th, 2007 and I'm so excited. I hope your surgery goes well. Take care!

I'm so excited that I found this site! I'm from Minnesota and will have my lap band surgery on 5/11/07. I'm using Dr. Medlin from St. Mary's Medical Center in Duluth. I've been overweight most of my life but really packed on the pounds when my husband was deployed over seas. I have a 4-yr-old daughter and a 3-yr-old son. I can't wait to be able to keep up with them and not have to say "mommy needs to sit down a sec". I'm looking forward to getting to know people from this site and reading all the valuable info. Take care all!