juny

Thanks. Sitting at the hospital waiting to get started.

Leaving for the hospital in about 40 minutes. Got to get dressed and the last of the stuff in my bag. Wish me luck!

i understand completely. I started last may, I completed my 6month diet in october and thought I'd get a date somewhere between november and december....right...Today is my surgery day a good 3 months later. I gained about 30% of what I lost in the supervised diet but in the 7 day preop I lost most of it. I still wish it had been closer to the diet stage because I think the transition to surgery would have been easier. I was in a better mindset over what I was doing. I totally fell off the wagon into some chocolate cake and rolled in it a while, then became obsessed w/ a couple weeks worth of 'last meals.' In October I was sure this was what I wanted I was excited and now I just kinda miss the cake. I guess I just lost the excitement, it's been replaced with, 'this is gonna be hard and its going to be hard for a while.' The reasons I'm doing this haven't changed though. I'm willing to myself to the process and let the rest be whatever it is.

This I totally understand. I don't have many problems giving up stuff, it's the trying to have it in moderation that gets me. I've accepted that this is just an experience I'm going to have to submit to if I want change to happen in my life.

thanks

Yep, they won't cancel anything on you. I gained 15 from October as well. I'm down 10lbs from the preop diet, which was 7 days, you won't have any trouble.

My preop wasn't really that bad, most of the trouble was in my head. I'm completely bored with liquid though. My surgery is at 12:30 today, and it just feels so surreal.

wow that's quite the unpleasant roller coaster.

I'm right behind you, tomorrow I go in at 12:30

I understand totally, I've been on the liquid diet 6 days now and it's a real adjustment. The night before my diet started I ate a couple pieces of cake and a serving and a half of the best italian I could find around here. The next day wasn't so bad. Just fill up on liquids and stay busy. I've also tried making my shakes hot or cold. The change has helped a little as well. There's no getting around the idea that I miss food though, I'm not really hungry but I miss the enjoyment I got from eating it. I'm a little sad about it and I'm not sure how I'm going to do the 8 weeks liquids post op that my dr wants me to do.

anyone else missing food? I'm not hungry really but i miss the stimulation that food gave me and find a little sadness with the lack of satisfaction i have on this diet and the prospect of 2 more months of this.

Good Luck! I'm right behind you, feb 5 is my day.

as far as i know there isn't a lot post op. I do know people can call the place they had the surgery at and I've heard they can be very helpful.

The surgery at my hospital would cost out of pocket $18000. A mexico trip will set you back around $6000. For a lot of people it moves the surgery from unattainable to affordable.

yes w/ the butterflies. I keep second guessing myself. one minute i'm thinking this is exactly the change I need. the next I'm thinking, why am I putting myself through this, what's so bad about being fat, you're healthy, you don't want to make a mistake do you? I just need to get past the surgery and move on to the next step so I stop doubting myself.

Me too! I'm on the liquid diet and my head hunger just won't shut up! To the OP-How long were your phases back to solid foods? You're around my same weight that I'm starting at and I'm just so high strung waiting for my surgery on Tuesday. I feel like the sensible me is has the wheel of the car but the crazy one that can't stop eating is in the passenger seat and pointing out all the wonderful food I'm driving past. It's driving me nuts.

I read things about it getting easier after the 3rd or 4th day. I've been on liquids since Tuesday and have my surgery on the 5th. I'm not feeling like it's getting any easier, it's just the same slightly off putting liquids over and over and over. On this side of surgery I'm already tired of the liquids. I've lost 9-10lbs already, still i'd just like to chew a sandwich.

I quit cold turkey, right after the seminar. They said no pop and I knew it was the choice between having the surgery or having the pop and I'm picking the surgery. Went 6 months without a drop, I had a couple over the holidays but I can't chug it because the burn is outrageous now where I used to not really feel it. Even with the option of going back since I'm preop, it really doesn't quench my thirst the way water does.

Ok... anyone else call their insurance about the status of their pre-certification? I called today just to make sure it was there never thinking it wouldn't have already been there because the woman called me 10 days ago. Ok fine. They got the precertification today. TODAY! I was told its going to take 2 business days from the date they got the clinicals in. ok fine....did they get the clinicals in? um....no... but that just means they haven't been uploaded and there's no real way to tell until monday. back to 2 business days..... 2 business days=Feb 5...guess whose surgery is on Feb 5? YEP I'm a little pissy about having everything cancelled since I put in my pto and fulfilled every part that I was asked: the diet, exercise, the monthly visits to the nut, the psych, the ekg, bloodwork, stress test, buying all the post op meds, the liquid diet WITHOUT CHEATING. I've had this surgery date for 4 months! But to know that I could have dinner tonight would make it a little less crappy. It says right on my insurance card that my benefits will be reduced if I don't precertify and just who's going to cover that because they dropped the ball...me? yeah no. I just feel like i've put a he|| of a lot of work in and to have the hospital fumble it this way pisses me off beyond belief right now. lovely I'm in a full blown rant now. This weekend is going to suck.

Yeah I'm sticking w/ it through monday. but I really thought everything was far more certain than it feels right now. I'm just so disappointed.

Ok- I thought about it. I was previously on a rant about my precertification problems, but I realised it was a full blown rant and moved it to a forum topic where it belongs. The people are great on this thread and I know how hard is to keep the happy thread happy and on topic about getting ready for surgery.

Unjury is just a chicken broth flavored protein mix

well i'm 3 days in. I don't get the bars, I'm a liquid only preop diet. So what's helped is tons of Water, any time I felt hungry I took a swig. Work goes ok since there's a lot to keep me busy. At home is another story. I opt for unjury chicken at night since it's different flavor from my morning and afternoon. Changes in temperature help too. I have tea (leaves brewed first to get rid of the caffeine) and then switch to cold water w/ mio or crystal light. Jello hasn't really been all that spiffy. I opted out of that. How long will you be on yours? good luck!

ok I can't help it.....10% confident? yes yes I know what she meant...it's just not what came out.

I've got the unjury chicken for dinner since all the 'sweet' from the chocolate shakes during the day gets rather nauseating. I've been bulking up on the water, every time I get a hunger pang or my head wants something tasty, I just drink a bunch of water.