allnewme

Joyv, Sending up a prayer your way! Good luck with your surgery and recovery. You will be seated on the loser's bench before you know it, with your backside hanging out (couldn't resist that one) Hugs to you!

Great! I thought I had asked Susan that question before I booked my surgery. I just do not want a $2,000.00 or more bill that my insurance will not pay.

It has been crazy here, heat wise, so far this summer. It won't phase me a bit, I am sure!

Oh, the joy of ketosis. Good grief, just another thing to worry about, bad breath, losing your hair and your pants falling down. I am looking forward to them all

I will check the next time I go to Walmart

I think my Dr only requires lab work. I hope anyhow. My insurance will not cover an upper GI for bariatric reasons.

Thanks, I will def. get some ordered by the weekend. I like warm things, especially if sipping is required. Hopefully my new tummy will like it too.

I know others have talked about ordering the bullets online. We have one grocery store in our town, not much selection, but I will check GNC and Vitamin Shop when I get to a larger town close to us. I have ordered the CLICK protein powder to have decaf coffee shakes someday I have loaded up on 2 different type of vitamin waters. I also bought some powder sticks of vitamin water that I can carry with me in my purse and on the airline. Got those at Sam's Club, not sure of the name now, I am at work. I feel like I am doing pretty good with getting things together, I will buy the things for the next phase once I get home and feel like strolling through the grocery store again.

Do you like the UNJURY broth ? I need to order it but some people say is makes them gag.

If you have a Chinese place close to home, you can get the wonton soup and strain the one wonton out :0 I am not certain about egg drop soup on all clears, Susie. What does Dr. A say about spices in the broth is that OK? I am sure the Mexican broth tasted so good because it is homemade. My future SIL lives with us and he says they don't do fast food in MX. Most everything is made at home, from scratch. I am thinking about getting a chicken and cooking it, making broth and freezing it in ice cube containers. Then I can take out one cube and let it melt, warm it and sip. I think the clear stage will be the hardest of all. Not much variety there!

I watched your Vlog and bookmarked your Blog so I can follow your journey. You and I will be sleeved one day apart, I am 8/0 by Dr, Alvarez in Mexico also. I have thought about doing a Vlog too. I will be having my husband take pictures of me very soon . The BEFORE of my before and after. I plan to take photos monthly so I can keep a journal/scrapbook of my weight loss journey.

I am getting myself ready for the liquid diet. I am drinking a protein shake for lunch today. Skipped the fried chicken that we buy the boys at work on Tuesdays I will make the mental note about room 10 ....thanks for the heads up! My husband is picky about his shower. I am so glad that you are doing so well. That was a long drive to make in the car. Hubs did not want to drive me more than 12 hours so I get a six hour flight home with the lay over in Dallas. It will be fine though. I do not have Dr. A's book. I will have to get one when we are there. Where do you get the protein bullets? I ordered a sample of Syntrex Nectar protein shakes so I can try to find a shake mix that I really like. I figure I will need them for a while, may as well have a tasty one. I also have bought 2 bottles of the Isopure clear protein for right after surgery. Need to get the Unjury chicken broth ordered too. So much to think about! I have most of my vitamins purchased for after surgery. Any thing that I need to have on hand when I get home, please give me your tips Hope you get some good rest today lady!

Icandothis- Where are you flying from and what airline? I am flying Southwest because of the more direct flight from KC. Midwest/ Republic is my airline of choice but they wanted to fly me to Denver then to TX, no thank you. The airline seats are small these days and the flights are much more crowded than they used to be. I don't fly often, I get very nervous flying, I never truly relax. Hopefully I will on the way back home thanks to the pain meds. My hubby may have to learn to make soup. He uses every excuse to stay away from the stove! Thank goodness that there is a Chinese place about a mile from my home that has good egg drop and wonton soup. Strain it and have a meal for me and he can eat the other stuff. What day do you and your mom have surgery?

I understand nervous! I am super careful of letting my mind "go" there :0 I can easily get all worked up over the things that could go wrong, so I am simply choosing not to think about it. I will save the meltdown for the hospital that morning. So glad that you have family to travel and take care of you! My son told me the other day that if Dad could not have gone, that he would have taken me. He is 24 now, so that made me feel loved < 3

My husband is traveling with me. I plan to have him carry on a bag and then we will check a bag on the way home so we have room for some things for the kids, plus I have to get some Mexican vanilla . That way I will not have to carry a bag at all. I have a small purse sized backpack I will wear to carry my Water bottle and my instant Vitamin water packets, then I will only need water from the flight attendant for my bottle. I do not want to be concerned with a bag on the way home. I also have my own mini pouch that folds out into a blanket, so I should be good for the flight home. Just praying that I do not get nauseous on the flight, that would be so embarrassing! Are you traveling alone? I

Devon, so happy to hear that you are doing well. You had a lot of work done so you will be sore. I hope you are up and moving and feeling better very quickly

Susie, That is awesome that you are doing so well! I hope that my surgery goes as well as yours has. How was the flight? I have been concerned with that. I have to stop and change planes at Dallas love field, there was no direct flight from San Antonio to KC. Get to take off and Land twice :0 hopefully I can rest some on the plane. How are you doing with water? I hope that you are not having discomfort with that. Get some good rest and we will talk when you feel like chatting . Hugs, Joyce

So good to hear that you are doing great! Hope you have a really quick recovery!

I hate the IV so bad, that will probably be the worst part for me. Wishing you all the best!

I have not been there yet but I read the boards a lot and it seems like everyone goes through this. It is probably some swelling as the stomach heals and will settle down soon. Seems like most people say that our taste changes, so that may take longer to figure out. I know that for awhile, there will be bad days as everything heals up inside. Try to stay focused on why you wanted this and very soon things should get better for you. Hang in there

So glad that you are doing so great, Susie Hope that you have had a really good day.

I understand. That is the easiest way to keep people updated. I know when we cruise, we turn or phones off because even texts we receive cost us $ . There is a phone in the hospital room to call the USA on, I believe I read that in our info packet.

Thank you for the update on Susie, StormWarning . So glad that she is doing so well

Thanks, I will keep your tips on my list. I am afraid of the protein drinks but I hope to find one that is tolerable

I bought the eucalyptus spearmint lotion on Sunday thinking hubby could massage my legs with it after surgery. It does smell good! Now I will have to check for the spray.