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I am so sorry and so scared I am scheduled for next week.

I am 42 and I have always been overweight as an adult. I have lost weight a few times. I lost the most when I had my stroke 65 lbs I was not trying then I was very ill and was not at all interested in food, I also had trouble with swallowing. I have never stuck with like now though and I have never lost this much weight on purpose. I would never have thought that I could have stopped drinking pop and eating candy and other junk and I don't even want most of it any more. I exercise alot more thanI ever have but not as much as I should. I don't know maybe I am just getting scared.

My surgery is next tuesday it is day blah blah of the pre op diet. I am doing it! I have way more will power than I thought. Since beginning this whole experience back in June I have drastically changed my diet and exercise and I have lost 35 pounds. I have never done that before. Maybe I can di this on my own. Or may be I freaking the heck out! I have had many surgeries before and it was different because there were not optional. This time I am driving myself crazy second guessing myself.

That is awesome! How are you feeling?

Have you had any issues? Do you any meds addressed, refilled? Do you need to be released back to work?

Boullion cubes or granules are a clear liquid are allowed after surgery. Like the previous poster said it is a little high in sodium but not an issue unless your doctor says it is. Go for the gusto! Knorr brand chicken granules are awesome~

LOL!

Will you be getting a cpap machine? It is never fun to get a diagnoses even if we really suspect it already. HAng in there.

not yet but I am watchin' !!

What sort of pre op testing and dietary changes have made? Did you have to do a pre op diet? I am scheduled for surgery on the 19th and just finished my first week of my preop diet.

You changed your avatar and really confused me! But it made me notice you more ! I see how you are!!!

Well, Ladies I have cheated too! I was honest with the doctor about it today. I was sick the whole first week of the pre op doeit and only lost four pounds I was really dissapointed! But it was four pounds so I guess I should celbrate anyway.

I have headaches and migraines regularly. The migraines are absoluetly debilitating. I have been on the preop diet now one week with one week to go and noe the headaches have come. this is my second migraine and it is a doozy, dizzyness, nausea, extreme pain. I was doing well before the diet which consists of 4 directions products ( like optifast) approx 800 calories per day. I am concerned about not only the calorie restriction now but after surgery when my intake is extremely low. Will my headaches continue to be exacerbated like this? One or two a monthI can handle but two o week not so much!

Soup , broth, tomato juice(don't know if this is too acidic).

I have not heard of this. Keep us posted. I am off to do some research about it!

So did they say you officially have sleep apnea? Will you be getting your own cpap soon? I did not have a sleep study but I wish I would have.

I am not sure what to say to you about the veggies BUT I am on the new directions pre-op which is very close to optifast. I have shakes, bars, and soup this week and only shakes and soup next week. I am having a really hard time too. Just try your best to hang in there. You are not alone! I have also felt faint but not passed out. I have had daily headaches and a serious migraine. I am sorry you have to stay on the diet for so long. I have cheated too and it wasn't veggies, I am not even allowed any veggies or fruit nothing outside the 4 servings of shakes/soup/bar.

I am scheduled for surgery on 11/19. I have a bad cold with cough and earache for about ten days. I went to my pcp and she gave me antibiotics on Thursday and my ear is better. But I am still coughing and feeling generally awful. I hate to reschedule the surgery, I have been on the preop diet for week almost (4 new directions servings per day, about 800 calories) . I hate to have to restart it. I am afraid the reason I have not gotten well is the diet. I just feel like the whole thing has turned into a mess. I have scheduled my whole life around this surgery date. Time off work, people coming from out of town. I have waited for months!

WHOOO HOOO! Congratulations!

I am in Lansing !

Wow, I am so glad that you are recovering well now. What an ordeal! I think you are right to post this though and make sure that people are aware that even though rare these events do occur and ARE LIFE THREATENING. In the course of pre- op testing acongenital heart conditon was discovered which I never knew I had. We can never be too careful! Take care! I hope you continue to heal well!

Me ,me! I have my date now. But I waited from June until a few weeks ago. My date is November 19th. Tonight, I am really nervous and scared about all the details and the recovery. I just got home from my 4 hour post op prep class. Hang in there!

I feel just like you. I am always doing battle with doctors. Yes, they are the professionals but they are not in my skin, or yours.

That was how I felt too, motivated!

Did you have an egd(upper endoscopy) before your surgery? Have they offered any other treatment?