MandyRN

February 11th 7:30 am:)

Keep up the awesome work ladies! Definitely not the easiest thing at first!
My diet consists of 1000cal 100g Protein and 60gm carbs per day so I think I have it a little easier than some do.
4 Protein shakes with unsweetend almond milk/day (EAS vanilla whey), Sometimes substituting with Isopure grape
1 small serving of a low carb fruit
1/2-1 cup low carb cooked or raw veggies
1 frozen meal- under 250 cal, with less than 30g carbs (healthy choice steamers- are my fav)
48-68 oz of sugar free liquid
I only had a headache and dealt wit
h some nausea the first couple of days....only on day 5 though! Preop appointment 1/30. Surgery 2/11.
Seems like forever away! Hoping it goes fast! Have a lot to get done in the meantime!
Good luck all!
Amanda
HW- 314
First Appointment WT 310lbs
Prior to liver shrink- 292
Today- 284.6 lbs

Hey! Surgery went well! No real complications! Had quite a bit of nausea and pain for the first couple of days.... Surgery on a Tuesday am and home on Friday afternoon.... Would have went home on Thursday but I was unable to drink much..... Down ten lbs since surgery feeling pretty good! Drinking and getting in as much Protein as I can ! 1st fu appointment next Tuesday:)

Feb the 9th is Sunday ... Do you mean the 10th? Mine is on Tuesday at 7:15:)

Captain's Log: Day 16 of 21 day liquid diet... ate desk for Breakfast. Sleeve in 6 days.

Feb the 9th is Sunday ... Do you mean the 10th? Mine is on Tuesday at 7:15:)

Keep up the awesome work ladies! Definitely not the easiest thing at first!
My diet consists of 1000cal 100g Protein and 60gm carbs per day so I think I have it a little easier than some do.
4 Protein shakes with unsweetend almond milk/day (EAS vanilla whey), Sometimes substituting with Isopure grape
1 small serving of a low carb fruit
1/2-1 cup low carb cooked or raw veggies
1 frozen meal- under 250 cal, with less than 30g carbs (healthy choice steamers- are my fav)
48-68 oz of sugar free liquid
I only had a headache and dealt wit
h some nausea the first couple of days....only on day 5 though! Preop appointment 1/30. Surgery 2/11.
Seems like forever away! Hoping it goes fast! Have a lot to get done in the meantime!
Good luck all!
Amanda
HW- 314
First Appointment WT 310lbs
Prior to liver shrink- 292
Today- 284.6 lbs

I'm on day #12 of my preop diet. I am so grateful that the fatigue and detox headaches have gone away. Now I barely feel hungry.
My original surgery date of 1/22 had to be canceled so with my surgeon's permission I will be staying on the preop diet for another 1-2 weeks. The more weight I can take off before the surgery, the better.

Me too...consisted of two Protein Shakes and a very light salad with 4oz of lean meat...lots of Water.< /p>

4 week liver shrink diet for me! Surgery on feb 11th! Started the diet on Tuesday..... Going well thus far....anyone else working on their preop diet?

4 week liver shrink diet for me! Surgery on feb 11th! Started the diet on Tuesday..... Going well thus far....anyone else working on their preop diet?

I finally got approval last week! I will be having the sleeve done with Dr. Noria on Feb.11th:) Definitely be persistent and follow through to make sure your insurance company has all of the appropriate paperwork that they need for pre aproval. Good luck!

Thanks for the reply! Sorry you had to wait! Good luck next week!

I had a psych eval about a week ago. She basically asked how much I knew about the surgery, what I expect from it and how I plan to live after surgery. She didn't ask me anything overly personal. Just breathe.

I have bcbs of mi and am having surgery at Hurley. My psych eval is 7-30 and then we will submit to insurance. I'll let you know how it goes.

I haven't needed one. Ur tummy will tell u when ur done. I'm 8 weeks post op and down 40. :0)

Thank you for the reply! I understand that this is different than GB I guess I should say that I am considering "weight loss surgery" due to the fact that I am unsure at this point in time, which route I will take.....I joined this particular forum because I believe that if I do decide to go through with WLS I would probaly choose the gastric sleeve.....but that would be for my physician and I to discuss at a later time. Thank you for sharing your experience! I greatly appreciate it!

Hi Amanda - welcome!
Not mincing words here, but you said GB twice in your post. I assume this means "gastric bypass" - you realize that this is a Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy board and these are two different procedures? The people who frequent this board are mostly pre or post op Sleeve Gastrectomy folks.
Anyway, I'll try to answer your questions:
How long did it take to get everything completed for surgery?
I started the process in January of this year with a "meet your surgeon" visit. Insurance required 3 months of Nutritionist visits (also called "supervised weight loss) where I could lose weight, or stay the same, but under no circumstances gain or I could lose coverage. My surgery was May 28.
What types of medical testing was required?
It was required that I have a cardiac clearance so I had to have an EKG and some sort of ultrasound done on my heart. It was maybe an hour visit and I was cleared.
I also had to have a psych eval. Again another one hour visit that seemed pretty routine.
I had to have about 12 vials of blood drawn the week before surgery for presurgery labs.
What kind of diet are you on pre op?
I had no prescribed diet beforehand except the two-week preop liquid only diet and Clear liquids the day before.
Other people here had different requirements than I did as you will see.