Mira77

I'm on the liquid diet Day 5 & I am in really, really bad shape. All of this Protein with no real food, especially Fiber from fruits & veggies is making me extremely sick! Stomach cramps, the inability to go, I've been trying to use the bathroom since this morning. I've taken Miralax, Milk of Magnesia, suppositories. I'm in sooo much pain. This is making me question this whole process. It is not normal to be put on a diet for 14 days that does this to your body before a major surgery at that. I broke the diet to drink apple juice, eat veggies & lettuce but nothing is working! My husband actually had to assist me in the bathroom to get some temporary relief. Get my drift ???? I'm really angry rt now - I think that alternate Pre-op diets that include Protein shakes as well as lean meat & veggies are healthier - than these synthetic drink & sugar free jello/Popsicle chemical concoctions. I have proven through losing 25 pounds Pre-op that I can eat healthily- this Protein shake diet feels like I'm doing injury to my body-there is nothing healthy happening here ???? Something is not right. I will be calling my doctors first thing Monday. I'm not willing to suffer ...

Just wanted to say that I did the warm water & Lemon this morning and it is really helping! Going to walk now to keep things moving!!!

Congratulations! Hope everything continues to go well!

So today is my first day of liquids and I'm feeling fine! I had a last meeting with my nutritionist and Pre- surgery testing... Now just the countdown to 8/13. No appointments- no testing. Just two weeks to chill lol. Confession: I've been fasting from sun-up to sun-down (about 17 hours with no food or drink!) for the last 20 days for religious reasons so this liquid diet is not so bad! Haha. I will miss that evening meal, though : / How is it going for other August sleevers???

Lol at the clean house! Wow, four weeks- that's some time! I hope all continues to go well for you : )

Good! Good luck on the next 12 days!

Today I did my consent for surgery with my surgeon. During my abdominal ultrasound they saw a small < 1 cm polyp on my gall bladder. So today he said he would like to remove it (the gall bladder) during the VSG procedure. This is not a stone. My husband and mother are both freaked out by the idea of two procedures; I feel like if it would save me issues down the road why not? I definitely need to check to see how this will affect my insurance. I was approved by Aetna for the VSG only. I would appreciate any thoughts? Thanks!!! Btw surgery is on August 13th. .

Thanks for the input!!!

Hi! I was just approved by my insurance (Aetna) yesterday for an August 13th surgery date. I'm so nervous! I didn't want to start believing it was going to happen until I was approved by insurance. I started this journey in March and did nutritional counseling and other pre-op appointments over the last few months. Now it's all too real! I've never been in the hospital, never had surgery, never broken anything (lol) so this is all new. I started out with the idea of getting lap band but after some research decided that my lifestyle and needs are best met by this surgery. I start my two week liquid diet on 7/30. I have consent for surgery and pre-admission testing next week. I would love to have some teammates for surgery and recovery. BTW I'm in New Jersey. Best! Mira

Hi Maria: I'm in South Jersey and using Cooper University Hospital with Dr. O'Connell. The offices are in Voorhees and Camden. Yes I was so into the lap band until I did more research. Are you doing a liquid diet or is that optional for you?

I was approved by Aetna yesterday! I should be sleeved on August 13th.