Kurstin

I would love to have my surgery on May 17th! Count me in! Now, all I need you to do is call my insurance & surgeon to explain that I need to get approved & scheduled right away so you can have a buddy. Do you think they'll go for it? Lol. Seriously though, I can't wait to get approved & get an actual date set. Congrats on the 17th, it's right around the corner..

Lol I have a "partner". A female one so not likely lol

Surgery was sucessful!!!

I think it just dawned on me that my surgery is tomorrow. I think it's starting to all feel so real! Couldn't be more excited!

Congrats best of luck you will do great I am so excited for you yay come on tomorrow be here already

Ahhhhhh I start my clear liquid diet tomorrow. Surgery on Thursday!!

4 more for me... feels like forever! Hilarious story...
Today I woke up and had a conversation with my liver. It went like this:
Me: Listen Maria (yes, I named her), we need to get it together before surgery, girl.
Maria: Stop telling me what to do! I run the show right now.
Me: just friggin shrink as much as possible already, geez! Stop being a big baby.
And then I really woke up and realized I was just having a dream about talking to my liver, and I named it Maria! WTF??? LOL!!!
Maybe I am getting nervous and it is manifesting in strange ways. Hahaha

I've been on my preop diet for 8 days. Feeling amazing!! Down 10.8lbs weighing in under 300! 297.4 to be exact. Can't believe surgery is on Thursday!! Ahhhhhh

It doesn't get better. Haha the closer I get the more obsessed I feel. But, surgery is on Thursday! Finally!!

I was going to say... The same exact thing happened to me a week before surgery. They put me on an antibiotic for a few days before and everything was just fine. you'll be fine. Drink lots of hot tea with honey. Honey is a natural antibiotic.

Lol. How about three teenage boys, 19, 17 & 15, two dogs over a hundred pounds each and an 18 yr old cat. Oh, and a hubby! :-) I'm not complaining but its a lot of work being mom, wifey and caregiver. But I wouldn't trade it for the world. It will all work out. No worries, we will do it all. We can all do this!!
Surgery date: May 14, 2013

wooooooow dunwithfat, my hat is off to you....hell, i was tryng to figure out what i was going to do with 3 dogs.

6lbs down in 3 days on my preop diet! That's definitely motivation! 10 days til surgery.

KurstinL
I'd love some new faces on MFP!

Awesome! I'd like to go skydiving as well. Thanks, I think I will add to my list of things to do after my surgiversary! :-) sounds like fun.
Surgery date: May 14, 2013

Once my insurance approved me, my surgeons office also did a board meeting and decided if they would perform the surgery (mainly because I was a smoker and she haaaates smokers) but, from what I understand it was routine for them to go over your file again before agreeing to operating. They are taking a huge risk by saying they will... Your surgeon has to have faith in you just like you have faith in them. Luckily, they approved me without a problem. But, if they would have denied me based on something ridiculous like being a PREVIOUS smoker.. I would have found a different surgeon too. (She did make me take a Nicotine test though to prove I had quit)

Wow! Your surgery is right around the corner! It's hard not to obsess about it lol. I try to only get on here once a week but lately it's been about every night. Thanks for all the advice and good luck with your surgery.

Start my 2wk Pre-op diet tomorrow!! The only guidelines my nut gave me was 1200 calories. I have decided on doing a mostly liquid diet. I got the shakes from dietdirect.com
They are called Wonder Slim. They are 100 calories per shake and you drink 7 of them per day and 2 - 250 calorie meals. I decided on this so I am not hungry for 2wks! I'm really excited to start! My order arrived today. A little expensive. But, I guess I won't be spending anything on food really. 12 boxes of shakes for $128

I know what you mean. I've been driving big cars and suv's for 30 years because thats what I fit in. This past week I traded in my big v70 volvo wagon and got me a bmw M3 that I've always wanted but could never fit in. Cant wait to hit the autobaun in Germany this summer.