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Did you have a lot of pain right after surgery? Did you follow a strict diet before surgery? Did you ever cheat a couple of weeks before surgery? Sorry to ask so many questions. My surgery is on October 29th and I am starting to get very nervous and excited!

Thank you RnJsNana!

Hello everyone! So I saw this thread and I just want to say that I am also an October surgery! Mine is scheduled for October 29th and I am very excited/nervous! My starting weight was 413. I have been on the liver reduction diet for 8 months and my weight is now 323. I have been so nervous that I haven't done a good enough job at shrinking my liver and when I go into surgery I am terrified that I will wake up to my doctor telling me that my liver wasn't ready so he won't do the surgery. Have any of you felt that way too?

Congrats to you as well! I'm so excited and nervous for my surgery. Good luck and please let me know how it goes.

That is great! I'm so happy for you! I will be right behind you with my surgery! Good luck and please let me know how everything goes.

I just found out that my surgery date is October 29th! I am so excited!! I have already lost 80 lbs. on my own, so I can't wait to start my new life. I am so nervous, but athb

Good luck! My insurance finally approved my surgery. I am just waiting for them to set a date and I still have to do my pre-op testing.

Hi Terry... I just have one more question. Did you worry about your liver not being small enough? I have been on a liver shrinking diet since the end of February. I have been trying my best to follow the diet completely, but it's so hard and I have blown it quite a bit. I mean, don't get me wrong i have been successful, I lost 80 lbs when the doctor only required me to lose 33. But, I haven't stayed completely on the diet and I am so scared that my liver isn't small enough. My doctor also said that he will put me on an all liquid diet 48 hours before my surgery and that would help shrink my liver, but I still worry. Thanks again for all of your help.

Thank you so much Terry! I have a lot of back issues so I have quite a bit of pain most of the time. I have heard a lot of people say they felt felt very sick for the first couple of weeks, did you feel that way too?

Good luck Audrey!!

Hello everyone! This is my first post. I am still waiting on a surgery date. I have finished my 6 months of SWL classes. The doctor told me I had to lose 33 lbs. on the LRD and I have lost 80 lbs. It took my secondary insurance a month to finally approve my surgery, so know I am just waiting on the phone call to schedule my surgery. I am having a lot of anxiety about whether my liver is small enough for surgery. I have lost a lot of weight on the LRD, but there have been times when I have cheated on the diet. I am also nervous about how I will feel after the surgery. Will I have a lot of pain? Will I be horribly nauseous? Will I feel like I wanna die? Or will I feel ok? Any feedback or advice from those of you who have been through this already would be greatly appreciated!