hadderrie8

I am on day 8 now of my preop liquid diet. It was challenging over the holiday having to attend 4 different thanksgiving dinners but I allowed myself one serving of lean meat per day and that helped. Now I am back to 6 smalls meals a day all liquid. I am allowed to have Protein shakes, cream Soups made with milk instead of Water, greek yogurt, sugar free pudding with Protein powder added, sf Popsicle, chicken broth, sf Jello, and anything to drink that has no caffeine, alcohol or carbonation. My daily meal plan usually looks something like 7:00 AM Protein shake, 10:00 AM Protein Shake, 1:00 PM Soup, 4:00 PM Protein shake, 7:00 Shake or Soup, 9:30 PM Greek Yogurt. I also add in Jello and sf Popsicle along with my Water if I get hungry. So far I am down about 1 pound a day.

@@jenmc2404 Congrats on the date! I'll be right behind you on the 11th :-)

My date is December 10th as well. Started my 2 week liquid diet today. I have to say this is the hungriest I have been in a long time. I am hoping the first day is the worst but regardless it will all be worth it to finally be healthy! My family thinks I am crazy for being on a liquid diet for Thanksgiving but the timing worked out perfect so I could get the surgery in by the end of the year and have enough time off from work with the addition of the holidays we already have off. Would love to have some surgery buddies.

This is going to be an epic day Shari71! My nerves aren't getting to me yet but as time gets closer the nerves will most likely pick up. Butterlies are pretty common, see if your Dr can give you something for anxiety on surgery day. I'm not sure how I'm going to tackle Thanksgiving yet, turkey, gravy are probably okay and I'm going to try to stay away from the starches, bread, and stuffing. Smart choices need to be amsde tomorrow. Good luck Shari71.

We got this Hadderie8! Good luck to you as well! Happy Thanksgiving you you both!

December 10th is my day as well.Started my 2 week liquid diet today so Thanksgiving will be very interesting for me. I am very excited, nervous, you name it I have probably gone through that emotion recently. Good luck to both of you!

Well I finally got my surgery date today. So excited! The only bad part is I will be on a liquid diet for Thanksgiving

Well I finally got my surgery date today. So excited! The only bad part is I will be on a liquid diet for Thanksgiving

congratulations! i'm right in the same place as you! i hope we both get answers quickly.

I am so excited! My surgery is approved!!!!!!! Now I just wait to get a date from the surgeon. Doing my happy dance!

I too am waiting on approval.... mine was submitted last Wed.10/15. I called my insurance company this morning & they told me they will have me answer early next week. (normally takes 13 working days) It has been a long week. Getting very anxious & have a million things going thru my mind. Excited & scared at the same time.

I feel your pain on that. I started with my new program on June 29th. They are going to use as much as they can from the other place I was going. I won't have to have the psych eval redone and I may not have to go to their 3 monthly visits that they require for their program. So I was supposed to have surgery July 7th and now it's looking like early October for me. All in all I think the place I am now really does have a better program and I feel much more informed and prepared than I ever did with the other program. Trying my best to look at the bright side and not think about the fact that I could have had my surgery on July 7th and already be almost a month post op. Hang in there!

I just wish they would train the people answering the phone to actually know the correct answers before they waste 6 months of someones time or they should have to honor what they said on that recorded line.

I just wish they would train the people answering the phone to actually know the correct answers before they waste 6 months of someones time or they should have to honor what they said on that recorded line.

I just wish they would train the people answering the phone to actually know the correct answers before they waste 6 months of someones time or they should have to honor what they said on that recorded line.