Christine RN

well had a rough first two nights with pain and vomiting....but got home wed. And doing well.i able to get in around 32 oz of Water and 60 gm protien with shakes....not sore walking a lot. I hope everyone is getting through this first bit doing well.

in the pre-op holding area waiting to go up to the OR holding area and see the Docs before surgery....good luck today everyone.Speedy recovery!

not long now....hope everyone is packed and gets a good nights sleep. We are going to be on the losers bench and on the way to onederland! Good luck and God bless to all the June 30th sleevers. I will be at my hospital at 0530 and in the OR at 0730. Exciting!

not long now....hope everyone is packed and gets a good nights sleep. We are going to be on the losers bench and on the way to onederland! Good luck and God bless to all the June 30th sleevers. I will be at my hospital at 0530 and in the OR at 0730. Exciting!

not long now....hope everyone is packed and gets a good nights sleep. We are going to be on the losers bench and on the way to onederland! Good luck and God bless to all the June 30th sleevers. I will be at my hospital at 0530 and in the OR at 0730. Exciting!

I am here in Forney as well going to be sleeved June 30th

Hello everyone I am new to this site and WOW....such encouragement.My date is June 30, super ready. I am a 40 years young mom,wife, nurse. CW 295. Any advice before surgery. Thank you everyone for sharing their journey.

I am here in Forney as well going to be sleeved June 30th

me too

look at u I am day four and only down 9 .... U. Are a rock star!

tired moms thanks so much for keeping up with all of us! You are a great support and cheer leader. I started my diet on the 20th my surgeon has the clear liquid with protien shakes for the preop period ... After 3 days I am down 9 pounds...lol. Getting close very excited! We are all going to do great.

I am here in Forney as well going to be sleeved June 30th

thanks for the words of confidence started the dreaded preop liquid diet have 9 more days to go....excited!

thanks for the words of confidence started the dreaded preop liquid diet have 9 more days to go....excited!

Hello everyone,
Although I posted this post on the general forum, I wanted to post it here as well just in case you all don't see it elsewhere.
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I read so many stories about the 2 week pre-op liquid diet and I was so scared and nervous and didn't think I'd make it. I kept thinking, how in the hell these NUTs and surgeons expect us to eat basically nothing for 2 whole weeks.
To the members who've yet to experience this well talked about "2 week liquid Protein diet", let me tell you my experience and hopefully it will ease your mind and give you hope. So I started my Protein diet on Monday 6/16 here it is Friday and I'm fine. I must say, it's not as bad as you all think it's going to be. I don't know if it's the types of protein I'm taking but I really really haven't been hungry. Not even head hunger. Mind you I have a 14 year old son I have to either cook or heat up food for every day.
I'm allowed 4-8oz Protein shakes a day, sugar free Jello & pudding, 1 -8oz of low carb yogurt, 1-8oz of skim milk, sugar free popsicles and unlimited amounts of non-sugary, non-carbonated, non-caffeinated beverages and broth.
I've been having 2-3 shakes and one serving of yogurt at night as dinner and twice I've had a cup of broth and twice I've had a cup of sf Jello. I haven't had any headaches/migraines or anything. I have not cheated at all not a bite, a crumb or a lick of anything. Based on the stories I've read, I've come to the conclusion that it must be the type of Protein Shakes that are satisfying me and not allowing me to feel hungry.
Just like everyone else, the anticipation and the unknown had me failing at the protein diet before I even began. I have to tell you though, the two times I felt weak was when I over did it at the gym and yesterday when I went too long (about 9 hours) without a shake. Other than those two times I was/am good. I just bought my son some McDonalds and I didn't even take a french fry. I used to always have at least two of his fries. I'm working at home today and you couldn't tell me I wasn't going to be home all day and not eat something I wasn't supposed to. Nope not at all. I had one Protein Shake and two sf popsicles.
So I'm saying all this to say, please don't stress over this 2 week protein diet. It may or may not be as bad as you think. I wanted to post this because I wish I read something like this before I started because I might not have stressed it as much as I did. Good luck to those of you who will be on the diet soon. I am so sorry this is so long but I needed to post my experience in its entirety.
Denise73

Welcome to @@CHRISTINERN who is also June 30th!

Hello everyone I am new to this site and WOW....such encouragement.My date is June 30, super ready. I am a 40 years young mom,wife, nurse. CW 295. Any advice before surgery. Thank you everyone for sharing their journey.

stress echo done and that's it I all cleared for the 30 th ....getting more excited every day.

1 year ago....
as of May 17 and that big girl with the pretty face is gone. I'm so grateful and proud of how far I've come. I still can't believe it's me in the pictures or when I pass a store window. I've lost 102 lbs and now working on the last 10. Festival season in New Orleans is hard on my good eating habits...but I'm getting back on track. Have a awesome weekend everybody and good luck!!!! Hang in there.

I am a newby as well here my surgery date is June 30th.i am nervous and excited!

There are 8 of us on here with that date- welcome!

Hello everyone I am new to this site and WOW....such encouragement.My date is June 30, super ready. I am a 40 years young mom,wife, nurse. CW 295. Any advice before surgery. Thank you everyone for sharing their journey.

Hello everyone I am new to this site and WOW....such encouragement.My date is June 30, super ready. I am a 40 years young mom,wife, nurse. CW 295. Any advice before surgery. Thank you everyone for sharing their journey.