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I'm on day 8of pre op diet. Surgery is mon 11/3. I have been getting light headed also the last couple days. Never thought of bp just checked blood sugar. Thanks guys

My nut said i can drink v8 pre and post opt. I'm on day 8 of pre op. Surgery is mon. I just met with surgical team and nut last mon. That is when they gave me my pre op menu. V8 is right at the top

Good luck to you.

I'm pre op also, bariatric foodie has a lot of recipie that I've tried and have froozen some. My family has liked some and I have found some good tips. The tip about TVP is very good as it adds more Protein to foods that could use some extra.

Call your surgeon. Doesn't sound good. Hope all goes well

You really should call today. That looks bad. Good luck, hope it works out for you

I had extensive blood work,ekg,ultra sound of my abdomen and now an echocardiogram because of something on the ekg. Good luck with your bypass . Hope all goes well for you. I should be getting mine in the beginning of Oct.

Congats. That along with hbp is what I'm hoping for. I don't have surgery till the begining of Oct. Can't wait to start using less or no insulin. Good luck with the rest of your journey.

Welcome to the journy. The wait is differant , some are a month or 3 mnths. My program requires 6 months. I like it as it helps to prepare for surgery and what comes after. This is a great site and if you read the threads you can learn a lot of what to do. More importantly you can learn what not to do. The time goes fast, I should be gettiny my RNY in the beginning of Oct. Good luck on your start to better health

When the time comes for food you can try bariatric foodie .com Ive tried some recipies from there and they'pretty good. I have'nt had my surgery yet but like you I wanted to have something I could use when the time comes. Good luck and best wishes on your surgery

Something showed up on my EKG so I had to see a cardiologist yesterday. After another EKG the Dr. Told me there were 3small problems with my heart that will not stop my RNY surgery but change the risk factor from low to intermidiate. They also bumped my pre op to 9/30. They also want an echocardiogram now. I never had any heart problems and had EKGs before several other surgeries so I'm not worried and just want to have the RNY so i can get on with my life. I'm really looking forward to not having to take insulin and meds for hbp and cholesteral. Now the soonest I can have the surgery will be the middle of Oct. Good luck to everyone else. Hope all goes well for you

Good luck, Hope all goes well

Good luck to you. I hope all goes well at the new hospital.

Good luck to both of you! I have my surgical and pre surgery meeting on 9/16. I hope to have surgery a couple wks after that. Everything is done but the surgery itself.

I like body fortress whey protien. I add torrani flavoring (sugar free) to cange up sometimes. Best price I've found is walmart.com.

I like body fortress whey protien. The chocolate ls goog and if you add Torani caramel it tastes like a caremel mocha latte. I get them from walmart.com. they have a special order 3 and they are only $14 each add a couple torani flavors (sugar free) and you get free shipping to your home.

I found bariatric foodie, all the recipies I tried are good and not too hard. It's where I found out about TVP. (Textured vegatable protien)

Just jumped through the last hoop for ins. I go back on 9/1 hopefully to get my surgery date.

My surgeon explained a lot, i researched much on my own. I have the 6 month pre op plan that ins requires and I was still not 100% sure until i joined here and started reading about everyones expieriences. Thanks to you all. I have my last hoop tomorrow (surgery class) hoping for my date soon

I had the same problem. I switched to child utensils to help take smaller bites. I use timer apps on my phone (bariatric timer helps me alot) the drinking while eating was tough for me but again the timers helped. I also believe the 6 month program helped get me prepared. My last visit is tommorrow (surgical class) everything else is done and green lighted. Hope to get my date soon.

Good for you, dumb asses like him give the rest of us males a bad name.

Good luck! Go get em

There are a lot of good recipes for it at bariatric foodie

Good luck, keep us posted

That's good news, now you know what you need to do. I have acalasia , some muscle in my esophagus go the wrong way and the valve has hardened. My surgeon is going to both procedures when he does the RNY. Six months sounds long but it goes pretty fast. My last visit is next thurs. Then I hope to get my date. Good luck with your journy.