lisam495

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are you referring to not be able to drink Protein shakes cuz you get nautious??
many people do have trouble downing them
yeach
protein at this stage is secondary to Water
later Protein and Water will go hand in hand
for now concentrate on drining
water is essential for the rest of your life
64 oz
now you must drink, drink and then drink
drink vvvvvery slowly - sips then stop
keep doing this
now in particular as a newbie, early PO you MUST drink
try and get more water in
try room temperature water
chrytstal light
not drinking enough water you could become dehydrated
have to go to hospital
IV's
spend the night
no fun
sugar free popsicles don't count as liquid
but they will make you feel alittle better
wet your whistle
i love the purple
holding a glass of water up to your health
did i mention how important it is to drink water??
good luck
kathy

Okay you awesome sleevers ! Here's a list of everyone who posted their surgery date and their location. Lots of people on the same days ! If any of the data is a mistake, let me know. We can also tag those we haven't heard from on the 1st or 2nd and see how they are doing.
I know a lot of us are nervous, excited, and scared.. and also happy for spelmanite10 for the surgery on the 1st ! We are all in this together ! We have a good group of people here.
10/1 - spelmanite10
10/1 - EndlezzPozzibilities - North Carolina
10/1 - joyful0402
10/1 - Pennyface
10/1 - trisey
10/1 - genniexfresh
10/1 - JenW~79 - Texas
10/1 - Lin1738
10/1 - kmuecke
10/1 - tardis76 - Massachusets
10/1 - Me on the list - Texas
10/2 - jmsgal - Chicago
10/2 - kccat3594 - New York
10/3 - jazzymom17 - Virginia
10/3 - unkowns
10/3 - BigMAlways - Massachusetts
10/4 - nikkydizzle - lives in Africa / surgery in England
10/6 - lisam495 -
10/6 - ljbobcat - Tiawana
10/6 - kelew39 - Louisiana
10/6 - Tee's new life - New York
10/6 - Queenz_Cece
10/6 - orrio82 - New York
10/6 - Sleeveme61 - California
10/6 - It_only_gets_better - California
10/6 - itsjessica - California
10/6 - robga999
10/6 - FilthAngel86
10/7 - AmyinNC - North Carolina
10/7 - Dana875 - North Carolina
10/7 - Biz
10/8 - Peekboo - Virginia
10/8 - leenieceymic1
10/8 - mwill68 - New Jersey
10/8 - larissanicole - New York
10/8 - Sistersuz - Florida
10/8 - Kcameron1 - Australia
10/8 - pbake01 - Ohio
10/8 - Pulelehua - Oklahoma
10/8 - Williams3909
10/9 - marcasla - Washington
10/9 - stephaniegencs
10/9 - Disneymomx2
10/10 - 4EverChang'nSpy - Texas
10/10 - naan
10/10 - mnmlst
10/10 - Kimberly_R - California
10/10 - akflatt1986 - Kentucky
10/12 - kim74951 - Oklahoma
10/13 - Livelaughlove2014 - Tijuana
10/13 - babybearsmum - Texas (from OK)
10/13 - friejenn - Idaho
10/13 - BP'sMamaG - South Carolina
10/13 - Brian T. Poe - South Carolina
10/13 - Layknee - Illinois
10/14 - Marielbx
10/14 - lovelytrl - Louisiana
10/14 - chellede - Texas
10/14 - shmeyers - Indiana
10/14 - Angie413
10/14 - fosho1976 - Ohio
10/14 - jab315 - New York
10/14 - Kpar909956 - Tennessee
10/14 - Leslie65 - Connecticut
10/14 - cantwait2014 - New Jersey
10/14 - KarenF1972 - Michigan
10/15 - shrinkingjill - Pennsylvania
10/15 - catinthehat
10/15 - apeters9284 - Texas
10/15 - groomergirl - Texas
10/15 - Samiuah Octavia Garnes
10/15 - OnePhatWhoDat - Tennesse
10/16 - ToMissKA - Australia
10/16 - athomas125 - South Carolina
10/16 - abetterbrandi - Georgia
10/16 - Swedy
10/17 - Kathy812 - Illinois
10/17 - sportymommy95
10/17 - Delta Dawn - Alabama
10/20 - laynie427 - Colorado
10/20 - Smiling Panda - New Jersey
10/20 - Kya Wolf - North Carolina
10/20 - llmmcay1
10/20 - kitkat2010 - Australia
10/21 - FireWife678 - Iowa
10/21 - krimrod
10/21 - downsizingdebs - Illinois
10/21 - manibeaux - Mexico
10/22 - Vsglady - Maryland
10/22 - Monasongbird_38 - Georgia
10/23 - Jen - a work in progress - Wisconscin
10/23 - lindalue - Minnesota
10/24 - librarianlk - Alaska
10/25 - tiffin-scott
10/27 - kelliebell1973 - Mexico
10/27 - mybestlife - Tennessee
10/28 - pink1028 - New York
10/28 - readyforitnow - North Carolina
10/28 - sschoch
10/28 - cjenkins74
10/29 - Lazy_Lilly
10/29 - Skinnyme45
10/29 - reeny
10/29 - Stephanie Kandace - New York
10/30 - Fireweed

Waiting for Date
Curleycurveyfit
JerzyTomato74 - New Jersey
jessiquoi - Maryland
paigecoop -
Gendy - Iowa
hogman - New Jersey
CherokeeGirl - Arizona
zcortes21 - Delaware
veronicalynnnnnnn
RedDirtRoads
Soontobeskinny2014
downsizingdarby
dogloverlosingit - Iowa
candicanec - Maryland
poginut

Changed to November
happymama2014 - California

Hey everyone, hope everyone is doing well with pre-op diet if you had to be on one. Okay guys I don't know what to do with myself because I'm so excited lol. I have 4 days until surgery day , wow I can't believe it but I wish it was tomorrow. I know some of you can relate.

I am also getting sleeved on Monday the 6th. I am SUPER excited but today i do kind of feel selfish at the same time. kinda like wow i could do a million other things with this money but in reality i shouldnt feel like this because my family isnt going to be without something because i decided to spend this money on myself sooooooo.... i just want to be happy and healthy for myself AND my family.

Yup, I felt kind of down and sad too. I don't want to bum you out, but for me, it didn't go away until several weeks after surgery and I began to feel like I was myself again. I think I felt that way because food was something that I've had a pretty significant relationship with my entire life. Before and right after surgery, I felt like that relationship was over and it literally did feel like a loss. I guess you could say that I was in mourning. Don't worry though. The weight starts melting off and you feel such a euphoria from that. Then, you realize eventually that you don't have to say goodbye to food. You'll be able to eat again and that sense of loss will leave you. You just can't eat much lol but you can still enjoy. Hell, it's actually more fun for me to go out to dinner now than it was before because I know that I'm totally going to get to enjoy whatever I order for the next 3 meals! One of my favorite hobbies now is searching Pinterest for neat bariatric or low carb recipes. IAnyway, hope this helps.

Okay so I get sleeved on Monday (6th) and I'm so excited and nervous but I'm also so down and emotional yet I don't know why?! Surely I should only be over the moon. Today also seems like the hardest day of this pre-op diet, want to eat everything I see (I haven't cheated once, so yay)
Any one else feel/felt like this?
Thanks x

Hello all, my date is oct. 6. Super excited!

Hello all, my date is oct. 6. Super excited!

Hello all, my date is oct. 6. Super excited!

10/6 surgery date! Starting liver reduction diet Today! I am so ready to do this. ????

Have fun! Day one of liver reduction down 9 more to go!????

Day 5 of liver reduction diet! Going good, had to find a Protein Shake flavor that I liked. So it's not so bad anymore. Feeling like I have more energy! So 6 more days!! Yay! ????

10/6 super excited. Dr cavaretta

It's finally October!! ????????good luck to everyone having surgery this month!

Hey everyone, I know we have an October thread but I wanted to create one specifically for those of us being sleeved on next Monday and Tuesday. I think it would be awesome for us to support each other and actually follow each other post-op.
I'm being sleeved on Tuesday, October 7th! Wow still can't believe I have 6 days remaining. I'm not nervous at all just excited and ready to start my journey. My husband thinks something is wrong with me because I'm not nervous lol.
Like many of you I've been battling my weight since childhood. I'm 35 years old with a BMI of 44 and 5 months ago I said no more diet pills and no more starving myself for only a 10 lbs lost. I've never been below 200 lbs. in my adult hood.
Guys I told my mom yesterday and now I'm regretting it. Her response was the following "why don't you just diet" . I couldn't believe it, I absolutely could not believe it. Anyway I had to brush that off very quickly and continue my conversation with my mom without exposing my true feelings. I'm not discouraged just wishing I wouldn't had sad anything.
I'm moving forward, all my thoughts are centered around Tuesday morning. I wish all of you the best and please keep each other lifted up pre and post op.

Day 5 of liver reduction diet! Going good, had to find a Protein Shake flavor that I liked. So it's not so bad anymore. Feeling like I have more energy! So 6 more days!! Yay! ????

Everyone 's surgeon has a different plan...what are your instructions?
1 did 16 days of 3 Protein shakes /day plus unlimited leafy green veggies (spinach, lettuce, broccoli, brussel sprouts). I could substitute broth with unflavored Protein powder added for one of the shakes. I think I was allowed SF Jello but never had any. I made Popsicles out of Protein drinks for a treat. Drank lots of Water.
Lost 22 pounds in 16 days and had a smooth easy recovery from surgery.

October 6th, 2 day liquid diet.< /p>

I am scheduled for Oct. 7th at 10:00am. My preop visit is tomorrow. My surgeon does not require a presurgery diet.
I am so ready to start my new life. =)

Have fun! Day one of liver reduction down 9 more to go!????

YAY! I had my surgery yesterday. It occurred at Des Peres Hospital in Des Peres, ( St. Louis) MO. I know everyone will have different experiences based on where they have the surgery, but here's what I experienced:
10 AM REGISTRATION: Registered (even though I pre-registered the day before on the phone) and made a payment on my portion after insurance 10:45 PRE-SURGERY PREP: The nurse took my vitals, reviewed my medical history, took urine, and had me change into a gown. 11:30 HOLDING: I laid in a bed in an area called "pre-surgery". It was kinda awkward because there were 7 other people in the room waiting for various surgeries. Some were staring at each other. You could here all of their machines beeping. Some were moaning. I asked for magazines to avoid getting nervous. The anesthesiologist came and asked me a bunch of questions and explained the process to me. Then Dr. Minkin showed up and answered any final questions I had. 1:30 SURGERY: I was wheeled into the OR. I was given some medicine via IV and was out cold within seconds. 3:00 RECOVERY: This was the worst experience ever. I woke up and though I was having a heart attack. (I must state that I was not aware that they put gas in your stomach to make room for the surgery.) The gas was all up in my chest and I truly thought I was dying. My throat was so dry that I was begging for someone to help me. They finally gave me some wet gauze to suck on.: 4:30 ARRIVAL IN ROOM: I arrived in my room ( all rooms at Des Peres are private). My nurses got me all set up, took my vitals, and gave me pain meds, nausea meds, and pepcid. They also hooked my legs up in some cuffs that would help with circulation and prevent blood clots. NIGHT TIME: It's impossible to sleep. Nurses and techs are in your room all night checking on you. MORNING: I went for my swallow test where they give you shots of dye and take X-rays to make sure there are no leaks. 11:00 food: My lunch arrived. It consisted of a bombpop, broth, crystal light lemonade, Jello, and an Optifast shake. I took it very slow and ate the lunch over 2 hours. I took very small sips. 1:30 ROUNDS: Dr. Minkin made his rounds and told me everything went great with surgery. He answered any more questions I had and gave me verbal post-op instructions. He then released me. 3:00 DISCHARGE: The nurse came by with my discharge paperwork and instructions. TIPS:
Walk as much as you can. That's the only way to get rid of the gas. It's almost impossible to fart (odd, I know) so I mainly burped a lot. The gas is no joke! Don't forget to take something to wear under your gown the next day (sweats/undies) to make you more comfortable while cruising the halls. I gained a couple of pounds while in the hospital. I think it was from all the fluids being pumped into me. Overall, I had a GREAT EXPERIENCE! I am so proud of myself for taking this step to improve my health and life. I am also so proud of all of you for making this choice too!

Have fun! Day one of liver reduction down 9 more to go!????

My surgery is October 1st. I have been on a liquid diet diet since September 20th. 80 grams of Protein a day. Water, crystal lite, broth and thats it. Pretty unpleasant overall. My journey from consult to finish took 9 months. So I am way excited to get this overwith!

I'm October 7th! Had all my pre-op testing done today. On day 4 of my all liquid diet. One more appointment with the surgeon next week! I'm excited, but have my moments of extreme nervousness. Look forward to following you all on your journey!

I like how you worded that. I think liver reduction diet sounds better than liquid diet. I may use that since I start mine tomorrow morning. Going out tonight with friends to say goodbye to the old me.