Okinawa girl

I had major headaches for the first 3 days of the pre op diet. It was all better by day 5. My body was going crazy without all the sugar and other junk I was putting in it

Good luck Allen! Your new journey is just in front of you.

My husband brought our four year old to visit me both afternoons I was there. My child is well behaved in public and I had a private room. She just came in and sat down. She didn't really know what to think. I say let your wife bring her. It is nice to get a kiss from them when we are gone for the night. Just know that if your child isn't tolerating the visit well that your wife may need to leave early

Same here. They found mine during surgery and fixed it at the same time

@Kk-bear Awe thanks for checking up on me. Surgery went great. They found a hiatal hernia that was repaired. I have been super sore in the stomach all week and the gas pains are killer. My shoulders were hurting yesterday so I think they have finally made it as far up as they can go. Today is a much better day. Puree Proteins are hard to eat. Not only is the texture nasty but for me during this first week every meal my tiny new stomach has been cramping something awful. Hoping to get past these stages quickly. How is your process going?

I was sleeved on the 19th and I get to start puree tomorrow! I don't think I would like the all liquid crap for much longer

I lost 17.5 lbs. Two weeks. Protein shake for Breakfast, Protein Shake for lunch, 4oz o protein meat ( I did only chicken) and 1/2c of non starchy veggies. I was also allowed two servings of each per day broth, sf popsicles and sf Jello. I never did the broth though. Dr said today that he could tell right away that I had did well on the pre op diet

I had one, It didn't bother me at all while walking and I liked the fact that I was not up all night having to go pee. The IV of fluid had me going potty a lot the second night so I was thankful I did not have to worry about it the first night. I also had compressors on my legs and I did not feel like taking those off and having a nurse come back to put them back on every time I had to pee.

@@Jb1176, and @, I have not been sleeved yet. My date is 5/19 with Dr. Lahmann at Silver Cross Hospital. I thought it was weird not seeing anyone from the area with as many people go to those seminars. So far I am really liking the people who work in the office. Seem like very helpful and caring staff

I have not. When I go to my 4 hour NUT class on Tuesday I will leave with a 1 month supply of supplements. This is one thing included in our 350 dollar program fee

Hi Gracy! I have a May 19th date also. I start the pre op diet on the 5th right after my 4 hour NUT class. I am in Illinois!

SMiranda if you go to YouTube you can see exactly what a pulmonary function test and that is what I pretty much did. I did get to use the nebulizer and repeat a few of the breathing exercises. It was awkward but it is one step closer

A big "high five" to those of you who have dates!

Thank you for the replies. I should just put on my big girl panties and make a call to the dr.'s office just to make sure.

Hi! I had my Pulmonary function test at the beginning of the month and am just waiting till the 20th when I will have to go in for the actual Pulmonary consultation. I have realized I scheduled this appointment at a time where I would have to leave the house before my dh gets home from work. That would mean me taking my 9 and 4 year old to the appointment. Since the function test was already done and out of the way I wanted to see if anyone would see concern for me dragging them along. They are super well behaved kids and I have no doubts that they would be okay but I wasn't sure if there was some other kind of testing that was done or something where maybe I should find someone to watch them. I don't use a babysitter so asking someone to watch my kids for me is a last resort for me. I was just wondering how the consultation went for you.