Ktprimo

Prayers and positive thoughts are always welcomed! Thank you. Oddly enough, I'm not nervous. I'm excited and ready to get this next step moving. Once I made the decision to move forward, I have been really at peace with all of this.
My surgeon has a very strict POST surgery program. Until I've lost 75% of my excess weight, I'm not allowed more than 5 grams of carbs at any of my three meals per day. He doesn't want me to have the refried Beans, the oatmeal, cream of wheat, etc. I see so much of from other people's posts. None at all. Only meat, eggs, yogurt, etc. and healthy carb veggies (if I have room). However, he's more lenient on the PRE surgery diet. He just told me that for the two weeks prior to surgery, he wants me to eat low carb, high Protein, and ditch the sods (which I've already done). He said if I could drop about 10 pounds, he'd be happy. His words...."I don't force my patients into a pre-surgery liquid diet."

You know what's funny? I haven't held back on telling anyone and I haven't gotten the first negative comment. I'm sure someone somewhere has something negative to say, but they've even smart enough to keep it to themselves. And outside my close circle (who are all supportive), I guess I don't really care what people think. I guess that's why I'm so open with it. Huh. I've never given it much thought.

I feel your pain. It is so disappointing when your best friend can't find it in their heart to support you no matter what, especially when you were there for them when they needed you. I just have to let it go and move on. I'm on a mission to improve my health and appearance, and if that means important relationships change, then so be it. My family has been supportive and I am so grateful for that!

I was out to dinner and movie with a friend and a friend-of-a-friend. I really didn't expect the other friend to be there but I was itching to tell someone and see how it went, so I just blurted out I have some news to share and told them I am looking at WLS. The other friend got all excited because she had lap band years ago and it was the best thing that ever happened to her. I was so glad I shared ... I got a lot of support and a new WLS buddy ???? My mom, dad, and hubby all know and are supportive, too. Only one person has said not to do it ... but after explaining why he changed his tune. I can't imagine I'll lose a friend over this but if I do, it's their loss.

I love that these forums help me to feel like I'm not alone.
Who else is getting sleeved June 30th?
I'd love to have surgery buddies to keep up with during the process.
Surgeon: Dr. Hargroder in Louisiana
SW 305
Height-5'7"
Ultimate Goal- 175
(although I must say being 199 would make me the happiest woman alive. Lol)

So, I'll be under the knife at 7:30 tomorrow morning. I tucked my kids in at their cousin's house, charging my iPad, gassed up the car (hospital is 45 min away without traffic)... I'm starting to get nervous!!! There's a tiny part of my brain that is freaked my kids might never see me again! Totally irrational, I know, but still scary! It doesn't help that I've had a Migraine since starting clear fluids!! I know this is worth the discomfort but I really hope the headache and nausea get better quick and I can be a better, happier, more energetic mommy soon!!! Wish me luck!!!

Thank you so much for sharing. I love seeing success stories and pictures. You're right. It may not totally Erase my fears but it reminds me of why I'm doing this and the amazing possibilities & goals this offers me that I would never have or achieve without the surgery.
You are so beautiful. (Before & after)
Congratulations on your successful weightloss!!

I was sleeved last Wednesday. So I am 6 days post op with no pain! But I've also followed all the direction of walking and it helps. The first three days are the worse! Then you will be able to feel your incisions each day getting better! I took pain medicine once after I got home on day two and was good after that. Just hang in there

No major pre-op diet for me. Just liquids the day before. I quit smoking two weeks ago. I was going to schedule the surgery for August 4th and give myself time to get past the cigarette cravings and enjoy my vacation but surprisingly ended up scheduling for June 30th. So I go to pre-op on the 23rd, NYC on vacation from the 25th-29th then surgery on the 30th.
I've had a few "food funerals". A close friend who had the surgery recommended I don't skip it. She said it was part of the process she didn't regret. She doesn't miss any of it now but enjoyed those last buffet meals and carb indulgences.
Kind of weird to treat myself to foods I've avoided for a long time even tho it's not like I was losing any weight while avoiding them.
Part of me feels really guilty indulging when my goal is to give them up for good and lose weight.
I am determined to enjoy every one of my Favorite Cajun comfort foods including gumbo and shrimp stew next week and of course my final crawfish boil today where I am determined to eat until I can't eat anymore. Lmao. (I know that sounds awful but this is why I'm fat and part of this food funeral is also helping me to say goodbye to my "glutton, binge-eating, food-comforted" personality too.)
This process has helped me to learn just how disgusted I am with this side of me. And just how eager I am to change and become a better, healthier person.
I love food...but I love my daughter and my husband even more.
So I'm mourning the loss of who I've been with these little food funerals and on June 29th as I begin my liquid diet- I will Celebrate by raising my first glass to toast who I will become and the years I will have with them that weren't possible before.