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@@James Marusek the surgery went well! I'm not in any real pain at this point except for a super dry throat, but I have my ice chips! I'm just so happy to be on the other side and to have had such an amazing and compassionate surgeon. He did my whole surgery in 3 small holes!

that was exactly my experience to the point of I remember someone saying "are you in pain?" And trying to say yes but it was a whimper. Then I woke up in my room with my hubby and kids. ???? I was sooo sleepy though. I slept off and on til like 2am then went on a walk.

Thank you! ❤️ I'm so excited! I packed my bag and got everything done last night, so since I can't eat or drink, that leaves me 3 hrs to contemplate why I'm no where near as nervous as I should be! Lol I am absolutely calm which is so not like me. I even slept like a baby last night!

I can't believe it! Tomorrow is my surgery day! I absolutely cannot wait to get this over with!

I'm referring to a liver shrinking diet, not the insurance requirements. I was excepting to have to have one for 2 wks or even 1 wk, but he said I don't need one at all which has made the whole experience really that much easier on me. I only have to switch to a liquid diet the night before and drink 1 bottle of magnesium citrate. That was a lot less painful than my colonoscopy clean out! ????

I totally know how you feel. I've been having warning cramps of my impending period and my surgery is scheduled for Monday. I could very well be in the same situation only I have no way of knowing when my period will come because I haven't had my period return since I weaned my baby so it's all a guess, but nice to know I shouldn't worry about cancelling if it does come. It is really stressing me out!

Don't fast unless you are given the instructions to do so as you can actually screw up your results doing that. My surgeon only required a basic panel of tests and I didn't have to fast or pee in a cup so I was a happy camper.

That is so scary! I hope it turns out to be nothing serious and they can get you rescheduled for surgery soon!

There is also the issue of "vanity sizing" at play here. Right now, I'm about 20-25 lbs heavier than I was in high school... but I am wearing the same pants size that I did then, 8. Now, I know that I'm bigger than I was then. Today's size 8 is a lot bigger than a size 8 was in 1995. it's so true! Yesterday, I was going through my old clothes from college days and I had a dress I wore ALOT when I was around 200lbs. It was my go to dress for snagging a guy LOL. It was TINY looking so I had my daughter try it on for fun. She wears a 12 in women's usually and she fit it perfectly! The tag however said 22/24!! No wonder I felt like a big fat hippo, even when I wasn't! I looked at her and thought to myself "and you couldn't even be happy at her size!" Was a real eye opener. My weight problem has never been my weight, but more my continuously beating myself up about my weight. It's like when the people making fun of me and ridiculing stopped, I just kept going.

I'm not having a last meal before my surgery. I don't want to think of it as some forbidden zone that I must go enjoy whatever one last time. It's just what it is, the next step in my progress. I've already cleaned up my diet so much and worked so hard, why would I want to revisit what damaged me to begin with? Most things will probably come back in some form a year or two years down the road like steak or sushi...it'll be definitely changed, maybe not quite the same, but no farewells. Except for soda. I said my farewell to that forever on July 4th.

Congratulations ladies! It's so exciting! I realized today is the last Monday I will be doing my normal routine! Next Monday is surgery day!!!!

I have the same date! Yay! It won't be that long! on vitamins, I went with the Bariatric advantage chewable French vanilla for immediately post op and then I got the pill form for later in the month when it's OK to take pills again. The French vanilla are pretty good. They taste like cake mix before you add the eggs and water.

Oh how scary! I'm glad you caught it! Now I've got something else to fear post op. lol I actually scheduled my appt to get the drain removed already! lol 10 days after my surgery in 10 days! ????

Did you call your surgeon yet? I hope you are ok! Definitely isn't a good sign to be running a fever that high post op.

What a great NSV! I live in Colorado too!

Nov. 9th

Pre op done today and turns out I don't have a pre op diet at all! He said that studies have shown the liquid diets don't really help that much and it's more torture for no reason. He said if he had a 600lb patient maybe he would do it, but I'm in the range of it not being necessary. He says that all Bariatric surgeons in the US will be phasing it out over the next few years probably so good news to those with a 6 month wait! So I only have liquids the night before surgery and 1 bottle of magnesium citrate to clean out the ole bowels til then just keep on doing what I'm doing!

My pre op appt was today and it was so super simple! I had to answer a bunch of health questions, temp, height and weight, bp, an EKG which lasted less than 5 mins, then they took a basic blood panel and CBC and that was it! I'm done and ready to go til the night before. Then the "fun" begins! ????????????????????????

I really enjoy the syntrax nectars over crushed like snow cone ice. I can't take a big drink or it hits my eject button and spews out, but if I sip it(like I'm suppose to eventually anyway) it's actually very pleasant and not a chore like the premier protein. I got some Matrixx samples recently too. I think the names like peanut butter cookie and chocolate cake lured me it! ???? I haven't tried them yet though.

@@Joymarie333 congratulations! Do you have your date?

I'll probably be on my pre op diet-find out what it is Friday so no candy and junk for me. I'll take the kids around the neighborhood and dad can eat my candy tax for taking them! ????

I got my approval later this afternoon! my date is Nov 9th! All I had to do was give up! lol

Yay! Sounds like you are almost to the gate to get on the plane to skinnyville!

I like the BA chewy bites 500 in caramel. They remind me of those chunks of caramel used to make candy apples. I haven't tried the lemon. Anything to compare it to?

my surgeon also does surgeries for Kaiser in Denver. I wonder if that means there's a chance I won't have a liquid diet too? What's it like? Just super low carb and sugar free?