Pinkgirl1234

My liquid diet includes soft mashed foods ...like sautéed spinach,cottage cheese,yogurt and the 1 day before all clear liquids

Heard marine collagen supplement helps...Amazon has it.

Love soup!

Good luck..I find most bariatric surgeons offices rather curt...busy and you have to keep on them...the doctors are so busy ...really...you have to be very diligent and persistent.

The lapband should be outlawed!

Please, just do the sleeve, its so much easier. ( Besides with my RNY I'll always be able to brag and out perform all the sleeve patients and make me look great ) Really, RNY is a more serious operation , you are actually shortening the length of the intestine that absorbs food. Every thing being equal, RNY trumps the sleeve, especially if you are diabetic. Just check out my numbers...'nuff said. OMG....213 pounds lost ??? freakin amazing!!!!!!Congratulations ...

Ha! Steve you are so right!!!!Tell em... I agree if you gotta ponder get a sleeve...I am getting my revision to RNY... cant wait to get off metformin...My friend had her sleeve in August...because"SHE WANTED THE LESS INTRUSIVE SURGERY" Yeah ...ER twice...gerd...vomiting...yeah...I suggest the sleeve.My RNY gold standard surgery is on The 28th... Yeah...go with the sleeve...

My doctor doesn't prescribe full liquids ...soft foods No sugar...2 drinks and a Protein...I do steamed fish in broth ,cream of wheat made very watery ,steam spinach in broth and 2 to 3 Protein shakes.I use cashew or coconut or almond milk.Low calorie ..cream Soups from pacific foods or trader joe..2 days before surgery all Clear Liquids. Are you advised to stop taking Vitamins?If so at what point?

Post breast cancer can't do soy

Bodyfortress is being sued.Class action lawsuit.

I have a 38 BMI .I feel miserable and really fat.I am seeking a revision from failed lapband to bypass.I have organ damage from the band and my stomach is a mess .No one is cutting 85% of it out.Its been through hell already.bypass.

There must be another dr.but I am going to tell you that you must be patient.I had to wait 6 weeks to see my surgeon because I was a first time patient transferring my records to him(revision from lapband to bypass). At this time it is beyond busy.I doubt surgeons are even seeing new patients because there are so many people seeking to have surgery before the end of the year.I have a pre op appointment...if I miss that then they are too busy and I will not have surgery.I am scheduled for ne date...There are so many people it's maddening. There must be another surgeon as names were given.No matter who you call now it is going to be crazy...in the meantime you should connect with your primary and all doctors you currently see and get them to write letters of recommendation for WLS.It will help with the insurance approval down the road.Also see your PCP and have him/her start to document your weight and diet attempts on a month to month basis because some insurances want a record of attempted weight loss.Get yourself ready....insurance approvals are not a piece of cake these days. I can imagine you won't see a doctor until January 2016.In the meantime be proactive.

Please keep in mind .You want to make the best decision....no one who has had only the sleeve can tell you what bypass is like.The most informative posts in my opinion is the people who have had revisions.They can tell you what the deal is from both perspectives and personal experience not just tell you cookie cutter remarks. I have a friend who had the sleeve in August.Their were some complications and she vomits and have been to the ER.Also developed GERD.Hervdaughter had the same sleeve surgery and she is doing fantastic no problems whatsoever. I have lived in misery for far too long with the lapband .I am revising to bypass.I originally was going with the sleeve until I did more research.I have damage from the band to my esophagus and stomach.Soncutting 85% of my stomach out is not going to happen.I am a breast cancer survivor and I am not worried about malabsorption.What I am worried about is seeking a revision down the road to bypass because I made the wrong decision yet again.If you down the road find that you need a second surgery to bypass it is tough to get insurance to pay for a second procedure. Think about it long and hard and make sure you have a very experienced physician.I had a surgeon who was only able to perform lapbands and sleeve so you know what that meant....I changed to a more experienced Doctor in the same practice who can really advise me from all perspectives. I am revising to the bypass once and for all because I cannot go through a 3rd surgery.I am making the correct decision finally.The gold standard .I got too much weight to lose to play games.

I was 387 on the day of surgery. I just hit 4 months post op on the 17th, and I'm down almost 80 pounds. I had the bypass. Hey Cervidae, Wow fantastic job...

Fantastic job.Congratulations.

Do your research and talk to your doctor.

What is Kyani?

Fantastic.

Just got Quest powder at Vitamin Shoppe on sale...nice... Isopure is my new thing.

Yep...and we both don't have time to play around with the "flavor of the moment" procedure .When you have PCOS it is full on.,..bypass is really the way for PCOS sufferers.

Sleevers!!!:-)

Have had 15 years of failure and misery with the band.I had the choice between bypass and lapband...I wanted the band because I thought it would be less invasive...boy did I make a mistake...fast forward.I have PCOS,hypoglycemia,post breast cancer,high cholesterol ,a screwed up esophagus and tortured stomach....why would I want to cut 85% of it out? I originally considered the sleeve which is the "new" it procedure like the lapband was back in 2004.I am going with the best surgery with the most study and proven research because...I chose incorrectly the first time....this is it..."The gold standard for me.....bypass....do your research and see the amount of sleepers looking for revision to bypass and ask yourself..." How come the bypass patients are not looking for revision to the sleeve?Check out how many sleepers are looking for revisions to bypass...Trust me if you want a revision from the sleeve to bypass down the road you will jump through hoops and may not be able to get approved ....

I am pre revision surgery from lap miserable band to bypass!(gold standard because no one is cutting 85% of my stomach out)and I have GERD. I have PCOS..metformin 850 mugs twice daily and statin for high cholesterol.....can't wait to get surgery and never have to take these pills another day!!!!

Great job

I can only afford a week