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Hey, I'm a 16er too! I'm in Morgantown WV, having surgery at WVU Hospital. My insurance required 6 months of a supervised diet (monthly classes, my last of which is this Monday!) as well as some health clearances. I'll be on my preop diet for a week, pretty sure it's strictly liquid but not certain. Oh, and the sleeve is my surgery of choice So glad to have us all here together!
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To all having surgery today just pray and know God is in control and then shout woohoo for the victory that lies ahead!! New life new opportunities....
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@@Cathy48 Good luck it looks like you're going to be the first of this group with the time difference with you being in Australia......You'll do great! Save us all a space on the bench!

Well it's 7am and today's the day that my life changes for ever! I've knocked back the 2 glasses of Water + Opti before the cut off of nil by mouth from now on. My surgery is at 1.30, admission at 11.00. Good luck to all the other WLS folks whose day is today.

@ I check in at 8:30 and surgery is scheduled for 11:30. I'm Eastern time as well.

I've lost about 10 lbs on the preop diet (all liquids), so my liver should be good and shrunk by now. I check in at 7 am and surgery is about 9:30, that's eastern time. SO ready to meet my new tum and start this journey!
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I've lost about 10 lbs on the preop diet (all liquids), so my liver should be good and shrunk by now. I check in at 7 am and surgery is about 9:30, that's eastern time. SO ready to meet my new tum and start this journey!
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Good morning all you soon to be sleevers!!! Tomorrow the wait will finally be over and we'll all be on our way to a much healthier and happier life. I'm on Clear Liquids all day today. My pre-op diet was basically just a low carb diet so I was able to have actual food.......This will be quite a change, but I think I'm too excited to eat anyway...I weighed this morning and I've lost 12 lbs so far on my pre-op diet and another 13.6 prior to that, so I've lost a total of 25.6 lbs since I started! I'm sure all these liquids today will cause me to drop another pound or two.....we shall see!!! How much has everyone else lost?

Just got my surgery time - 8:30am, have to be there between 6-6:30am. I had been hoping for later in the day as I am so not a morning person and even the idea of having to get up so early makes me anxious and then I can't get to sleep. I also hope my surgical team is awake and alert first thing in the morning! I was thinking maybe it would be better to be 2nd of the day, once they got into the swing of it. Obviously they know what they're doing and are professionals but still...
Also, this is dumb but, apparently they arrange the surgeries each day by BMI with the highest BMI patients earliest and then down the list. I feel ashamed for being upset that I'm the biggest! I don't judge anyone by their size, knowing how it has felt for me to be treated so poorly for being my size, but still, I can't help but feel upset that I'm the biggest!
I'm trying to look on the bright side: 1) earliest in the day means more of the day to work on walking and keeping liquids down, etc. and that will increase the chance I'll go home the next day instead of Wednesday; 2) I won't have to spend much time thirsty, hungry as well as anxious before I go under; 3) It will be easier to get across the city in a cab (I live in Manhattan, NYC) at that time...I'm sure there are other things.
I can't believe this is 3 days away. So anxious. I know this is what I need to do but I can't help but have thoughts like "what if I'm making a terrible mistake?!?" I take comfort in remembering that every time I've seen a question from a pre-op person in a FB support group about whether or not others in the group regret their surgeries, a good 97% of commenters say they don't regret anything, even if they had complications. Those who do regret their surgeries are a tiny minority. I can do this right?!

Oh I am SO ready! I've been packed for a week, lol! Sick and tired of this liquid diet (cheated and ate a meatball out of my hub's Pasta ). Had my pre-op yesterday and I'm more convinced than ever he's the best doc on the planet, really went out of his way to answer all my questions and allay my fears. Peed in a cup, had some blood drawn, all results normal, good to go! I'll find out tomorrow what time I have to be there Monday. Today I went and got my hair did, it's WICKED short, easy to care for and if any falls out it won't be such a big deal I'm just anxious and ready to start this new chapter of my life! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Oh I am SO ready! I've been packed for a week, lol! Sick and tired of this liquid diet (cheated and ate a meatball out of my hub's Pasta ). Had my pre-op yesterday and I'm more convinced than ever he's the best doc on the planet, really went out of his way to answer all my questions and allay my fears. Peed in a cup, had some blood drawn, all results normal, good to go! I'll find out tomorrow what time I have to be there Monday. Today I went and got my hair did, it's WICKED short, easy to care for and if any falls out it won't be such a big deal I'm just anxious and ready to start this new chapter of my life! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

This 2 week liquid diet sure is a roller-coaster ride. Some days I feel like an angry, exhausted badger. Other days I've got it together and can plow through the day. Some nights I sleep well. Other nights pretty poorly. Let's talk about Poop: My doc asked me yesterday at my pre-op appointment if I was having trouble with diarrhea or Constipation. I told him I hadn't pooped more than a tootsie roll in 4 days. I've been taking Benefiber every day, nothing. He recommended Miralax.
Work has been super-stressful, trying to prepare to be out for 2 weeks. There is a lot going on where I work and I'm sort of the only person who does a lot of the things I do. I've been working late every night this week catching up and preparing. Only one day left to train co-workers. STRESS.
Something crazy happened a few days ago. I was backing out of a parking space at a grocery store and this guy in a truck coming from the opposite direction turned into me and tore my bumper from one end to the other. Constant insurance tasks, phone calls, police reports, etc. etc. etc. STRESS.
Throughout this process over the past 7 months or so I've had my moments of "should I really do this? alter my internal organs for life? not eat a full restaurant sized portion ever again in one sitting?", probably the questions we all ask ourselves, or worry about. Now, I'm peaceful about it. I know that this is exactly what I need to do. My health is going to turn around dramatically. I'm going to get off of all or nearly all of my meds. I'm literally reversing diseases! I feel good and confident about this surgery, not stressed or afraid. My life is about to be amazing. Bring it!
Three more days. THREE!! Then one wake-up after that, and my life changes. <3

Oh I am SO ready! I've been packed for a week, lol! Sick and tired of this liquid diet (cheated and ate a meatball out of my hub's Pasta ). Had my pre-op yesterday and I'm more convinced than ever he's the best doc on the planet, really went out of his way to answer all my questions and allay my fears. Peed in a cup, had some blood drawn, all results normal, good to go! I'll find out tomorrow what time I have to be there Monday. Today I went and got my hair did, it's WICKED short, easy to care for and if any falls out it won't be such a big deal I'm just anxious and ready to start this new chapter of my life! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

T minus 6 days! It will be here before we know it!
I have to be at the Surgery Center at 5:30 am so I must be one of the first on Monday. Honestly, I still can't believe I am doing it. From reading all the post on here, I know I will feel completely different after everything is said and done but it still seems crazy that I am here getting surgery!!
liquid diet day 9: first couple of days I had a terrible attitude about the whole thing. " I'm going to be grumpy, starving and useless while on this crazy no chew diet!" And guess what?? I was BUT I decided on the third day to suck it up, put my big girl panties on and remember this too shall pass. After that, I was no longer hell on wheels, only slightly hungry from time to time and quite handy once and awhile.
What I have learned is attitude is everything. Yes, I dislike the shakes my Dr has me on but I drink it anyway and look forward to my 1 cup of broth and 1 cup of Jello a day. I am tired but honestly, I was always tired. Having a baby who wakes up at night did that for me before I started the liquids. So basically keep your head up if you are struggling with the preop liquid diet. As many have said before, it gets easier (or you just adapt and get used to it). This too shall pass!
Cheers to everyone on their liquid diet as I drink my lunch now! We got this!!!!

My surgery is on the 16th!
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I ordered a "chicken sandwich, no bread, add avocado, sauce on the side, sub fruit for fries (wrap that to go) and would you bring a to go box when you bring out my order?. Oh, and could the chef weigh the cooked chicken breast and let me know how much it weighs. Thanks." I don't think that was too crazy. This is what I think WAS crazy. The following items all arrived on separate plates; grilled chicken breast, 2 slices monterey jack cheese, 1/4 sliced avocado, 2 slices Tomato, red onion rings, a leaf of romaine, and chipotle mayo. My table looked like I was a glutton at a dim sum house. The server raised his eyebrows as if to wonder if he did a good job. I smiled, chuckled to myself, and reached for the to go box.

I never take left overs home. These days I will order whatever suits my fancy--Protein of the day. Then I will order to have only a third to be delivered to me. The other two thirds (sometimes 1/2) I will donate to the homeless shelters.
Many restaurants in NYC are donating all uneaten food to the homeless. I think it's a wonderful program.
I will admit once sending an entire beef wellington back because the beef was too well done. Normally I would have just eaten it, but I thought some homeless person would be thrilled to be able to enjoy a beef wellington. Shame of me, I guess, but I still smile thinking about the smile that must have been on the poor soul's face that evening. I'm just bad, I guess.

Be sure to post back and let us know how things are going. I should have listed "Stay active on the forums" as one of the keys to success. It definitely helps motivate me and keep me accountable!

Because sometimes, people are stupid.
They are uninformed, short-sighted, and very, very stupid.

I've told everyone from the start and I have not encountered any negative feedback. I guess that I have been lucky. If my mother was alive, she would have went crazy. All my life, she begged me to never have weight-loss surgery. The daughter of her good friend had it many years ago. She was allergic to the staples and almost died.
Anyway, this has been the easiest and most successful way to lose weight for me. I will tell anyone that asks how I did it.

Oh but diet pills and fads are for those "disciplined" people who just can't seem to lose those 10-20 pounds. WLS is for the weak-willed, lazy, morbidly obese! That's the difference!

No one has given me any shit about my surgery, but I don't tell everybody I meet on the street about it. I wouldn't hesitate for one second the bitch slap anybody who tried to tell me what to do with my own body. At best, it is disrespectful, inappropriate, and absolutely too personal for anyone to comment on someone else's body. Let alone the choices they make for their bodies.
Fat people need to ditch the shame. We are just as accountable, for letting people in our lives, and letting our culture bully us into feeling ashamed of our beautiful bodies. Fat bodies are soft, fat bodies around, fat bodies are shapely and and have been worshiped in every culture over many thousands of years.
Our modern culture is sicker than morbid obesity makes us. We have every right to be who we are-fat or thin-and the road we have taken to get there, is ours alone.
No one has the right to diminish you unless you give them that right.
No one has the right to tell you you should be something different than you are. Only you can decide that.
You are the only authority when it comes to your body, your soul, and your life. Do not give away the power that is innately yours!

"Losing weight is like winning the lottery. No one knows how to handle you after the fact."
There's a lot of truth in that statement. Smart sister.

Well, at the end of the day all I can say is it's my body and I can do what I want. I chose to be healthy. No one else is paying my bills but me. And these would be the very same people chastising you if you had a health crisis because of your weight.
I think a lot of it comes down to jealousy as well. My sister once said "Losing weight is like winning the lottery. No one knows how to handle you after the fact." And she is right. So basically screw all of them. Your happiness makes them uncomfortable. And that's not your fault.

Becuz their stoopid.


People are afraid of things they don't understand but too lazy to do little research beyond what they heard about what happened to their neighbor's mother's best friend's boyfriend's cousin's veterinary assist. Via Facebook.< br />