OhHeyMarina

im so happy someone asked this cause I'm 7 days away from surgery and i can tell my period is coming so if i literally don't have it today or tomorrow I will either be on the last day of it or on it during surgery and that sucks! "and I have pcos and hardly even get my period, so what a time to -_-"

This post kinda has me laughing because it shows how every bariatric surgeon does and says a bit of different things, like my bariatric team does call our sleeve our new "pouch" and does say to NEVER drink soda or any carbonated beverages again or it will stretch. So I think thats why we all think one way to another, not to say anyone is wrong, but maybe we all should just realize that when people write a post there is a good chance they are saying what they were taught by their surgeon and honestly should probably follow that, so just keep that in mind if you were taught different and wanna correct someone, thats all I think its great to hear peoples experiences with things like this, because I honestly could not imagine never being able to have sparkling Water which i actually love, so I'm happy to hear that people been drinking carbonated beverages just fine, like my mom is 15 years out from surgery and drinks soda and maintained her weight all these years, but my friends dad had it drinks soda all the time and his weight aint so good 5 years out, so everyones advice is great! just keep in mind everyone will react different to things! what works for someone might not work for you! either listen to what your surgeon says or take your own risk and see what happens may work for you may not but much respects to the vets who are trying so hard to help all us newbies!

@@kayshabear

Got these cook books today, I know they are for after surgery but thought I'd share for those of us who haven't had it yet to be prepared. I've gone through all the books and they have great recipes! Hundreds of recipes between the 2 books and they tell you step by step and how much of everything you need, they even already list the macros for you so you know the nutrition of everything as long as you follow the serving portion in the books you will know exactly what calories, Protein, fat, carbs, etc it has and in "eating well after weight loss surgery" every meal in that book can be made no matter what stage you are in after surgery, wether you are in purée or finally able to eat solid things each meal can be made and it teaches you how to make the modifications for each. Just thought I'd share for any of you interested

@@sweetchef76 no problem! congrats i hope your feeling well! I have 8 days left before surgery feels so long! haha but thank you!

@@dominyks_mom I was told we have to eat away from distractions till we can tell how we are full that way we aren't distracted by the tv or computer, etc and that should help with no grazing

I was told that there is a 'group navigation' box on the right hand side of the page in the December 2016 Sleevers Group. You might have to scroll al little it might not be top right for you so just scroll till you see it and you click on 'group navigation' then 'group discussion' and you could start a new thread! For some people that is showing up and for others its not so someone told me they contacted technical support so it might be something wrong so if you do see it, thats how you as a member can start a thread, if you I'm trying to figure it out!

Lol I will definitely be eating slow and trying to see the signs that I'm full cause all my life I've never had that Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

@@dominyks_mom thanks for the advice my doctor said it should take 20 minutes or more to finish a meal and I'm like i finish in like 5 lol

lol thats my problem i eat way to fast! but 8 days away from surgery so i need to teach myself these new habits!

@@sunsetsue you did

They look amazing! like reading these recipes make me look forward to all this cause to be honest for the longest time i was literally upset thinking that nothing was every gonna be good again for me and that because ill only be able to eat a small amount that everything would be so plain but these all sound so flavorful and good! The book is over 300 pages so a whole ton of recipes!

Sorry for the last post had a hectic morning! But depending on where you are at I either hope your surgery went great or is going to go great! good luck! @@krr343 @@Dknal2 @@olivejuice @@stephkay

Any Sleever for December 2016. I'm not sure everyone understands the diff between the forums and the groups. If they list their MBP username, I shoot the group's link to them and let them know that they can access the group via a laptop/desktop computer. I understand, I was just asking cause you posted that in a fourm that was posted to the group lol so i just wanted people to understand the calendar I did and that i post on people surgery day to show them support was strictly for group members so that it can be a private group support type thing because there way to many people in December haha I'm getting so many private messages asking why they aren't part of it, so thats why i asked lol

@@vegbeth I wouldn't worry, some people have 2 weeks pre op liquid diets or more, some have only a week or only a day and some have none! every doctor has their own thing and depending on how they even do the surgery, depends on if they need the liver shrunk, plus in your labs they check your liver maybe yours has shrunk when you had to lose the 60 lbs to where your doctor isn't worried about it, but dont stress your doctor knows best for you, when is your surgery date? maybe it isn't close enough to were they told you the diet yet? i only found out a week before i had to start mine

@@kayshabear no clue I'm scared haha

@@Faith16 of course!

@@kayshabear im not looking forward to that tomorrow mine is from 7 am - 4 pm!!!!!!

@@Faith16 you haven't joined yet go on a desktop version and click my name and go to my groups and you will see it!

@@Faith16 If you go to the group and click join lol it has to be on a desktop version i will check for you!

@@Large2Ncharge you've made that calendar for anyone in December right? This particular one is just for the people who have actually joined the 2016 sleevers group

I add the people to it after joining the group @@Faith16 i add people to it after they join the group

I was self pay and all i had to do was get a psych eval and cardiology and pulmonary clearance, first doctor appointment i went to was in July and my surgery is December 16th what took so long is being able to get an appointment for the other doctors and then having them having to test me and wait for results to get a clearance, i finally got all my clearances done on November 20th and they called me the next day saying they had dates available for December 8th or 16th so i went with the 16th so everything self pay is normally fast just depending on how quick you get clearances

@@kayshabear actually i dont meet the surgeon till tomorrow haha ive only met the nurse practitioner lol but i know he is a good surgeon ive had multiply people i know go to him its just how it has to run it cause he is so busy but yes they are all so different!!! i just needed a psych eval and pulmonary and cardiology clearance and i was all good to go

@@kayshabear i don't have a nutritionist yet! i was self pay and didn't have to lose any weight prier to surgery so i don't get one till after but tomorrow is my pre op appointment and I'm sure they will ask so i will have to tell them! i believe tomorrow i do take a nutrition class