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I became vegan few months ago. My surgery is in about ten days. I saw my surgeon yesterday and we talked about it. He said he doesn't have anything against it as long as I keep track of the amount of protein that I will get. For you should be even easier. I don't know if you eat eggs, milk and derivate. If no, pay attention to the protein shakes. There are today many good protein shakes that are vegan. Good luck

Surgery on 9/5. On Pre-op diet since 8/8 (4 shakes + 1 small low fat&carb, high protein&fiber dinner). I already lost almost 20 pounds since I started the pre-op diet . From 271 to 252 ! Today i went to my last appointment with the surgeon. We went again through the procedure and through the possible acute and chronic complications. He clarified that there is the possibility that he will need to open the abdomen if he can't lift the liver to reach the stomach. I am very very scared.

I started my pre-op day on august the 8th.... My surgery Is September 5th. I guess half way there! It's so hard. Taking day by day!

I started my pre-op day on august the 8th.... My surgery Is September 5th. I guess half way there! It's so hard. Taking day by day!

The medical records that my parents saved show that I was only 4 years old the first time I went through a medical diet. Since then I tried all the diets you can imagine. I have been followed by nutritionists, doctors, therapists. I followed the south beach diet, Duncan diet, intermittent starving, the whole 30, I can't even remember them. But when I was going back eating as my all other friends were... I gained weight. Again and again. I have been up and down from 170 to 280 pounds so many times in my life. And that's very dangerous. But I never felt "full" or "satisfied" in my entire life. I'll go through a gastric bypass on September the 5th. I am on my pre-op diet. It started few days ago and I know I'll do my 30 days of shakes and 1 meal of boiled veggies and a small amount of protein. I am really scared for the years after surgery. I hope I'll tolerate all healthy foods but in moderation. Please keep your fingers crossed for me. I hope this is last time I'll lose weight and I hope this time will be a little easier to mantain the new weight. Good luck to all of you, my friends.

Thank you James for the suggestion and the nice words. I'll print a picture and I'll carry it with me. I'll also cut down the coffee...I like those ideas. For the rest, I haven't drink a soda in the past 2-3 years, I excersize every day including 1 hour of yoga, 1 of cycling and 1 of body pump a week. I think my case is a little bit different from the other cases. For me it is that constant sense of hunger together with a never experienced sense of fullness and satisfaction. I hope this will work for me. I am pretty scared at less than 30 days from surgery.

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