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Vey much seems like forever! Just have to be patient and trust the process and realize that a few extra months is nothing compared to the rest of my life

No cancellation and no other contact from dr. Guess I’ll have to wait it out until the 27th. Thanks for wondering! Helps to know I’m not on the ride alone!!!

I got some good news today...I think. I went back and met with a liver doctor 2 weeks ago. They wanted to do some further tests of my liver. The problem was that I can't get an appointment for 4 weeks so I was becoming a little impatient. I messaged the Dr. today and got a response by one of his colleagues. She said that my liver enzymes are now in the normal category. They also did a fibroscan on my liver that showed it had some damage but did not have cirrhosis. The Dr. is out til next week and booked until my next appointment and she said she would put me on a list if there was a cancellation. They will want to do a ultra sound of my liver at the next appointment and hopefully I'll get good news moving forward with weight loss surgery. I haven't had too much good news, so I'm grabbing on to this for a little bit!

@frust8 not sure if a hermatologist is on the case but my surgeon did talk about this as a possibility. I’m sure blood work on the 30th will tell them more. @rickm it is good he is positive. Will see what happens on the 30th and maybe see about a 2nd opinion, hope it doesn’t come to that.@mattymatt thanks for the optimism!

Bummer news... Went in yesterday for my pre-op because my surgery was schedualed for March 20th. Diagnosed that I have NASH-cirrhosis of the liver and Thrombocytopenia (my blood doesn't clot normally) I go back in 3 weeks to meet with a liver guy and he will do a CT scan and ultrasound. Pretty nervous and disappointed right now. Anyone else have one or both of these. I did ask my surgeon what the chances of me having surgery, ever and he said there was a 5-10% chance I would not have surgery. Surgeon seemed very bummed about having to break the news to me, which made me feel better but uneasy. Thank you in advance!

Thank you! Lots of questions, and won’t get many answers for 3 weeks

Not good. Dr is worried about liver and the fat around it. He called it NASH. My blood also wasn’t clotting. Long story short, surgery is off for now and seeing a specialist in 3 weeks. I asked percentages of me being able to ever get surgery and he said 90-95%. Not sure when that will be but fingers crossed it will happen sometime. Thanks so much for thinking of me. Going ok for you?

I really do like Premier Protein shakes. They are very good and mixed with ice, taste like milk shakes! Thanks for sharing

I'm sure mine will change after my appointments on Friday. I will be interested to see how it changes. Hopefully not too much. Hang in there and keep on keeping on! Have to ride out a little rain to see the rainbow!

I am doing the Premier Protein, vanilla and chocolate. It really doesn't taste bad. In the morning I blend with ice cubes so it has a shake type consistency. For supper last night I blended up 3 oz of chicken, 1/2 cup of mashed potatoes and 1/2 cup of carrots. Really wasn't too bad. My program has me doing a 1200 calorie and then an 800 calorie every other day. Today is my 1st 800 calorie day and my cottage cheese and peaches at lunch aren't really cutting the mustard for me! I know I just have to stick with it and then good things will happen! Good luck!

Congrats! Seems like we are on the same time schedule. I have my pre-op appointments on Friday. I started the liquid diet today and it hasn't been too bad... I know tonight will be tough, because that's my grazing period! Best of luck with everything!