MysteriousGal

My surgery is scheduled for 11.1.18, I'm keeping my fingers crossed since my surgery was pushed once before. Also trying to think positively since my birthday is November 2 so I will be spending my 28th birthday in the hospital but it is a great birthday present to myself. Honestly this is my first major surgery so my nerves are going haywire. Hopefully I'll feel better once I'm in the hospital and they are wheeling me into the OR. GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!!!! Good thoughts going everyone's way! We are all in this together!

I work in a urgent care and ended up getting a very upper respiratory infection. My primary put me on steroids and antibiotics, apparently you cant take steroids 2 weeks before surgery since it affects the body's healing process. I even had my primary check the "DO NOT take these medications" list provided by my surgeon and it wasn't listed on there. At the time it was devastating but the cold turned into pneumonia. So it was a really good thing they didn't do the surgery as planned since I was so sick. So literally when I work I wear a mask constantly since I can't bear to have my surgery pushed again.

Thanks so much @Missouri-Lee's Summit. Honestly I am so happy I joined this site! I'm not normally one to be on forums and what not, but this site is amazing. Thank you for all the good advise, I need to work on not being so critical on myself. Thanks again!

Thank you for responding to me. I just get really hard on myself... hopefully in the next few days more of the water weight will come off.

Hello All, My surgery date for the Roux en y gastric bypass is 11/1/18. My original surgery date was 10/11/18 in which I completed 11 days of my 3 week pre op diet ( which consists of 4 protein shakes a day, 2 protein bars, 1 small banana, up to 3 servings of sugar free jello, low sodium broth, and of course clear liquids). Now when I first did the diet the first time I followed it very strictly and did not cheat at all. This is now my second time doing the pre op liquid diet which my doctor wants me to do 2 weeks instead of 3 this time around. I "cheated" and had Vietnamese Pho broth only the broth and I am freaking out that I really screwed my self. I haven't deviated from the diet except for that but I noticed my weight loss has plateaued since I did this. Just looking for advise on here since I am freaking my self out so much =(