Jazzy1125

How much do you think you have lost? 140 is a lot to not feel like you have lost that much. Do you think you lost more or less?

Welcome, I am new here myself. I decided to have the Surgery on September 21st. Since I am self-pay the process is a little different and smoother as there are no hoops to jump through or mandatory things to do. I start my Liquid Diet in 2 days and my Surgery is scheduled for November 8th. Here is to new beginnings!

The Countdown is Officially on!! I got the all clear yesterday and I start Pre Op Liquids in 2 days.. I am super excited!!

Good luck..they have you on 3 weeks of liquid..i am on two and start on Friday with my surgery on the 8th..heres to new beginnings

I am also scheduled for the 8th. I started to let anxiety creep in and then thought of all the good it will do in the long run. Only this weekend my son let me know he could not go down for surgery due to work and now i am worried that i wont see him again, but then i know its just my mind playing tricks.

I start this Friday. Dont forget you can have water, clear broth, jello, sugar free jello pops. my go do normally is coffee. I bought Caramel Protein shakes to use as creamer. I will be right there with you by the weeks end.

Mine is the 8th

Thank you..now to gwt through pre op liquids lol

Thank you

I apologize for starting a new thread as i cannot locate where i posted the initial information that i want to update LOL. To recap: I had my pre-ops done on the 10th and my Surgery is scheduled on the 8th of November. My EKG came back abnormal and i was very nervous because i did not have a Primary Care Physician since I am self pay and the results requested both a Dr. Medical Clearance and a Cardiology Clearance. So i was fretting and getting nervous about all of that. I found a PCP that does takes Patients without insurance ( after about 5 phone calls to other doctors) and am really glad though now that I have him in hindsight because it is a very family friendly oriented office and i don't feel like just a number. Anyhow on to the update : ) I went to my PCP and he asked me a lot of questions since i was a new patient and all and we even discussed my past diets and my successes and failures and let me tell you i have never felt more like i had found a friend instead of a professional even though he was professional. My point being is he listened and conversation rather than be opinionated. I felt very welcome. He asked me at what weight would i tell him that "if I weighed _____ I would not do bariatric surgery" I gave him my realistic answer of 150 pounds. Because his office runs a medical weight loss program he wanted to see if that would be an alternative option. I appreciated that insight from his end. He realistically told me that his program would not accomplish that as good as bariatric surgery since i am currently 298.6 pounds. Since it was his first day seeing me as a patient. In the end he stated that he would give me medial clearance if i agreed to have an echo cardiogram completed. He also said he could do them in his office where the cost would be a quarter of the cardiologist and that it would be accepted by my surgeon since his directions said Medical/Cardio and not both. This was on Tuesday. He got me in for an echo yesterday and the tech while technically not a doctor told me "if you see me run out or say i will be right back then you may not have your surgery on the day you want, but if i let you leave here without calling the doctor in, you are good to go :)" At the end she said, unofficially i believe you will have your surgery on your date but i cannot Officially tell you that LOLOL.. I am on cloud 9 today and am looking forward to the 8th. I now just hope she didn't miss something and the results from the cardiologist reading the echo doesn't change LOL. Happy Weekend to all! 5 more days before i begin my liquid pre op diet!

I am also eadt..however i was Born and raised in CT but have been in DL for over 20 years

Lol i am having mine 18 days before my birthday

I stopped caffeiene and smoking on sept 25th the day i decided to get Surgury..no caffeine isnt that bad but boy oh boy i tried an iced coffee one day last week and a 1/4 way through i stopped drinking it..headache from hell

I am scheduled for the 8th. My liquid starts on the 26th. (14 days).. Right there with you.

Rhanks me too

November 8th pendor results of a cardiogram that's scheduled for thurs

I have my surgury scheduled for nov 8th. I had my.pre ops done last week and my ekg came back abnormal. I went to my primary care dr today (first time as I didnt have a primary before..i am self pay) he said my ekg is fine but would like to do the echocardiogram just to be sure and safe..heres to hoping that is fine as well..i will know for sure next Thursday if he clears me as I am schedule for the test this Thurs...

Sigh..let the fun begin..i am athe dr office getting pre ops done for nov 8th Surgury..haha stomach in knots in the waiting room lol

Love brazilian food..one thing I can make lol but wont be eating in the near future..i have my pre op labs tomorrow along with my informational meeting with the surgeons office tomorrow.

I like this idea

I am looking forward tô being thin enough to have enough confidence tô participate in an arthur murray dance competition..right now I wont do anything outside of my studio

I am scheduled for Nov 8th

I am just now getting to the vitamin purchases so i am ready for when i need to take them

Thank you

Yea i am in the process of teying to find the right vitamins that cover the multitude of whats needed. The dr sent me the ones they recommend but dont require to use those..without ins they are lile 500 a no th. I have time to find what I need as my Surgury date is nov 8th and they said I wont need them till 4 weeks post op