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Call your surgeon in the morning.

I am pre-surgery, but I like Premiere Protein. Is it OK for post-op?

Barbaric? I think you mean bariatric, although barbaric might be a good descriptor!

What is the app you use for recording your food intake?

It might be referred pain from gas trapped under the diaphragm. If so, it should resolve in the next few days. Can you sleep propped up a bit to alleviate the pain?

Well, today I made it my mission to walk 2 miles and I got that done. As soon as I got home I got a call that help was needed to pass out campaign materials, so I went back out, and the combination has me over 9000 steps, and I'll get 10,000 by tonight, if it kills me. And it just might...

Why does the earth ([emoji288]) emoji show up when some asks about food? It's not in the actual post, just in the lead to the thread? Just curious.

"My doc wants all his patients to get 10,000 steps every day." Yikes AZ Hiker! Your doc is my doc, and pre-op, I'm not getting close to that! I usually between 3500-4000 steps per day on my walk which is around 40 minutes long. How did you handle that this summer when it was so hot? It's cooler now thank God, but still warm. Also, I'm so thirsty after my walk that I have to chug at least 8 oz of water when I get home, and then finish off my 20 oz bottle while I'm cooling down. I won't be able to chug like that postop.

I hope it continues to go well! Thanks for the update!

Happy belated Birthday! 9/22 is my husband's birthday, too!

Damned autocorrect! Green TeaLael!

Sorry, Green Tea label, not tea leaf![emoji6]

Green Tea Leaf, how far out are you from your surgery?

Just got scheduled! Nov. 2nd!!

I'm on the 2nd, too!

I just got my surgery date: Nov. 2nd!! I'm on the early voting list so that will be taken care of before hand. I am excited!! ...also a little bit scared!

I am almost twice your age, have been struggling with my weight for 44 years. I had PCOS too, eventually developed hypertension and type II diabetes. I had to take fertility drugs to get pregnant with my second child and never was able to get pregnant again. I've yo-yo dieted for years. Now I am waiting to get insurance approval for the gastric sleeve. I say GO FOR IT!!! Don't waste years of your life hoping that this time this diet or that diet will work. Get healthy while you are young and enjoy your life. Good luck to you!

For those of you with diabetes (type2), high blood pressure or high cholesterol, how soon did you get to stop taking meds, and how soon did you discontinue CPAP?

I'm not scheduled yet, but I'm hoping for a November date. Just waiting for insurance authorization now.

You look fantastic!! I want that dress!

Thank you so much! I’m glad your postop period went well. I’m hoping I’ll have the surgery before Thanksgiving so I can avoid that food marathon. It’s hard to imagine cutting food intake so much, but I mainly worry about water intake. I live in Arizona, and thankfully it’s getting cooler, but I drink a lot of water. I’m having a hard time figuring how I’ll get enough water to stay hydrated. Are you just sipping water or protein shakes all day long?

Hi! I'm new to this forum. I'm 67 and am waiting for insurance authorization before I can schedule a surgery date. Are there any other people here who had their surgery while in their 60's? I have struggled with my weight for 44 years, and have joined WW countless times, tried OA, 6Atkins, South Beach and Noom. Like most of you I'd lose a little and gain back more. At my highest I was 291, and that was when my doctor recommended gastric sleeve surgery. I wish I had considered it earlier, but I thought it was the cheater's way to go. I know think it's my last hope. If there are older folks, how did you do with surgery, do you have any regrets, and are things that you wish you had known before surgery? Thanks for any advice or encouragement you can give me.