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Scheduled for a Gastric Sleeve on Sep 6th!!

Scheduled for a Gastric Sleeve on Sep 6th!!

Scheduled for a Gastric Sleeve on Sep 6th!!

Hey all, sleeve done on Sep 6 and am home. Not sure if it's gas or just cramping or nausea but definitely not a fun feeling lol.
Abdominal wall pain is more than I expected but trying to get up and walk through that pain.
Hoe everyone is doing well!!

Three weeks to go til Surgery. I'll tell you the one thing that is tripping me up BIG TIME!!! I am really struggling with this no drinking while eating... That one is going to be some work back when I'm eating normally for sure

So what is everyone doing while playing the waiting game???
I'm eating reasonably, definitely indulging in ice cream a bit more than usual as I'm going to be saying goodbye to that for a long while 🤣. Getting a ton of riding in as well, taking advantage of some nice weather! Holding off on any weight training, I'll plan to start that after I get cleared after surgery.
Mentally, I'm ready. Still have some lingering fear and remorse that I need to make a permanent change to my body to finish losing the weight.
Hope everyone is doing well!!

Scheduled for a Gastric Sleeve on Sep 6th!!

So what is everyone doing while playing the waiting game???
I'm eating reasonably, definitely indulging in ice cream a bit more than usual as I'm going to be saying goodbye to that for a long while 🤣. Getting a ton of riding in as well, taking advantage of some nice weather! Holding off on any weight training, I'll plan to start that after I get cleared after surgery.
Mentally, I'm ready. Still have some lingering fear and remorse that I need to make a permanent change to my body to finish losing the weight.
Hope everyone is doing well!!

Scheduled for a Gastric Sleeve on Sep 6th!!

Scheduled for a Gastric Sleeve on Sep 6th!!

Just Awesome! (as a little tear in my eye forms...). Really nice to hear and thanks for sharing that

It’s September! The real countdown begins for us. We did it! Wishing everyone positive thoughts for upcoming surgery 😊

Veggie fried rice, rice with furikake, and inarizushi (I also ate one full sushi and 2 of the pouches without the rice in them while making them).

On my 4th day of the liquid diet, it's getting easier not to want to devour everything within reach. Tired of sweets though had to go get some Bone Broth to break up the monotony. I just got my Proteins I ordered from here today so yay for some variety. Must say that the Bariatric Pal chocolate Coconut is so amazingly good (my lunch today). A little lighter on the Protein side at 15 grams but it tastes like an almond joy sans the almonds. That sweet chocolate and coconut flavor. I just realized why it's so sweet. I didn't think to look at carb counts when I bought them I just said oooo that sounds good, got to have it, and clicked the buttons.
I've lucked out as the girl who works in my office trying to put on weight will buy any of the proteins I don't like off of me so they're at least not going in the trash. My husband is going to want to shoot me when he sees this box of everything I bought last week from the website. It's a good thing we have separate bank accounts or else he'd have a fit at the amount of stuff I've bought prepping for this surgery.
Meet my surgeon for a final pre-op appointment tomorrow as well as doing some labs and another appointment with the pre-op department at mayo so will be in the car the majority of the day tomorrow. Not looking forward to that as often as I've got to go to the bathroom with all these fluids. May be a miserable trip, bad enough I'm having to make it alone. This is where I feel sorry for myself for being a loner and not having a friend I can drag along with me.
So I'm open to making new friends! And hope all of our September's go amazingly!
11 Days!? The last few months have flown by and it's been a pretty amazing ride once I got placed with the right physicians.

Started my Pre Op Diet today! My Bypass is 9/12/23! I’m excited! My diet is a struggle today. But hoping I figure it out soon. I have researched and researched on my surgery so I can have knowledge on what is going to happen. I’m only 24 and my parents are a bit scared. But I’m just ready for a new life!

Ok so my surgery is Friday morning - it’s 2 hours from home so we are going down Thursday and staying til Sunday. I have so many emotions happening right now. Packing tomorrow - hope my nerves hold up

Sleeve scheduled for September 28th!

September 18th! Bypass @ journeylite with Dr Agusta. Looking forward to less heart burn.

Gastric sleeve schedule for September 26, 2023

Scheduled for Tuesday the 5th!

Day 1 of the liquid diet for me too. So far I've forgotten my box of liquid IV and all my little Water flavoring packets. I did stop and pick up a box of crystal light along with some sugar-free Jello since I'm allowed to have that as well. I'm making due with some of the Protein I bought for after surgery until I can get to Sams this afternoon and get premade shakes because my approved list for pre-op liquid diet is tiny.
I'm supposed to drink two 8oz glasses of regular OJ everyday, and I drank the first one and yeah, that hit me like a lead balloon. I think I lost about 1/2 of the 22 lbs you were talking about earlier hahaha but serously!
I hope everyone's getting excited. Counting down the days and praying they go as quickly as the last few weeks have gone. Just trying to figure out how I'm going to make it all work with no PTO to cover my surgery days. I only have 20 hours left and that won't cover much considering I have to go to mayo this Friday for 3 appointments so there's anther 5+ hours gone since Mayo is 6 hours away. I'll be driving all day. YUCK! And I'm supposed to cut out caffeine completely too? Somethings just aren't fair hahaha

Day 1 of the 10 day liquid diet.. Ooooo, fun... <complete sarcasm>
End it with some nice explosive diarrhea. OK, 9 more to go til surgery

Pre op diet started today and it hasn’t been too bad. I just make sure I keep drinking or grab some Jello or a sugar free popsicle when I feel thoughts of food creeping in. My dinner consisted of 1 cup of green Beans and 2 oz of chicken breast and it was actually pretty filling. 13 more days to go 🙂

So what is everyone doing while playing the waiting game???
I'm eating reasonably, definitely indulging in ice cream a bit more than usual as I'm going to be saying goodbye to that for a long while 🤣. Getting a ton of riding in as well, taking advantage of some nice weather! Holding off on any weight training, I'll plan to start that after I get cleared after surgery.
Mentally, I'm ready. Still have some lingering fear and remorse that I need to make a permanent change to my body to finish losing the weight.
Hope everyone is doing well!!

One more week til liquid diet starts! It's starting to get real...