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That's Awesome! You could always send me your cute 16-14 size clothes. :wub:

Had surgery yesterday. I thought I was doing really well. No nausea, drinking Water OK, walking around the house. My incisons, especially left/port side is hurting sooo much. It's very difficult to get in/out of bed and sit/stand. I haven't been able to sleep hardly at all. I'm uncomfortable no matter my position. I'm taking my pain medication and tylenol in between. Any suggestions?

My doctor said a minimum of 50 grams of protein a day. His nurse also said, hair loss is possbile from the surgery (anesthesia) and low protein. Seems like 1-2 shakes per day will be necessary to meet the minimum requirements. I actually liked the Optifast shakes and Designer whey. I add a sweet n low and cinammon for a egg nog type taste, or vanilla extract, other extracts like mint to chocolate, coffee, crystal lite... experiment with flavors. I could use one right now!:wub:

I had surgery today and my incisions are very sore/ painful but,I think over all it went vert well!

Thank you for all your warm wishes. I'm home now. It went very well. I guess I'm doing really good since I'm on here! My incisions 5, are very sore but, I'm able to walk around slowly. Sitting hurts when I'm going down but afer I'm seated I'm fine. I kinda suprised how much water I can drink w/out an problems.

I did a two week Optifast diet. I believe it's standard for my doctor's ofc.

I made it thru the pre-op diet. Tomorrow is the big day. I'm so nervous & scared. I've never had surgery before. I hope I don't freak out and back out at the last minute. I can't! I've already paid for the surgery. I'm a self pay!!! Pray for me!

I'm scheduled for surgery w/ Dr. Kim on Tues 04/14/09 and I'm a self pay too. I went to the seminar on 03/31/09, consultation on 04/01/09 and started the Optifast pre-op diet the same day. It's fast!

Hey Pac, I sent you a private msg on here w/ my email. I'm scheduled at Forest Park on Tues 04/14/09. Hope you're doing well. Email me when you get a chance. Judi

Hey Terelbel, What's wrong w/ red?

I'm a self-pay and had consult on 04/01/09 and surgery is scheduled for 04/14/09. No psych eval or supervised diet... just the usual pre-op testing that's done before any surgery. Good luck.

It's day 5 of 14 days pre-op diet. It's really tough. I miss food and eating. I can only have 5 Optifast shakes and SF jello, Crystal lite and SF tea. I've added SF popsicles, and FF chicken broth and I cheated by eating a couple of bites of cooked veggies from the soup I made the chicken broth from. At least some ppl get to have real food: veggies, salads and OMG chicken. I don't understand why there's such a huge difference between pre-op diets from doctor to doctor and I don't understand why someone who needs to lose 100 lbs has to the same diet as someone who needs to lose 200-300. It doesn't make sense to me. Yes, I do want my surgery to be a sucess and I don't want to take any risks. I just needed to rant for a bit. At least by the time I do get to start eating I will appreciate the healthy stuff like chicken, veggies, salad if I can still tolerate it. AND, I've only lost 4 lbs so far. I lost it after the 1st day of liquid. I'm on day 5, I thought I'd be down 7-8 lbs by now! Argh! Sorry about the ranting. I'm just hungry. : (

Pac, glad you're doing so well. I'm only taking off work a week. Do you think you could've returned to work if you had to after a week?

I only go out to lunch w/ a few women too but, I'm worried they'll start asking alot of questions when I abruptly stop going out to lunch and start having mysterious drinks for lunch instead. They're used to seeing me go out to resturants everyday and having a hearty meal.

For those not telling, how did you hide or explain the pre-op & liquid diet? I don't want to tell my co-workers I'm having the lap band. I'm afraid all their questions will make me more nervous and freaked out. Any suggestions or tips how to explain the liquid diet? I'm afraid someone will figure out my secret. :thumbup:

For those not telling, how did you hide or explain the pre-op & post op liquid diet? I don't want to tell my co-workers I'm having the lap band. I'm worried all their questions will make me more nervous and freak me out. Any suggestions or tips on how to explain the liquid diet? I'm afraid someone will figure out my secret. :thumbup:

I'm looking for a buddie. Hopefully, someone who has a band date close to mine 04/14/09. I'm a 40 yr old, insurance adjuster in the DFW Texas area. Maybe we can go through this "together". :welldoneclap:

I'm self pay $10,500 includes, pre-op tests, and fills for a year. Dr. Kim in Colleyvilles. It's nothing compared to the what I've spend the last 20 years in diets, pills, gym equip, clothes in 10 different sizes... as with anything, as the years go by price goes down.

Thanks for all the great responses! I'll try them!

Any tips or suggestions for making it thru the 2wk pre-op liquid diet? My first day wasn't too bad but, I did have visions of sugar-plums dancing in my head. This is tough!

PAC, how'd you banding go? I'm scheduled for surgery on 04/14/09 w/ Dr. Kim. Would love to hear how your surgery went and how you're doing.

Sounds like y'all are doing great! Thanks for the responses.

Meet w/ surgeon 04/01/09. My date is surgery is scheduled for 04/14/09 (self-pay) Started 2wk pre-op Optifast. I'm excited and nervous! Never had surgery before.

Surgery scheduled for 04/14/09. Started pre-op Opti-fast today. Just wondering how much everyone lost on pre-op / post-op liquid diets. :wink: