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The night I had my sleep study I asked for a split test (well the Dr. ordered it that way for me). I was so upset when they came in to put a CPAP on me. I went in after and was told that I needed it and once again was pretty upset. I went ahead and got it. I do hate to admit that I do wake up better in the morning. I don't like the mask though, I tried just the nose one then went to full face since the nose one was basically blowing my mouth open in the night so my throat was so sore. The full face is not the most exciting thing either :thumbup: I figure that if my surgery was to hinge on me using it or not, I'd use it until I lost a good chunk of weight then ease off of it. My attitude (because I want this surgery badly), is I will do what ever it takes to get it done.

Thanks for the replies.. I didn't mean the 6 weeks to wait for a fill but more the 6 weeks of liquid/puree. Some people I have heard from only had 1 week post-op on liquid then off to solids. Thanks again!

I have my meeting with the surgeon on Monday (11/1). His way of doing things after surgery doesn't seem to go along with a lot of what I'm reading here. After surgery I will not have a fill, but I will be on 3 weeks of liquid then 3 weeks of puree. At 6 weeks he will do my first fill. Now of course I have this 'question' on my list of things to ask him on Monday but just curious about your thoughts.:thumbup:

I haven't had mine done yet, but like I was told and knew prior to the seminar I attended "this isn't a magic wand". Its about an extra tool to help control the over eating. Its got to be something in your mind that you are willing to do and work at. Its knowing this is my life, this is how I have to eat and excercise because I was not born in a family of twigs... the genes I've been blessed with are more of the oak variety :huh2: Weight will always be a battle for those of us who are over weight, its how we choose to handle it. Good luck!

I have been checking out all these things prior to surgery. Do you have a VitaminShoppe? if so they have a whole slew of liquid multi-vitamins, calcium, Vit-D etc.

Luckily my surgeon doesn't do the 2 week liquid prior to surgery. He has you lose 10% of your weight instead. The diet they give you is slim pickins! So as another poster.. went to Olive Garden the night before and went right on to two protein shakes a day and one decent high protein meal a day. As of today... about 10lbs to lose and I'm good to go..

I've told about 5 people, but ones that I needed advice from etc. When the surgery date is set I don't care who knows, quite frankly. Everyone I know, knows I've had a weight problem and am not the first to have it or the Gastric done.... Glad I have a good support group!

I am using the Arbonne shakes as well. I did go to the Vitaminshoppe to pick up a higher protein powder to add to it. It's not the greatest with water but since I'm trying to keep the carbs down I make it through it I do add some Watkins extracts i.e. cherry, strawberry to get a lil taste of fruit. What ever it takes :wink2:

Hey everyone... new here! Still going through the process of appointments etc... but I'm so excited! My cousin is at her 2 year anniversary and has nothing but good things to tell me about her experience. She told me about this site and I feel that one of the best tools you can have is a great support system. This seems like one more good tool to have on this journey..I've enjoyed reading the information here.