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Thank You, waiting to make the call at noon to get my surgery time.. tring to keep busy lol your only a few weeks away !!!!!

Good Luck Tomorrow Im also scheduled waiting to call the pre-op for my time to come in. Try and keep busy today and think about the future and your new start. (question) what did your doc have you do day before surgery? im only to have liquids today and nothing after midnite and small sip for pills in morning (nexium, folic acid). joe

Good Luck and God Bless... everything will be fine as everyone always says on here..LOL looking forward to seeing your next post! Im next tomorrow Nov 2nd not nervous but tring to keep busy also today

My surgery is Nov 2nd and had my last supper last nite also being my 1yr wedding anniversary. I felt a nice seafood dinner would be good, so i had a half of a lobster tail, 4 scallops, 4 shrimp i was full from being on low carb diet last 3 weeks. My restriction was different again from most i was just told not to eat after midnight on monday night, but i may opt to have a light Breakfast and Clear liquids on monday. Im a little nervous but looking forward to a new start, im tired of being fat and the yo-yo weight loss and gain. Good Luck to everyone on Monday looks like alot of people making a new start. Its time we finally do something for our selves! Joe

Thanks for a great post, Im being sleeved on Nov 2nd and and have been excited and scared about how im going to feel the first few weeks after surgery and how ill deal with it. Im also at the 330 range and having a italian and ukrainian heritage so breads and pastas, periogies are all around me. I have only told a couple people about this and lookin forward to hopfully posting a great story like yours!!! Congrats on starting your Journey Joe

Hello Cielle, Dr Gandsas i believe has done about 1200 sleeves he is new to the area im guessing less then 6 months, hes from my Seini hospital in baltimore. and i think there is another doctor there who does sleeve. As for pre op diet he said that not all of his patients are put on a pre op diet and im not one, but i have started a low carb diet this week and i think ill do a modified liquid diet for the last two weeks (I say modified because its my one year aniversary being married on Oct 30th and im sure my wife would like to eat a real meal and not share a shake, so maybe something light like fish. if you want any info feel free to PM me.. and yes i scared and nervous but excited about what to come!

hey Guys thanks for the posts, when i woke up this morning i threw the rolls out i really didnt miss them as much as i thought i did when the impulse came. I started a low carb diet today!!!!!! Ive been a excellent patient for many years with all my injuries, so if the doctors say do this i will to the T. As for me doing diets and weight loss ive failed for one reason or another and after staring and stoping a diet Ill start again monday or after the holiday im just tired of it all. two years ago i walked into a bariatric doctors for a consultation he talked to me and pushed the Lapband, at the time i had three friends who had it done and it worked for one out of the three (the husband and wife) had complications not from lapband. So after leaving his office and talking to family who of course said just lose the weight you dont need another surgery, i put all thoughts of bariatric aside. All this time my mom has been suffering with Lymphoma (3yrs) and while helping her i popped a umbilical hernia and didnt tell anyone except my doctor and wife and maybe a close friend. I had been taking her to chemo and radiation for about 2 1/2 yrs and i just couldnt do it anymore i needed to help myself i forgot all about me and my needs, thats when i knew it was time to see another gastric doctor and get the help i needed for me. I seen my doctor this summer at the same time mom calls and says my aunt has pancreaitic cancer and not much they can do for her, she doesnt live close and mom and grandmom dont drive so ive been doing all the driving a few times a week back and forth 80 miles round trip and if theres traffic....ugh Id do anything for my family as you can see, had a talk with my aunt while she was in bed already thin and in pain but still smiled to see me and knew i love her, i told her what i was doing and she said its the best thing i could do for myself and wished she would be around to see my transformation, i cried she cried and she said she will always be around watching me and i know she will, last night i visited again and she only has days left. As you can see im a caretaker im not ashamed of what ive done always putting family or friends before me but if your like me and are thinking of bariatric help, DO IT and dont look back you have to put you first take your life back as im doing. Sorry for the long winded post i got off track a lil with my family issues andi was going to delete but there might be that other person who is in same spot and it might help...if not it helped me write it down! God Bless Joe

My First Post on the site, been reading alot last few months. Looks like a great bunch of supportive people on here! My Surgery Date is November 2nd. My Doctor is Dr. Gandsas in Stratford NJ Im a little nervous about having it done but so looking forward to a thinner and healthier life. Good Luck to everyone Joe