Hello everyone!

My journey started 6 months ago getting all the necessary preapproval stuff done,

1. cardiologist

2. sleep apnea test (2 nights)

3. pulminologist

4. monitored diet

5. all other stuff such as diet plan, list of failed diets etc.

I am there! My surgery date is May 16th and I am looking forward to being a healthier me, I just wanted to drop in and say hello to all of you and would love some words of wisdom, comments, concerns, or other tidbits you may find helpful!

Thanks again! and I look forward to joining the "healthy" club!

Warm Regards,

Jonathan

Hey MzNelly, yeah, i've kinda been around, but something happened to my original sign in name, so i haven't been able to log back into it to see or get any messages. so sorry about that. i wasn't ignoring you promise :D

I had my surgery done at NYU. I thought they were going to make 5 incisions and they never said they were going to go through my belly button, so i wonder if that is just a decision they made when they were in the room. at any rate, they made only 3 incisions. the one by my sternum is so tiny, it's going to probably heal and disappear. i don't know about the one by my port yet because my steri strip is still attached, and it's still attached at my belly button too, so i don't know how big those are.

So here has been my 2 days of liquids so far, what do you guys think?

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May 10th, 2011 Your Total Meal Item Brand Item Name Calories Sugars Carbs Fats Protein Cholesterol Sodium Dietary Fiber Your Servings Calories Sugars Carbs Fats Protein Cholesterol Sodium Dietary Fiber 2pm Chinese Restaurant Egg Drop Soup 61 0g 10g 2g 1g 0mg 1,122mg 0g 2.00 122 0g 20g 4g 2g 0mg 2,244mg 0g 8pm Chinese Restaurant Egg Drop Soup 61 0g 10g 2g 1g 0mg 1,122mg 0g 2.00 122 0g 20g 4g 2g 0mg 2,244mg 0g 9pm Fage Fage Total 0% With Mango Guanabana 120 17g 18g 0g 11g 0mg 45mg 0g 1.00 120 17g 18g 0g 11g 0mg 45mg 0g 10pm Carnation Carnation Evaporated Milk 40 3g 3g 2g 2g 10mg 30mg 0g 2.00 80 6g 6g 4g 4g 20mg 60mg 0g Breakfast banana 121 17g 31g 0g 1g 0mg 1mg 4g 1.00 121 17g 31g 0g 1g 0mg 1mg 4g breakfast Carnation Instant Breakfast (dry mix) 130 18g 25g 1g 6g 0mg 135mg 0g 1.00 130 18g 25g 1g 6g 0mg 135mg 0g breakfast Smart Balance Skim Milk 120 15g 15g 1g 10g 5mg 160mg 0g 1.00 120 15g 15g 1g 10g 5mg 160mg 0g lunch Muscle Milk Light (100 Cal) 100 0g 5g 3g 15g 5mg 180mg 2g 1.00 100 0g 5g 3g 15g 5mg 180mg 2g lunch Hunt's No Sugar Added pudding, vanilla 60 1g 6g 2g 0g 0mg 115mg 0g 1.00 60 1g 6g 2g 0g 0mg 115mg 0g

Totals Calories Sugars Carbohydrates Fat Protein Cholesterol Sodium Dietary Fiber 975.00 73.63g 146.06g 19.45g 51.48g 30.00mg 5,184.00mg 5.50g

Wrapup Calories Allowed925.67 Calories Consumed975.00 Calories Burned0 Net Calories975

May 9th, 2011 Your Total Meal Item Brand Item Name Calories Sugars Carbs Fats Protein Cholesterol Sodium Dietary Fiber Your Servings Calories Sugars Carbs Fats Protein Cholesterol Sodium Dietary Fiber 9am Chobani Nonfat Plain Yogurt 100 7g 7g 0g 18g 0mg 80mg 0g 2.00 200 14g 14g 0g 36g 0mg 160mg 0g 12pm Progresso chicken Noodle Soup- Light 70 1g 10g 2g 6g 20mg 680mg 2g 2.00 140 2g 20g 3g 12g 40mg 1,360mg 4g 2pm Land O'Lakes Fat Free Half and Half 20 2g 3g 0g 1g 0mg 30mg 0g 1.00 20 2g 3g 0g 1g 0mg 30mg 0g 2pm Nescafe coffee 4 0g 1g 0g 0g 0mg 1mg 1g 1.00 4 0g 1g 0g 0g 0mg 1mg 1g 2pm Smart Balance Skim Milk 120 15g 15g 1g 10g 5mg 160mg 0g 0.75 90 11g 11g 1g 8g 4mg 120mg 0g 2pm Isolate Advantage whey Protein Isolate- Creamy Vanilla 110 3g 5g 1g 20g 10mg 130mg 0g 1.00 110 3g 5g 1g 20g 10mg 130mg 0g 4pm Land O'Lakes Fat Free Half and Half 20 2g 3g 0g 1g 0mg 30mg 0g 2.00 40 4g 6g 0g 2g 0mg 60mg 0g 5pm Smart Balance Skim Milk 120 15g 15g 1g 10g 5mg 160mg 0g 1.00 120 15g 15g 1g 10g 5mg 160mg 0g 5pm JELL-O sugar free Mouse Temptations, chocolate Indulgence 60 0g 10g 3g 2g 10mg 100mg 0g 1.00 60 0g 10g 3g 2g 10mg 100mg 0g 5pm Isolate Advantage Whey Protein Isolate- Creamy Vanilla 110 3g 5g 1g 20g 10mg 130mg 0g 1.00 110 3g 5g 1g 20g 10mg 130mg 0g dinner Progresso Light Italian-style Vegetable Soup 60 4g 14g 0g 2g 0mg 820mg 4g 2.00 120 8g 28g 0g 4g 0mg 1,640mg 8g

Totals Calories Sugars Carbohydrates Fat Protein Cholesterol Sodium Dietary Fiber 1,014.00 62.35g 117.85g 9.85g 114.50g 78.75mg 3,891.00mg 12.50g

Wrapup Calories Allowed925.67 Calories Consumed1,014.00 Calories Burned0 Net Calories1014

Glasses of Water 2011-05-095 TOTAL5

So tomorrow is my big day!!!!

i am really excited! today I am on Clear Liquids, can anyone advise me if I can have cranberry juice and other dark "clear" liquids?

I am trying to drink a little hot broth every hour or so to keep myself feeling full.

just stopping by to say good luck tomorrow.

i know everything will turn out just fine!

I think the clear liquid rule is that you have to be able to see through it. Cranberry juice not so much, but apple juice may be ok. Good luck tomorrow!

Good luck today Jonathan!!

Posting from the hospital! The surgery was a success!! Keeping me overnight. Discharge tomorrow! It went so well that I didn't need any pain mess!! Shoo hoo! Been doing breathing exercises, they took the folly out (TMI!) and now I can pee! . 6 incisions, just did my walk around the floor. Hope all have re same great experience! I will post more when I can!

Posting from the hospital! The surgery was a success!! Keeping me overnight. Discharge tomorrow! It went so well that I didn't need any pain mess!! Shoo hoo! Been doing breathing exercises, they took the folly out (TMI!) and now I can pee! . 6 incisions, just did my walk around the floor. Hope all have re same great experience! I will post more when I can!

Congratulations Jonathan!!! Take care!

Yay that's great news Jonathan. I hope everything continues to go well for you.

I'm also from Brooklyn. Right now I'm in the 6 months supervised weight-loss program phase. I have two more appointments with the my doctor. Also I have to meet with a psychologist still. Hopefully my insurance will approve me for the surgery.

Please continue to give us updates on how you doing, Jonathan. =)

Best Wishes

- Phebean

congrats jonathan! so glad to hear the everything went smoothly.

Hello there,my name is Kristen and i should be getting my surgery done by the end of June,I feel like jonathan full of questions,Hope all goes well today with your surgery anything helpful would be great seeing i am super nervous about this whole journey,but very excited too!!Hope to hear back soon!

Good Luck Johnathan: So glad all went well with the surgery yesterday. I only hope I can be as lucky. Planning to have it done in July. Approved by insurance and excited about that but hearing some bad stories on complications that are scaring the heck out of me. so glad to hear you are doing well. It is what I need to hear right now! Keep us posted.

thanks for all the great responses, my surgery was done yesterday, i went in at 930am, and was wisked away to pre-op, they asked a bunch of questions and got me ready for surgery. before i knew it i was awake by 1230/1pm, slipped in and out of sleep for the entire day in recovery (they kept me till 630) since I had sleep apnea they kept me for a minimum of 3 hours. i got a private suit! (it must be my charm! j/k)

got to my room and they monitored me throughout the night, checking my blood sugar (diabetic) and my blood pressure. they woke me every 3 hours give or take, i was in great shape, even in recovery did not require any pain medications, the most pain I had was discomfort from abdominal gas pressing on my chest. it was not due to the surgical sites.

today they gave me the video xray to see that the band was in place, once it was a green light i got liquids, hot tea, an orange sorbet, i was able to take very very small amounts in and keep it down, you can tell when enough is enough, you don't want to over do it.

once i kept the fluids down they cleared me to leave by 1130, they gave me a script for vicodin, but I don't think i'll be needing it.

once I got home it was still difficult to do the 1 ounce (30ml) every 15 minutes, the best thing i had in my arsenal was the sugar free popsicles. they are a life saver.

right now at this moment i was able to do an entire popsicle within about 20 minutes so I think the swelling is starting to go down, and I am able to take in more fluids. i did sleep once I got home, i slept from around 330pm up till 8pm tonight.

i am slowly sipping on a bottle of Water, and have so far taken in about 2 ounces in the 15-30 minute period, I don't want to over do it b/c we all know what will happen

please let me know if you guys have any questions! ( I am in the healthcare field so can answer some technical questions as well if you have any)

Is it worth it?

I think so, considering my wife went to Peter Lugers on my all Clear Liquids day (drug rep dinner) grrr!

this will change your life. and I do this for my health and for my kids!

my weight before surgery was 267 (i am 5'11") BMI of 37.X

after 1 week of liquids and my weigh in at the hospital pre-op was 251.5 BMI of 35 (ish)

Thanks for the updates!!!

Speedy recovery to you and I hope you feel better soon-sounds like you are making a smooth transition

Hi Johnathan: So glad to hear you are doing well. I am using Dr. Geiss in Syosset also. Hoping to have this done July 25th. Going for another stress test today at the Cardiologist office. Dread it! I cannot run at all and hope I pass. Have done it in the past but they want another one done closer to surgery date bcause of my age.....I'm old. How long did you stay in Syosset Hospital. Was the pain bad and did they keep you comfortable with meds? Sorry for all the questions but scared right now. Thx