I just wanted to start a March group. My surgery date is March 2nd.

I live in Maryland. I am very lucky that the BCBS center of excellence for bariatric surgery is only 20 mins from me. The surgical director has a very good reputation.

I'm on a liquid diet for pre-op but so far Ive been drinking 2 protein shakes and having a meal. If I get too, too, TOO hungry, I just eat a salad of only romaine lettuce and some dressing. I started the protein power diet earlier this month and lose 5 lbs.

Hi y'all! I will be banded 3/7 in San Antonio, TX. I had an EGD 2/22, and luckily I have a hiatal hernia... So insurance will pay for SOME of this! I started the preop diet the same day. 3-4 protein shakes, and a zero carb dinner. My Denver omelet tonight was awesome! I'm taking a week off work, but only because my surgeon said I may not have the energy for 12 hour shifts on my feet. I have been feeling great, up until yesterday. We had a leak inside the wall in our kitchen, and now we have a huge repair to do. And here I just took out a $5000 loan for surgery. I feel pretty guilty, but it needs to be done! And hopefully homeowners insurance will pay for some of the repair?

I have heard that you can drink them but the air bubbles hurt (feels like gas pains). My addiction at the moment is SF Kool-aid. My co-workers all ask me what I am drinking and when I tell them SF Kool-aid they make a face and ugh.. :-p When I would drink coke, I would hear "If you would cut out your Coke, you would lose weight." Now that I have cut it out, they still don't like what I drink..

..sometimes coworkers and friends and even family members are better left out of knowing. im not telling anyone in my family, not telling any friends either. onlly my husband knows and we have agreed to be silent on the subject. it seems that everyone wants to be an expert.. So the gas does hurt?? is that long term?/

The nutritionist where I go said that some of the patients pour a soda over ice in a cup and can drink it with no problems vs drinking directly out of the can or bottle. This allows some of the carbonation to escape a little.

ahhh... now thats what i want to hear. lol. i dont want to give it up... i will have to wait and see how i cope with it i guess. thanks for sharing this. im not sure if im seeing a dietician ... i reckon i probably will be.

I'm not a pop drinker but my doctor says no more carbination of any kind ever. So that's one that won't be hard for me to comply with! LOL

Hi y'all! I will be banded 3/7 in San Antonio, TX. I had an EGD 2/22, and luckily I have a hiatal hernia... So insurance will pay for SOME of this! I started the preop diet the same day. 3-4 protein shakes, and a zero carb dinner. My Denver omelet tonight was awesome! I'm taking a week off work, but only because my surgeon said I may not have the energy for 12 hour shifts on my feet. I have been feeling great, up until yesterday. We had a leak inside the wall in our kitchen, and now we have a huge repair to do. And here I just took out a $5000 loan for surgery. I feel pretty guilty, but it needs to be done! And hopefully homeowners insurance will pay for some of the repair?

Where in San Antonio are you going? I live in Killeen but having it done in SA at the Nix's on the 9th.

My surgery date is March 6, 2012!!! I am super excited!!!! It is time for the new me!

Lisanj and Yvonne we're getting banded on the same day! Can you send me your email addresses or FB page info? I wanna reach out to you guys on the 10th or 11th and see how everything went.

I started my liquid diet today .

My job kinda made a big deal about my extremely generic Dr's note. But since I'm only using 2 days of sick leave (I have credit hours and Im gonna work from home 2 days to make up the full week of recovery time) they really couldnt ask me for additional info.

Hi sunshyne..we have the same day!!! Im getting so nervous but we can do it!! I will send you a message with my email address

My sx is march 9th too my pre-op diet starts thus Wednesday' date=' how about you? I will be on the South Beach Diet Phase 1. I am excited and nervous at the same time.[/quote']

Yayy another march 9th...well i thought i was supposed to start my preop diet this passed Friday but then they said wait til next Friday so im nervous it won't work and starting Monday...mine is protein shakes and i can have other things like yogurt..unsweetened applesauce...raw veggies..oatmeal and couple other choices

Nurse told me to give insurance two weeks for a response That will be March 5. I'm calling tomorrow to make my follow up appointment to start my pre-op diet...I'm going to try to set it up for March 14. That will give me the two weeks of dieting and I can get my Surgery before April 1.

We are taking my eldest daughter on a cruise for her high school graduation present on May 4. and would like to have my surgery a good 4 weeks prior so that I'm good and healed and not in the middle of the ocean having issues.

I hope the nurse was right about Tricare Standard being easy to work with......Anyone else have tricare Standard?

I have Tricare Prime and got my referral within 3 days! I was surprised how quickly we got it back.

Yvonne, I am having my surgery at the True Results surgery center with Dr. Wright. I understand they have an affiliation with Nix also. But if there is an unlikely emergency, they will send me to Methodist Hospital. I work there, so it makes me feel comfortable! I used to live in Killeen as a kid. Welcome!

My sister went with True Results and love them! Dr. Wright did her port repair and said he was good. True Results won't take my insurance but Dr. Carcamo will.

Dr. Carcamo is Dr. Wright's partner, so you are in good hands! I know several nurses who have used both surgeons, and I'm a nurse myself who has done a ton of research.

... this is something i want to know about .... can we have fizzy drinks after surgery at all?? i love zero coke... and other diabetic drinks' date=' not that i have a lot of them but i do have them here and use them daily.[/quote']

My doc says nothing carbonated. If u MUST have a soda, leave it open in the fridge overnight so it will go flat. Yukk! Is that even worth drinking? Warm soda in the stomach expands and can stretch ur pouch. Not worth it to me! But, I have good news. I always find a way around things....lol. How bout a small FROZEN Coke from Burger King, or a Slurpee from 7-11? No carbonation there!