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Selected through the Weight Management program through AHS in Calgary and my surgery date is June 27th!!! So excited and a tiny bit nervous. Having my 'last supper' this evening and start the two week pre-op diet tomorrow. Guess I'll lose a few more pounds before the 27th.......lol.

Any words of advice or inspirational words to make it through the next two weeks would be great. :unsure:

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Just 2 words. STAY COMMITED

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Selected through the Weight Management program through AHS in Calgary and my surgery date is June 27th!!! So excited and a tiny bit nervous. Having my 'last supper' this evening and start the two week pre-op diet tomorrow. Guess I'll lose a few more pounds before the 27th.......lol.

Any words of advice or inspirational words to make it through the next two weeks would be great. :unsure:

Congrats! I tried for years through AHS / former CHR and was never chosen. I've decided to take matters into my own hands but I know how hard it is to get approved so I am super happy for you. Also, we have the same band date! I'm due June 27 but having the procedure in Ontario. :) Band Buddies?

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Hi Christine,

I know I definitely got lucky! They had a change to funding, and then it changed and changed again but I managed to hang on :). Do you have to do a strict pre-op diet for two weeks? I'm a bit worried about that but short term pain for long term pain.......

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I'm on a 3 week (high BMI) 3 shakes a day + green veggies diet. Its called SlimTime. So I've completed one week almost , 2 more weeks to go.

Dr.Mitchell is your surgeon?

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Dr Mitchell is one of the three surgeons with the program - I met him at one of the classes. But my surgeon is Dr Debrui - really nice man. The third fellow is a Dr Church. All the surgeries are out of the PLC. They are doing some gastric sleeves too this go round for some of the patients. Dr Mitchell also operates through Surgical Weight Loss Centres in Vancouver privately. Not sure if the other two are affiliated with any private clinics elsewhere.

The presurgical diet we have to do is Ensure HP (4/day) and no fat/no carb veggies - like onions, broccoli, lettuce, etc. At least I can still have coffee......lol

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Yes the SWLC here is connected to the one in Mississauga, ON. That's who I am going through with Dr.Cobourn. Dr.Mitchells office will be in charge of my follow-up and fills afterwards.

Our pre-ops are very similar. I am very glad we get coffee! I have a 7 month old baby and I need to be able to function!

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    • New To This23

      tl:dr at bottom,
      I could use some advice. I went to see my dietician today (not a bariatric surgery dietician, I can explain why I am seeing her if you want to know). She knows I am going to have weight loss surgery as long as I hit the goal weight my insurance told me I need to be at. I have to be at the goal weight by June 24, 2023, in order for my insurance to pay for my surgery.
      I had a weigh in the doctor's office a couple of days ago and weighed 301, my scale at home said 302. However, on the same day, the scale at a friend's house said 313. 
      I knew I had this Dietician appointment two days later and I knew she would weigh me. I continued to weigh myself at home (after getting new batteries) and I was at 302 then 299 and today at home I weighed 303, right before my appointment, when I got to her office I was weighed and it said 313.
      I am concerned about what to believe since the doctor's office and my scale show similar numbers. I also bought a new scale today and it said 313. 
      The Dietician told me I needed to eat more protein, which honestly I struggle with. she said I needed 150 grams!!  I said are you kidding? that seems like a lot.  She used my weight to come up with this number. 
      Should I really be trying to eat enough protein for a 300-lb person or should I be eating protein for a goal-weight person (mine is 170)?   
      also, my clothing is loose like I lost the 20 lbs mine and the doctor's scale shows, and not 10 lbs like everyone else's scale shows. Also, I have always naturally been more muscular even when I was 120 lbs and did not eat any protein aside from what is in plants. 
      tl:dr- should I be eating enough protein to support a 300lb person or should I be eating protein for a "normal" sized person? AND should I trust the Doctors scale more so than the Dietician's scale? 
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