I am getting banded on Wednesday and I am excited and nervous...... A little nervous because I found out about the pre op diet just this past Friday......any suggestions or guidance?!?!

I started my prep diet 4 days before surgery. It didn't cause problems for me. Just make sure you do all liquids. Good Luck!

So I start all liquids tomorrow I should be good? Thanks so much!! This forum is going to be great,

Any advice on Protein drinks?

I tried the powder that the doctor sells, but didn't like it so much. Muscle milk is pretty good. I like the vanilla cream. They have 20g protein. I also like the gladiator smoothie from Smoothie King. It has 45 g of protein! I can't stand plain chicken broth so I bought Campbell's chicken and stars and strained most of the stars and chicken. I also ate a bunch of sugar free Popsicles and jello. You will get sick of this stuff but it won't be long before you won't care what you eat because you won't have an appetite! I got banded 10 days ago and looooooove it!

I am so glad to hear that........ some of these posts really freak me out.....

My biggest concern is just following the right diet because I read about things getting stuck and coming back up etc....

Hiyas and welcome Smiles! I was freaked out by some posts also! I was prepared to go through some post op pain after surgery, luckily it wasn't half as bad as I thought it was going to be. I was on liquids 7days before surgery and 2-3 weeks after.. I was so sick of liquids it wasn't even funny. But that is pretty much the worse of it.. we all go through it.. No Pain.. No Gain.. right? lol.. nothing is ever.. "easy" but .. after doing all this, and having the right foods in my fridge.. something clicked after getting banded.. I didn't crave the other things much anymore. I did here and there but then I grabbed something good and munched.. it helps a lot.

as far as the getting stuck, I haven't expierenced that and I hope not to. But from what My dr tells me and other's on here, eat slow and chew chew chew! and you should be fine. But there will be things some people cannot tolerate. Anyway.. good luck to ya!! it is so exciting to know.. you are taking your life back !

Hi Smiles, you're going to do great. Just follow your Drs orders and everything will be fine. Post any questions you need answers to.

BTW- take Chapstick to hospital. Lips get terribly dry.

Also, I would recommend trying out the Protein drinks now if you haven't already. When you are healing you want to have things on hand that aren't horrible. Personally, the Protein Drinks I don't care much for so my nutritionist also recommend no sugar added (comes in blue box or carton) carnation instant Breakfast, mix it with 1 c skim milk and 3T fat free powdered milk for extra protein (it is like 20 g) and I really liked the chocolate. I still drink it at times. The next few days may be rough but it is sooooo worth it.

Congrats and good luck on your surgery.

Thanks everyone for all the support so far ..... I am starting an all liquid diet today in preparation for Wednesday surgery.....wishme luck and better yet wish luck to those who will come in contact with me a new me starts today!!

Hi Smiles! I am going on this journey with you. Wednesday is my day too! However, I have been on a high protein, low fat and low carb diet for two weeks now. Good luck to you and look forward to comparing notes on the other side.

Best wishes and Keep the Faith. A new YOU will be starting very soon. Hugs

Congratulations!

Pam

Congratulations I just started my 3month supervised diet visit and I have two months to go Blessing to you and I will keep up with your success.

Hey Everyone I am 2 days post op and feeling much better.....my experience with the hospital and doctor was amazing....I was in a lot of pain after the surgery but the surg team did everything they could to ease the pain.

As far as the surf- doc said I was quite healthy considering the extra weight and although everything went well my stomach was swollen since the surgery so no Fluid was added....he even gave me a photo!

Outside of that ...I am sticking to my liquids but craving oatmeal! If you are a

Caffeine drinker I strongly suggest you weening yourself off of that pre surg as I had a major caffeine headache the first day!

Update for today- I am taking the bandages off and showering so wish me luck!!!!

Good luck & thanks for the update! We were banded same day & I was praying all went well for you.

Congratulations on giving yourself the gift of health.