I have been phone-stalking these people for the past week and I finally got to talk to someone!

I told her my situation (needed to be up and basically back to work by July 31), and since I'm self-pay and I've done the psych eval, she got me down for surgery on July 14!!!

I have to start the liquid diet TOMORROW, which I'm not really prepared for, ack! Suggestions? I'm running to the store tonight to make sure I have something to get me through the day tomorrow. I go for the nutrition class Wednesday, so I'll get the official liquid diet shopping list then.

So now I'm waiting for info on the time of the surgery and when I will have to do the other pre-op tests, which hopefully can be done where I live.

My husband won't be able to come with me during the day, so I've got to figure out transportation, but other than that I'm SUPER excited to get the ball rolling on this. YAY!:confused1:

OHHH! I'm doing the happy dance for you. Congrats. I picked up some protien shakes at Wal-Mart called Eas. The chocolate ones were good.

I tried the Slimfast and didn't like them as much. I'm sure there will be others on here that can help you out better than I can. I'm still waiting for a date. I just wanted to see what they tasted like. Hugs, Judy

OHHH! I'm doing the happy dance for you. Congrats. I picked up some protien shakes at Wal-Mart called Eas. The chocolate ones were good.

Hugs, Judy

I love the EAS protein bars, so maybe I will like the shakes too! Thanks, and I hope you have a date soon too! :confused1:

Congratulations on getting your date!

Congrats on your date! That's the day you get your life back!

I love the EAS Protein bars, so maybe I will like the shakes too! Thanks, and I hope you have a date soon too! :001_tongue:

The Atkins Protein Shakes are very good and so are the bars ... they are low in carbs and high in protein. Rosebud told me she uses her's in her coffee too - I tried it and it wasn't bad... unfortunately (or fortunately?) coffee just doesn't taste the same to me since my surgery and so I don't drink it anymore - at least not right now. Although DF did get a SF/FF/Carb free frozen type coffee drink at Starbucks today so may be trying that out.

I would send you my leftover Atkins; however they've been refrigerated and I don't know if that would make a difference for them to be room temp again or not. Anyone know?

Day one of the liquid diet is over and it wasn't too bad. I think the hardest part is finding sugar free stuff. Most Soups that I found have some sugar in them even if it's minimal. Hopefully I will get some help tomorrow during my pre-op class. I hate to say it, but I could barely choke down the atkins shake! Soooo, the only Protein I got today was from half of that shake and some specialK protein Water. I went to 3 stores and couldn't find any unflavored Protein powder.

Anyway, I went to the required support group meeting tonight and learned a lot. There weren't too many sleevers, but there were some! Most were there for bypass or band. I am very nervous about recovery time.

Other than that, I'm excited!

Do you have a GNC? That's where I got my unflavored Protein powder.

Congratulations on getting your date!

Do you have a GNC? That's where I got my unflavored Protein powder.

Congratulations on getting your date!

I will check it out today! Did you like it? Was it okay to mix in warm liquids too?

I will check it out today! Did you like it? Was it okay to mix in warm liquids too?

I believe you have to mix it when the item is cold and then heat it up - it will clump if you try to add it to warm/hot items.

I never tried mixing it in anything warm. I had heard that Protein powder gets lumpy when heated so I never made any attempt.

My band doctor sells all sorts of stuff so I bought some tomato Soup from him that has 20 grams of protein in it, and I had egg drop soup.

I put the unflavored Protein Powder in anything sf I could find and I didn't think it changed the taste of anything and it didn't get lumpy. It worked out great.

Hmm, maybe it's like cornstarch...you have to mix it in cold Water first then add it to warm stuff? I'll give it a try. Still don't have any Protein powder but plan to go to GNC first thing in the morning. I was told today I needed between 80 & 100 grams of protein A DAY!

I spent all day doing pre-op stuff and I'm still not done. I'm getting nervous about the actual surgery. YIKES! It's my first surgery ever!:001_tongue:

I'm getting nervous about the actual surgery. YIKES! It's my first surgery ever!:001_tongue:

This was my first surgery, too, and it wasn't bad at all ... you'll be fine!

Do you have a GNC? That's where I got my unflavored protein powder.

You talk about that powder so much that I went out and bought some! :biggrin0:

Oh now I am curious. Did you like it? I mix it in with water and some yogurt and that way I can make any flavor I want.

Well, I finally found some protein I can handle. I tried unflavored from GNC, Beneprotein, and Unjury...and the smell/taste of the unflavored is just too much for me. When I ordered the unflavored from Unjury, I bought some chicken soup flavored samples too. I mixed it with 2 cups of water and one seasoning packet from some ramen noodles (tossed the dry noodles in the trash), and PRAISE GOD, I can't taste the protein!