Hi everyone? I am scheduled in less that 2 weeks to have surgery in MX with Dr. Verboonen. The last few days I have eaten EVERYTHING not nailed down, and LOTS OF IT! I am going to start my liquid diet the end of the week. I want to stock up on soups, liquid stuff for when I get home, any suggestions? Am I ready for this? I have NEVER EVER ate like this... :001_tongue:

And to top it off, I am feeling terrible! :eek:

I am going to take my measurements on Saturday, pics, start the journal and JUMP IN! I am very nervous to go it by myself, and to do it without my family's knowledge, but I feel that it's the best.

I have NOT been able to find Verboonens' surgical record. Everyone has experience that is not perfect... and if not, I am not sure about it, because I want a doctor that knows what to do if something was not perfect.

Okay, I am rambling now too. Another one of my quirks... when I am nervous.

Thanks to all you 'seasoned' sleevers, you are my inspiration, my hope and my encouragement. It feels like I have support going into this, and that I am not REALLY alone!

Hugs to you all! Have a terrific week!!

Jen

Maybe ebay.com or amazon.com the Crystal Lite? ? ?

smelly melly- yes you can buy them on-line. amazon.com has quite a few different flavors that you could buy. you could also take like craft sticks or freeze the cystal lite kool aid mixed with water in ice cube trays to make some icey pops. they would be better than the store bought kind. good luck. you can probably buy ice cube trays online. let me know if you need anymore help..

sugar free popsicles are considered icey pops, I'm not sure about icy poles, but that could be what they are called in Aussie.

Crystal Lite is a non-caffeinated, sugar free, sweetened with Aspartame, non-carbonated drink.

Huge varieties of flavors

Hope that helps ! ! !

Tiffy you are so helpful!!!

Thanks everyone. You really are a kind group of people

I loved the fruit juice, no sugar added popsicles that were 25 calories. I liked that they didn't have any artificial ingredients.

I think everyone goes through that "saying g'bye" to food phase. I personally wasn't able to because I was right at my pre surgery goal weight. I had to be at 230 for surgery and knew that they would send me home if I wasn't. Surgery morning I was 228.8 so I really didn't have room to go out and eat. In some ways I'm glad because it put my eating on a short leash. Three days before surgery I had a small serving of french fries, and that night had brown rice with a Thai seafood and eggplant dish. I just told myself that all the foods that I was missing were the ones that took me to 249 pounds. I knew that eventually I'd be able to have one or two bites of foods that I missed, once I got to goal. After the first bite, it's all feeding the head and not the stomach, right?

If you're having a field day pre-op, don't beat yourself up and try to keep things as healthy as possible. We get to learn new habits as we prepare for surgery.

I remember, I ate an atkins type diet two weeks before my liquid diet of 3 days. I had one day before I did the liquid where I ate whatever I wanted. "Funeral" I remember about a week after my surgery and still on liquids I announced to my family that I wished I had had one more of those sour creams enchiladas that day. Everyone laughed and so did I.

I was speaking to my hubby last night about this panic issue, and possibly eating more before the surgery..... at first he really couldn't get his head around it all.... why would we do this when we want to loose the weight.

The only thing I could make him understand with was cigarettes - if he knew he had to give up I bet he would sit there and chain smoke his way thru loads before hand.....then he got it.

Some of us are probably food addicts.....which makes it even harder, as you need some food to live, you don't need cigarettes or alcohol.... and you can to some extent avoid them, you can't really avoid food... which is why its so difficult for some.

Although with the sleeve, your body MAKES you avoid binging like you're used to. It's just physically impossible to eat much at a time. That's the great part, and the challenge if you've depended on food for comfort.