Deevah's Diatribe

[SeattleSue 25]

Happy Dance for Deevah! Congrats...love the idea about organizing your closet into sizes between now and then! GREAT idea.

[Deevah 3]

Thanks everyone! So, today is 8/17 and I am officially starting my ALL liquid diet for the next 2 weeks. I attempted to start on 8/15 like I said in my earlier post, but, when the sun went down, my appetite (or, more appropriately, head hunger) went up! I failed miserably on 8/15 and failed a little less on 8/16. I did do all liquids between the time I got up until about 7pm, though, so that's good. I actually only ate one meal on both days. On the 15th, though, I ate enough for two meals, but, as I said, it was BAD (PMS). Yesterday, I did all liquids until about 8pm and then had about 3 bowls of Cereal (Cinnamon Toast Crunch--I will miss them so!! :cry_smile:)

Since today is the day that I was supposed to start, though, I'm just going with today as my start date and, so far, so good. I'm almost through work and I have had chicken broth (with powders?utm_source=BariatricPal&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_campaign=CommentLink" target="_ad" data-id="1" >unjury chicken Soup), Unjury strawberry, sugar-free jell-o, crystal light and Water. I'm not physically hungry and, as long as I keep my mind occupied (right now I'm listening to music and typing) I don't think about food. My friend who just had a bypass told me that the first three days are the hardest, so I am counting down...2 days 8 hours and 45 minutes to go until this gets easier! Right now, I'm actually full, so that's a good thing. Oh, and caffeine-free tea...AWESOME!!! That has helped me tremendously through today. I think I will be OK, I just needed to confess so I could move on. I feel like I'm rambling, but I'm sure that's due to the lack of carbs. :confused_smile:

I'll update as I progress.

Deevah

[razrbakcrzy 9]

perserveer, keep your head down and push through. the reward is at the end of your diet no more out of control hunger.....It is worth the wait...

[LesIsMore 22]

Hi Deevah (& Lexusgirl)' date='

Just wanted to check in and say that I can so relate to this process. I live in Bowie, MD and I have been at the process with Kaiser mid-Atlantic since June of 2010. I too attended the sessions at Holy Cross with Dr. Cantor. I also really liked his no nonsense approach, however, his waiting list, as already stated by Deevah, was incredibly long. Interestingly enough my approval was supposed to go to the board on 3/15 as well and was delayed, but I didn't know the meeting had been postponed. We actually received our approval during the same week.

I am seeing Dr. von Rueden who is affiliated with St. Agnes in Baltimore. After following my surgeon's process for the past couple of months, I have finally received my surgery date of August 2. I too, was hoping for a July date, but alas it was not to be.

So happy to meet fellow Marylanders, going through the process around the same time as I am.

Virtygirl[/quote']

VG,

How was your experience with Dr Von Rueden? I'm in his program now. He's in-network for me. Any details are appreciated.