I had my 2 month visit at the surgeon's office yesterday. They are very happy with my progress so far, according to their scale, I have lost 25 pounds. According to my scale I have lost 30. I have reached the amount they wanted me to lose prior to surgery. I have to get through my psych evaluation on March 2 and then on March 8th I meet with the surgeon again, all my other appointments have been with the surgical nurse, and hopefully receive my surgery date. I also told them I am available on short notice just to give me time to inform my managers I will be away. So with all my fingers and toes crossed and many prayers going up to heaven, I might get my surgery within the next couple of months. I did ask the question if I was going to be required to do a liquid diet prior to surgery, and the answer was NO. I am to keep eating the way I am eating now and to try to keep losing. I said, I want to because I want to reach 250 pounds prior to surgery. Oh and the size of the bougie is a 40. I k now most of you had either a 32 or a 64, I guess I am just in the middle. I asked why for this size in particular, and the answer was it is a better to size to keep the leak problem to a minimum. I was happy with that answer.

I also found out yesterday I have a hiatal hernia. Has anyone else found out they had a hernia that was corrected during surgery? Does it make recovery time longer? Does it make surgery time longer?

I am happy to receive all the prayers you want to give me. I am so excited and ready for this part of my journey to begin.

Sheila

good job!

Sheila...

I am going to be in the March sleevers club so maybe we will take this journey together. I am scheduled for surgery March 22nd! I did not have to take a test to find out if I have a hiatal hernia. Atleast it can be fixed at the same time and is not delaying your surgery. I am on the pre-op diet now which is not liquid, but high Protein and low carb. I do not think my surgeon requires a liquid diet pre-op but I will find out all of those things at the patient education class next Friday. I hope to be around 250 before I go in for surgery so that is why I started my pre-op diet early. I began on Monday so I will be on it a little over a month before I go in for surgery. It's hard b/c I am hungry and tired but this too shall pass. Good luck with everything and good job with your weight loss!