:dance::dance: I got the call today I have been approved. Surgery is scheduled for July 18th. I am very excited and relieved. The waiting game has finally come to an end (well have to wait for the surgery. Duh!). I am required to do the standard 2 week pre-op diet. I was wondering if anyone did anything else to prepare for surgery prior to the pre-op?:Banane35:

CONGRATS!!

I will be saving a spot for you on the loser's bench!

Kelly

:dance::dance: I got the call today I have been approved. Surgery is scheduled for July 18th. I am very excited and relieved. The waiting game has finally come to an end (well have to wait for the surgery. Duh!). I am required to do the standard 2 week pre-op diet. I was wondering if anyone did anything else to prepare for surgery prior to the pre-op?:Banane35:

CONGRATULATIONS!!! That is great news! The only thing I did other than my 2 week diet (which was a low carb one...not a liquid diet) was to read the posts on this board obsessively. It was very helpful because I felt like I was as prepared as I could possibly be. Good luck and congratulations again!

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That is awesome. Congrats, that is really exciting!

Congrats on getting approved and a date! That's great news.

One thing that I am doing before the pre-op diet is trying to journal the food I am eating so I can get into that habit so I can track the Protein, carbs and calories post-op. Once I get a food scale, this will be a bit easier I think.

I am also trying to eat "healthier" - I have given up my daily diet coke, have tried to stop eating fast food (I have slipped a couple of times), and I am trying to eat smaller portions 5 or 6 times a day. Many of these things are what my dietician suggested when I first met her.

This weekend, I plan to try some of the recipes I found on here and on eggface's site as well as a "healthy" version of hamburger helper that I found online. I've been craving hamburger helper lately - but I know it has a lot of bad stuff in it, so want to try to cook my own from scratch and make it healthier with some of the tips I've learned on here.

Of course, I'm always reading things on here and continuing to do my research.

That is awesome. I also got the call today. Everything has been approved, and I am scheduled for July 12. I also have to do 2 weeks of the liquid diet. It sounds like we are "sleeve partners"

:dance::dance: I got the call today I have been approved. Surgery is scheduled for July 18th. I am very excited and relieved. The waiting game has finally come to an end (well have to wait for the surgery. Duh!). I am required to do the standard 2 week pre-op diet. I was wondering if anyone did anything else to prepare for surgery prior to the pre-op?:Banane35:

Best of luck to you!

Tammy

That is fabulous news for you two! Not too much longer.

Congrats to you! This is so exciting isn't it? My surgery is scheduled for June 23. I'm so happy for you.

My suggestion to you, would be to find a Protein shake you like before it is time to start. I made the mistake of waiting until the last minute! I started with my husband's shakes (he uses Muscle Milk for his workouts...ugh...nasty after taste that last and last)...I had 2 my first day and was in tears because I couldn't drink any more of it. So, I had to run out and find something else....finally found something 4 or 5 hours after my last tiny Protein Drink. It was a very tough day....the sudden change, too, didn't help! I think, too, that maybe I was mourning the loss of all the yummy foods that I ate so much of before. I thought I was mentally ready but boy, I had no idea. But now, I'm 3 days in to my preop diet and besides being hungry all the time...my Protein Shakes taste pretty good! I started on Tuesday and this morning I was down 6 pounds already...if that tells you anything...lol

:lol: My husband just asked me if I was blogging about my meltdown on Tuesday! Why yes, I am! Yes, ladies and gents, it was pretty bad! We had just watched the movie Julie and Julia...and if you have ever seen it, there's a scene where she lays down on the kitchen floor, flat on her back ...balling her eyes out! Okay, so I wasn't on the kitchen floor but it was bad enough that my hubby keeps comparing me to her.

Thanks everyone for the kind words of encouragement. I can't wait until the day I can offer kind words to someone just starting their journey.

Whoo Hoo! Congrats!