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Wow,, My pre-op is starting at 2 weeks before surgery and it consists of protien shakes during the day and a sensible dinner i.e...chicken , fish etc..and veggies. I have actually started this at a month out to get a jump on weight loss.

3 days before surgery I will go to liquids only.. Now that will be the hardest, but I will get through it..

Julie

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My doc has started me on the liquid diet and I still don't have a surgery date. They told me that starting it now before they send in the insurance is a good thing in case the insurance denies me and wants me on a supervised diet. It's very hard being on the liquid diet with no surgery date. It's hard doing all of this and not even having a finish line or a date set or anything.

Wow, sorry in advance for not mincing words, but this is crazy. I would not do it. In fact I would get another surgeon.

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Just Protein shakes. 6 a day for me. I'm using Bariatric Advantage. I can have veggies if I want.

HI there, I am starting on the Protein in 2 days. I will have 3 a day and 3 Protein Bars. I am also using Bariatric Advantage. How are they so far? Tolerable I hope. My sugery is on Oct 27 so I have to do this for two weeks. I can add veggies if I have to also. Good luck with your surgery!

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I am the day after u. I started the diet a few days early to adjust. It's harder than I thought. I drank the banana flavor Protein Powder mixed with h2o and I got nauseous and hungry earlier in the day and just now I gave in n ate cottage cheese n Peanut Butter pretzels. Oh boy. This will b a challenge for me to just do the Bariatric Advantage stuff. The Vitamins from there I think are not good at all blah! But maybe u will have better luck than me. I just might switch to a yummier Protein Drink from somewhere else. U r smart to do the bars too. I bet they r ok tasting. Good luck.

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Ok, day 3 of liquids done....omg I am hungry. chicken broth has been tasting really good. 2 more days then surgery on Friday! Woohoo

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Wow, sorry in advance for not mincing words, but this is crazy. I would not do it. In fact I would get another surgeon.

can i ask who is your dr?

Shelly

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can i ask who is your dr?

Shelly

My surgeon will be Dr. Marema in St. Augustine, Fl. He is a surgeon of Excellence and he is a patient himself. He had the bypass years ago.

For the record, I would fire him too if he asked me to start a liquid diet before insurance approval or surgery date. ;)

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    • Alisa_S

      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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