Timing of your surgery

MEDICPRINCESS · October 26, 2011

Love your will power. I hope I can do the same. I have surgery Dec 5th and will be in my 3rd wk by Christmas. I will be on the liquid pre op diet (lots of Protein shakes ) during Thanksgiving but i have the same philosophy as you. Make it thru the holidays and be that much closer to being in a new body this summer

I'm here for moral support,.......may need you guys for the same !!!

Haven't we all enjoyed enough holidays and the foods/festivities that revolve around them. Isn't that what got us into this boat in the first place, making something revolve around food instead of other things. Sounds harsh but it is true. Maybe your focus is not the food part but actually instead the family part. You should be feeling well enough to be around your family, you just wont be eating what they're eating in the quantity that they are eating it. Which you will have to get used to eventually anyways.

My surgeon estimated I should be having surgery sometime between Mid-November and Mid-December, I wouldn't trade it for the world. It is the ultimate test, because if I can get thru the holidays with mine and my BF's family (who revolve everything around food) then I can get thru anything. Plus as an added bonus like you said, skinnier for the summer.

That is so worth it to me. Giving up one Thanksgiving and one Christmas to be thinner and healthier for the next summer and the holidays that follow has no contest to not having the surgery this year just to eat holiday foods and hang out with my family. I will still be hanging out with my family but I will be eating chicken broth and relaxing a lot more. They will be eating Turkey, sledding, and building snowmen.

As a side note I will most likely be cooking a lot of holiday dishes too, but it doesn't matter to me. I am too determined to put it off now.

You should do the surgery sooner rather than later, JMHO.

MEDICPRINCESS · October 26, 2011

I'm right there on the same page with ya sister!!!! This new year is going to be different, no more fad diets, no more slaving at the gym to shed 2 lbs a month. I'm starting 2012 1 month post sleeve!!!! Yep-eeeee

It is probably not the ideal time. I do worry a little. I would rather not have a lot of extended family around, just my immediate ones, but it is what it is. I will deal with it. My desire to begin 2012 already sleeved and somewhat recovered is much greater.

Having said that, I know I won't pick a date before November 12 though. I have awesome tickets to see Sting in concert and I won't miss it! We have to have our priorities straight, ya know.

SLL · October 31, 2011

I'm scheduled Nov. 15th. Yikes!!! I'm nervous! My insurance is good until end of the year too, so I'm in the same predicament as you. I could reschedule for December, but I'm honestly trying to read everything I can to prepare myself mentally for the Nov. 15th surgery. I have had carpal tunnel surgeries on both hands, shoulder surgeries on both shoulders (one was Sept, 14th), foot surgery 3 weeks ago, and several others within the past 2 years, none of which I was nervous about. I am really a mess about this one, though. I can't figure out exactly why, except for the possibility of complications & the restrictions afterwards. There seems to be such an emotional preparation that goes into this procedure for so many. Anyway, I need to make up my mind about keeping the Nov. 15th date or rescheduling this week so my husband can turn in some vacation time to be home with me & the kids a couple of days after surgery. Sorry I can't help much with your situation...but sometimes it helps to just know someone else is in the same predicament as you. Good luck with your decision! You will do fine no matter what you choose!