Hi everyone i am pretty new here have been looking around .I have my surgery date for sept.6 . I am excited and nervious also. I will be back to update .Thanks for all the info i have gotten from this forum.

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Wow, hooray for you, hope I'll be saying that soon too! I'd love to hear how it goes!

Hi everyone. I'm new too. I have LB surgery scheduled for Sept. 11. I am also having to have a hiatal hernia repaired at the same time. Has anyone else had a similar procedure? I am very nervous!

It's going to take me awhile to figure out how to use this website. I'm new to online chats, not just LB site. Any help out there for someone who is having hiatal hernia repair at the time of their LB surgery?

Why am I hearing crickets? :-)

Hi Sassacass and BJean,

I am a newbie too. I go in tomorrow for my surgery! Sorry Sass I don't have any info for you! Good luck. Let me know how your liquids go.

Best wishes tomorrow for a quick and successful surgery! I started the 3 week liquid pre-surgery diet today. I am such a cheater, I am nervous about my ability to stay on it. The doc says you must lose 7 to 15 lbs. prior to the operation. Did you go through that?

Yes. I only had to go on it for a week pre-op. It has been pretty grueling, I am not going to lie. At the moment my stomach is making noises I didn't know were possible. I just kept talking myself through it, I did cheat a few times...had some tuna fish and then some baked chicken the other night. Hopefully I don't get in trouble!

amgjiovan: thanks for the reply! It sounds like you're doing a week of just the protein shake? My doc puts his people on 3 weeks of: a shake for breakfast, one for lunch and then a normal chicken, veggies and fruit for dinner. I guess a week of just a drink would be worse! I was on Optifast years ago for 6 weeks and thought I was going die! My doc said that the weight loss shrinks the liver and gives him more room to maneuver. That sounds pretty darned important. And motivating. Did they suggest a number of #s to lose before surgery? You're only a week from surgery? We can do it!! BJean

Right. I was on a strictly liquid diet for 7 days. I go in tomorrow morning for my surgery! I think they want you to lose between 7-15 lbs before surgery.

We can definitely do this, no problem. :-) Well I will check back in in a few days!!! Good luck, stay strong.

Amgiovan: Sorry! I just re-read your original mail and realize that you are doing the pre-op liquids. Your date with destiny is tomorrow!! Wow. That's fantastic. I am so looking forward to being in your shoes. Hope everything is just as you've planned! Keep in touch as soon as you're able. We'll be thinking of you! BJean