I have my surgery date for Sept. 13th. I know it's still OMG! I should say only 14 days away. Yickes!!!! Well when I had my final meeting with my dr. I lost the 10lbs. he requested. But I weighed myself this morning and I'm up 5 lbs. I have a pre-operation class on the 4th. I wonder if this will affect the surgery date?

But what I really wanted to say is that as of yesterday I have a cold with cough. Took robuttusin with codine and caused my stomach to hurt. I am scared that this cough will linger on and when I go get my chest xray they will post pone my surgery because of the cold and cough....booo... Not feeling positive.

14 days is getting close =) But it's still long enough that hopefully your cough will have plenty of time to stop. Make sure you're getting in fluids/a lot of rest so your body can go about getting better.

Have you been continuing to follow your eating plan? There are a number of reasons your weight could be up - I know I can fluctuate quite a bit from Water weight. You could always mention it at the pre-op class and see what they say. I doubt you'll have problems if you just keep on your eating/exercising as you were directed. We can work to lose weight, but we can't always control everything.

14 days is enough time for your cold and cough to go away. You will do fine, eat as directed and perhaps rest a bit to help the cold go away. I know that my FIL had a cough and they did surgery anyways. So there's still a chance they will do the surgery.

14 days is getting close =) But it's still long enough that hopefully your cough will have plenty of time to stop. Make sure you're getting in fluids/a lot of rest so your body can go about getting better.

Have you been continuing to follow your eating plan? There are a number of reasons your weight could be up - I know I can fluctuate quite a bit from Water weight. You could always mention it at the pre-op class and see what they say. I doubt you'll have problems if you just keep on your eating/exercising as you were directed. We can work to lose weight, but we can't always control everything.

I will very honest with you. I haven't been following the plan. It was almost like okay I want to eat this cause who knows when I'll get to eat this again. I heard this is one of the biggest mistakes one can make. But I have decided to go back on track and I am hoping that by the 4th I have lost at least 3 if not all the weight I gained. I was going to go back to they gym but I feel so tired and sick (cold). I am hoping that I feel somewhat better tomorrow and at least hit the treadmill for a bit. Better than nothing, right?

14 days is enough time for your cold and cough to go away. You will do fine, eat as directed and perhaps rest a bit to help the cold go away. I know that my FIL had a cough and they did surgery anyways. So there's still a chance they will do the surgery.

Thanks. And you are right 14 days should be enough time for the cough to go away. I'm wondering if I should wait until after the 4th. to have my chest xray?

If you do your chest X-Ray now, and there's an inflammation there, you would have time to take an antibiotic to clear up the inflammation. If you go on the 4th and there's an inflammation, you might have to postpone the surgery due to the inflammation. It's a tough call. I'd say, do a chest x-ray now and if you need to, redo the x-ray at a later date. the 4th isn't really that far away either. These are really tough decisions to make. Best wishes. XOXO

I will very honest with you. I haven't been following the plan. It was almost like okay I want to eat this cause who knows when I'll get to eat this again. I heard this is one of the biggest mistakes one can make. But I have decided to go back on track and I am hoping that by the 4th I have lost at least 3 if not all the weight I gained. I was going to go back to they gym but I feel so tired and sick (cold). I am hoping that I feel somewhat better tomorrow and at least hit the treadmill for a bit. Better than nothing, right?

Well, at least you are honest about going off plan. Everything zoomed by for me and I was working a lot, so I didn't get many chances to have 'last dinner' issues, but I could see myself struggling with the same. Get back on track and if you're feeling anxious just give your doctor a call, I'm sure they get this issue a lot, and they can give you a clear okay about it. If you're not feeling up to the gym maybe you could do a couple short walks a day, or just making sure you're getting up and around the house when you're not resting. At this point you're doing what you can to make sure things go well, and I think that's the best choice. You should probably go ahead and have your x-ray done, that way they can provide treatment if needed.

Thank you. I have to wait until the 4th for my xray and blood work and then my 2 hour final class. I hope it all goes well.