Today I got the call saying I was approved. Shatty part is I have to wait until April 17 because my surgeon is booked until then. Anyone else looking at April as their month? My stats are 31 year old female 250lbs 5'5". Pant size 20. Lowest weight after dieting was 165lbs. I did ivf and hormone treatment for sometime and gained a significant amount of weight. My procedure will be at Princeton hospital in nj by dr chau

What are you doing in preparing your meals? Could you share? I have my nutrition class March 26. Hopefully I am able to retain what they tell me!

Hi lady's hopefully ill b in April had a date for 1/29/13 and found out on 1/25/13 that I had a pid infection and have 2 wait 2 c my surgen April 5 hopefully they will give me a date 4 the end of April crazy cause I was half way threw wit my protin diet know have 2 start all over but gods rejection is God protection

Good luck msmoya! I hope they everything back in line. Ill be praying for you.

What are you doing in preparing your meals? Could you share? I have my nutrition class March 26. Hopefully I am able to retain what they tell me!

I will share for sure. Im sure they will give you a manual. I received my patient education manual 2 weeks ago with all the info from my WLS Team. It reviews surgery, foods and follow ups. and mine is in detailed. I have my 2 hr pre-op appointment with my nurse and nutritionist on march 19. The manual has ideas of foods we can have. I'm buying my broths, Jello and 100%fruit juices. I'm freezing the juice to make my Popsicles for day 1-3. I'm stocking up on my Protein powder and Protein Powder for my Water. Days 4-7 for me is full liquids so Im going to make my Soups and freeze them so I have them ready. I found some great low carb recipes for my week 2-4 of puréed food. I'm having ham salad, chicken salad and egg salad made. I'm also stocking up on baby food in the squeeze pouches. I love them. Babies r us has them on sale 8 for $10. I love the fruit and veggie mixes. My toddles love them! I think the better prepared I am with my food the better I will feel I'm also taking between 1000mg to 2000 mg of Vitamin C before surgery. It helps with healing of tissues. I did this with my previous lap surgery for my gall bladder. It really helped me heal fast. Ill gather my puréed meat salad recipes if you are interested. They are low fat and low carb.

I will share for sure. Im sure they will give you a manual. I received my patient education manual 2 weeks ago with all the info from my WLS Team. It reviews surgery, foods and follow ups. and mine is in detailed. I have my 2 hr pre-op appointment with my nurse and nutritionist on march 19. The manual has ideas of foods we can have. I'm buying my broths, Jello and 100%fruit juices. I'm freezing the juice to make my Popsicles for day 1-3. I'm stocking up on my Protein powder and Protein Powder for my Water. Days 4-7 for me is full liquids so Im going to make my Soups and freeze them so I have them ready. I found some great low carb recipes for my week 2-4 of puréed food. I'm having ham salad, chicken salad and egg salad made. I'm also stocking up on baby food in the squeeze pouches. I love them. Babies r us has them on sale 8 for $10. I love the fruit and veggie mixes. My toddles love them! I think the better prepared I am with my food the better I will feel I'm also taking between 1000mg to 2000 mg of Vitamin C before surgery. It helps with healing of tissues. I did this with my previous lap surgery for my gall bladder. It really helped me heal fast. Ill gather my puréed meat salad recipes if you are interested. They are low fat and low carb.

I'd love the pureed meat salad recipes. I make a curried chicken salad, but I don't know that curry is something I should have in the days of healing. lol... Unfortunately, I'm kind of comfined to chicken, turkey, ham, and egg salad, as I have allergens to seafood/fish.

Thank u sooo much I hope everything works out I've waited 4 this moment 4 sooooo long

I'd be more than happy to share. Once I gather them together, I'll put them in a reply on this page. Im not sure about curry either but curry chicken salad is yummy!! id chevk with tje nutritionsit. my family is Mexican and we love spicy food. Im not sure how im going to survive without my spices. I hate to hear about your food sllergies. I really don't care for seafood myself other than crawfish and mahi mahi. Everything else is gross. I will send those recipes soon and I hope you have a great day!!

You are s very welcome Msmoya, I hope things work out too. Ill be praying they to.

I got the recipes from spark people. they have some really good recipes. I can't find my chicken recipe from my nutritionist. We got to taste test it. it was wonderful! this is the ham salad recipe. http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detail.asp?recipe=1197313

Here is the egg salad. I'm not sure about the sour cream. http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detail.asp?recipe=548142

Thank You! Vitamin C? Would chewables work? How do you freeze egg, chicken, and the other salads? Won't it taste weird? I sure would love other low carb meals! My nutrition class is all day. :/ I guess that's a good thing! My class is March 26. The more information we have, the more ready we'll be.

I've read on here that Biotin helps with hair loss. I think I'm going to add that to my daily vitamin ritual! Have you started taking any yet? What lists did they give you to take daily? Sorry again for all the questions.

Just came back from seeing the Nurse at the surgeons office. They are submitting my paperwork today!

Anyone else a ball of emotions?

Anyone else a ball of emotions?

Yep, I go back and forth between feeling that this is the best/worst thing I could do for myself.

I wrote this post the other night. Pretty much sums up my feelings on surgery.

http://www.verticalsleevetalk.com/topic/69880-i-am-my-own-worst-enemy-advice/#entry695571

I am April 3rd with dr. Marc Rickford in Washington DC