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Tyas84    74

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I have pre op tomorrow then surgery april 2nd...I'm getting a little nervous

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Butterfly66    63

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What do they do at pre-op? Mine is coming up as well.

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Tyas84    74

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I'm not sure I asked a few people on here but I got no response yet, but I assume blood work, ekg, and paperwork

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Butterfly66    63

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Thanks. Good luck!

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Tyas84    74

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Thanks. Good luck!

Good luck to you too..when is your surgery date?

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Susmcmur    124

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Every surgeon is different, but my pre-op physical was with my primary care and was a complete bloodwork panel, EKG, height, weight, BP, urinalysis, history and physical. Patients with comorbidities are required to have clearance from their endocrinologists or cardiologists. I needed a sleep study, and found I had sleep apnea, which led to fitting for a C-Pap and a follow up sleep study. My surgeon routinely orders all patients to have an ultrasound of the gallbladder to rule out gallstones. Good luck!

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Tyas84    74

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Thanks. Good luck!

Good luck to you too... when is your surgery date?

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Butterfly66    63

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I've already been approved by insurance, had my 6 month dr. visits, psych eval, etc. Surgery is Tuesday, 26 Mar. So, I'm not sure what this "pre-op" will be all about. This is usually done two weeks prior to surgery, but I have already done my 2-week liquid diet.< /p>

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Susmcmur    124

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The pre-op is required by the hospital or surgery center a few days prior to surgery to rule out colds and flu and infections and anything that may have been missed along the way (irregular heartbeat, usually cardiac issues) that would require surgery to be postponed until the issue is under control. They don't want you to show up for surgery with a fever of 101 and have to be sent home.

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Butterfly66    63

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Do you have to weigh-in the day of surgery or the day before or not at all? I suppose with insurance approval, tracking weight is no longer a requirement???

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Andi    78

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I have my appointment on Tuesday. I know that they're taking a million (hopefully small) vials of blood so that they have it for later comparison to check nutrition levels. I think I'm meeting with the anesthesiologist & my nurse.

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Tata51    0

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My surgery is April 2 nd. I'm getting very nervous. I've been on the two week liquid diet and its not been bad so far.

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Butterfly66    63

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I got my report time for surgery tomorrow...I have to be at the hospital at 0745. So excited!

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Butterfly66    63

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At my pre-op at the weight loss clinic, I found out that they will staple, but not stitch to reinforce. I won't have a drain tube and I can expect one overnight. Most of the pain is associated with gas and mostly in the shoulder, but walking really helps. The stomach is removed from the right incision so that is where any tenderness and pulling will be from. Very excited and ready for the next stage of my weight loss journey. I lost 100 lbs on my own, couldn't get below 190, even though my ideal weight is 110. I didn't weight enough to get approved for surgery, gained 50 pounds and lost 20 over the last 6 months. Got approved for surgery and now over the next few months, I can expect to reach my goal of 110! So happy!

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Tyas84    74

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I got my report time for surgery tomorrow...I have to be at the hospital at 0745. So excited!

Me too I'm gotta be there at 1 pm surgery at 3 pm

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    • Alisa_S

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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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      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

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        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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