1st surgical consultation complete!

[hopeliveshere 294]

Hello friends,

Well i had my first meeting with the surgeon this passed thursday and everything went well. He made me feel at ease as did the coordinator of the bariatric dept. (she almost made me cry when she told me ill never be in this spot again ---totally normal to get emotional right?). The surgeon answered all the questions i had.

I keep thinking that its going to be so long to have this 6months to wait ( i have to weigh in with my PCP for 6 consecutive months) but i think now its going to go really fast. I have so much to do. i want to try to get all my testing and evaluations done before i go back for my 2nd cosultation in 3 months which will be in aug. Come august ill be on my 5th of 6 weigh ins.

I have to have blood work, see a pulmonologist, cardiologist, gastroenterologist, nutritionist, psych evaluation etc etc. I think im putting off the gastro til last. im s**t scared of getting an endoscopy.

The surgeon wants me to avoid or limit my intake of cake bread rice and Pasta. so right now i practicing eating on smaller dinner plates and trying to strecth my meals out. Hope everyone is doing well!

[makemyownluck 785]

Those are all the right things to do to prep for post-op life. Many people want to rush the process along (I was one of those people!) but it really does help to focus on your habits NOW, to get into the habit of having smaller portions and cutting out the things you won't be indulging in for a while post-op. It requires effort - the adjustment after surgery is still a challenge for me, and I did all the same things you're describing! I don't feel hungry, but it is weird to be sitting here for 20m with the same Jello cup and only be about 1/4 of the way through it! I NEVER CHEWED Jello BEFORE! lol

Time will fly - take the time now to get your finances in order, get your diet in order, start exercising and don't forget to give yourself a meal or two where you can enjoy your favorites before they are out of your life for a while. My fav thing pre-op were gyros and it will probably be months before I can tolerate meat again, and even then it will be one or two bites and that's it! I'm looking forward to it - but I made sure to have a couple pre-op, but only once every other month or so. Everything in moderation is my mantra!

Good luck to you!!