Im September 16th....I havent been in hospital for 22 years to the date and that was for the birth of my twin boys who were born 09/16/91.

This surgery will also be a life changing experience for me!!

I just found out today that I am tentatively scheduled for September30th. I am excited and scared.

Going to TJ Sept 16th for my surgery. YAYYYY

Thats my date also but I will be in WV will be thinking of all the other sleevers on the 16th!

There was a mistake my surgery date is 09/09 and not 9/11 as mentioned in my last post. Well ... I am really excited!! Today I had the pre op class. Just final talking about the surgery, got the RXs for the meds I will take after surgery...got the post op appointments (3 weeks) with my doctor, nutritionist, and physical activity specialist (7 weeks). Oh!! And today the nurse (from hospital) called for the pre surgery talk ... I guess that is about it!! Now, I have to work on the pre op diet and exercise. Whishing all goes well for my fellow sleevers

I am wondering how u guys r doing as far as the pre op diet. I am on a "30 days pre op diet";

· Two 8 oz. glasses of skim or soymilk milk, mixed with protein powder per day

· I can have three meals a day, which can include

o

½ cup of cottage cheese, non-fat ricotta cheese or non-fat, sugar free yogurt

o

2-3 oz. of water packed tuna, salmon, lean chicken, turkey or tofu

o

Non-starchy vegies (raw, steamed, boiled or sautéed in 1-2 teaspoons of olive oil).

Since my doc requested a 5lbs weight loss prior to surgery, as during this first week I am taking the carbs away not all at once. Seems like 30 days on this diet would be too much. So here is what I am doing. No rice, bread, pasta, beans, potato, no starch. Lots of salad and protein, some oat meal, protein bars and fruits in general. I am planning to reduce the carbs even more next week … and the last 2 weeks go on the diet 100%.

What do you guys think??

Im the 16th also Im in WV I will be having surgery 22 years to the day of my twins sons being born at the same hospital and will be on the same floor and I havent been in hospital overnight since then!

I haven't been in a hospital other than when my kids were born either!

I am wondering how u guys r doing as far as the pre op diet. I am on a "30 days pre op diet";

· Two 8 oz. glasses of skim or soymilk milk' date=' mixed with protein powder per day

· I can have three meals a day, which can include

o ½ cup of cottage cheese, non-fat ricotta cheese or non-fat, sugar free yogurt

o 2-3 oz. of water packed tuna, salmon, lean chicken, turkey or tofu

o Non-starchy vegies (raw, steamed, boiled or sautéed in 1-2 teaspoons of olive oil).

Since my doc requested a 5lbs weight loss prior to surgery, as during this first week I am taking the carbs away not all at once. Seems like 30 days on this diet would be too much. So here is what I am doing. No rice, bread, pasta, beans, potato, no starch. Lots of salad and protein, some oat meal, protein bars and fruits in general. I am planning to reduce the carbs even more next week … and the last 2 weeks go on the diet 100%.

What do you guys think?? [/quote']

It sounds good. I couldn't do 30 days! As long as you wean yourself off carbs slowly, you should be good to go. Keep updating and keep yourself accounted for on here! If you slip, don't take it too hard on yourself. Just know what you did and learn from your mistake. You'll do great!

I am wondering how u guys r doing as far as the pre op diet. I am on a "30 days pre op diet";

· Two 8 oz. glasses of skim or soymilk milk' date=' mixed with protein powder per day

· I can have three meals a day, which can include

o ½ cup of cottage cheese, non-fat ricotta cheese or non-fat, sugar free yogurt

o 2-3 oz. of water packed tuna, salmon, lean chicken, turkey or tofu

o Non-starchy vegies (raw, steamed, boiled or sautéed in 1-2 teaspoons of olive oil).

Since my doc requested a 5lbs weight loss prior to surgery, as during this first week I am taking the carbs away not all at once. Seems like 30 days on this diet would be too much. So here is what I am doing. No rice, bread, pasta, beans, potato, no starch. Lots of salad and protein, some oat meal, protein bars and fruits in general. I am planning to reduce the carbs even more next week … and the last 2 weeks go on the diet 100%.

What do you guys think?? [/quote']

Do your best to follow the plan as written! I have a 6 week preop diet. It is considerably stricter. The diet is hard but it is good for you. Most oatmeal, protein bars, and fruit are high carb so I would skip it.

The doctor is the doctor for a reason. If we were good at making up our own rules and sticking to them, we would be in this situation.

Hi! My name is Jeanni. I live in Missouri, I'm getting my sleeve in Lenexa, Kansas September 5th, start my 2 week liquid diet (4 shakes a day and broth, sf jello and sf Popsicles ) August 22nd. The liquid diet and excess skin is my biggest worries. The excess skin I can live with just would prefer not to have it. I am 30 and not sure if I am too "old" for my skin to bounce back like when I was younger. But excess skin is a very small price to pay for getting to a healthy weight so I'm not sure why it worries me so. I have substituted some shakes here and there to prepare for preop diet and just telling myself if I cheat on it I am only hurting myself. I wish you all luck!

Hi! My name is Jeanni. I live in Missouri' date=' getting my sleeve in Lenexa, Kansas September 5th, start my 2 week liquid diet (4 shakes a day) August 22nd. The liquid diet and excess skin. Is my biggest worries the skin I can live with just would prefer not to have. I am 30 and not sure if I am too "old" for my skin to bounce back like when I was younger. But excess skin is a very small price to pay for getting to a healthy weight so not sure why it worries me. I have substituted shakes shakes here and there to prepare for preop diet and just telling myself if I cheat on it I am only hurting myself. I wish you all luck![/quote']

Welcome! The excess skin thing is scary for me too. I am really fat (not a lightweight) so there is a lot of skin. Skin elasticity is so different for everyone but you are young so there is a better chance for it to snap back. Anyway, congrats on your date!

My date has been moved up! Only a couple days from the 13th to the 10th! So pumped!

I'm Sept 11th - Upstate NY !! Excited and nervous

Hi I am new to the group. This is my first post. So strange. Literally as I was reading down through these posts the surgeon's office called and said I got my insurance approval. I am scheduled for September 12th for the sleeve!

My date is 09-19-13, very excited but very nervous....

Hey there! I know you're just as excited as I am! congrats on the insurance approval.

I have noticed that many of us are saying we are excited but nervous, but I haven't seen anyone talk much about what they are excited about, or especially what they are nervous about. I share the excitement and the anxiety about my surgery on September 4th.

I will start with what scares me. I am sometimes pretty horrified that I am actually about to have the majority of one of my organs cut out of my body and thrown away ... an organ that has no illness or damage, that in fact, functions all too well. I have never had surgery and have all my original organs and other parts that I was born with. I don't like the idea of having my insides shoved around and cut into. I don't like the idea of being knocked unconscious by what amounts to poison while putting myself into the care of strangers. I wonder if I might regret this, and I know the decision is irrevocable. I wonder if the change in what I can and cannot eat will be overwhelming, since so much of life centers around gatherings that involve food. My family gathers for birthdays, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, visits from the Manhattan contingent, barbecues and swimming parties, Labor Day, Memorial Day, celebrations, graduations, births and any other occasion or non- occasion we can think of. Many of these have traditionally happened at my house, though we are trying to spread the responsibility around more lately. Am I going to feel like serving the typical holiday meals? Will I look forward to special meals on special occasions? Will I still enjoy food, or at least enjoy it again someday, months or years after surgery? Will I ever again be able to have a margarita in a restaurant where they don't have sugar free? A Beef Fajita in a flour tortilla?? Gourmet veggie pizza? Nachos? My annual piece of pecan pie on Thanksgiving?

On the PLUS side though: I am excited that I hope to have less arthritis pain and more energy and stamina, so I can walk longer trails in beautiful areas, managing to see more of nature that refreshes my soul. I hope to have more energy for activity with my six grandkids, ages nine to one. I want to be able to pack and plan and travel without exhaustion and to walk long distances to explore new places and museums and cities. I want to be able to get around in Manhattan with fewer cabs when I am visiting one of my three sons and his family. I want to throw out ALL the clothes in my overstuffed closet, and just start over and have fewer things and know what is there and be able to FIND them. I want to have the energy to do all that and more.

I would love to hear others hopes and fears about this surgery too.

Diana49