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2013 November Sleevers

Gelica

By Gelica, in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A

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BamaGirly37    45

BamaGirly37
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My surgery is Nov 7th in Greenville SC

I have completed all appointments and test. I only have to do my 4 week Opti Fast diet and get final blood work done the week of surgery.

I am so ready I hope October doesn't drag by!

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DirtyHarriett    94

DirtyHarriett
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Congrats to all the November sleevers! I am a newbie on this site and have gone through 9 months of required weekly meetings, tests, etc. Finally see the surgeon next Friday and his staff have already assigned me Nov. 13th. Woo hoo!

Longest process but one I am not taking lightly. Ten years of going back and forth and not wanting to "take the "easy" way out" LOL! What a joke now that I have done this process. Easy my you-know-what! So ready for this :D

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junkfoodartist    4

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Thinking I will probably be in November. I have completed one of the three monthly classes, a sleep study, and bloodwork...cardiac clearance is scheduled for Oct 28th, and EGD and psych consult haven't been scheduled yet. My last nutrition class is 11/7/13 and I'm hoping to have everything done by then. I actually am going to try and get my insurance to waive the 3 month diet because my BMI is over 50 and I am currently on medical leave for work for another reason and don't know if I'll be able to take another leave. If I can then I will maybe be an October sleever! If not, probably January, because I had to give up all my vacation time for this medical leave :( I am in Dallas, TX and my surgeon is Dr. Kim.

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soonerorlater    139

soonerorlater
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I'm scheduled for Nov 4th, October is going to be a long month!!

Your the same date as me. :)

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band2RNY    12

band2RNY
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November 5th for me..just scheduled today with Dr. Ganta in the ATX. Band to sleeve revision. Still waiting on insurance approval but it should be pretty easy as my insurance rocks and the band slipped.

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Gelica    18

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My company has set up an apartment on Parmer. A few exits from grand parkway exit on 35. My sister and mother live in Austin and I am excited about getting closer to them. I will let you know how it goes. Lol that is my fear too. It won't be long now.

I work right off parmer and 35.

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Gelica    18

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November 5th for me..just scheduled today with Dr. Ganta in the ATX. Band to sleeve revision. Still waiting on insurance approval but it should be pretty easy as my insurance rocks and the band slipped.

I have the same surgeon, office staff is awesome.

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band2RNY    12

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I have the same surgeon, office staff is awesome.

Yep, they really are.

Do you know what type of pre-op diet he wants you to do? I guess i'll hear about all that on the 25th of October. I'm guessing liquids for two weeks. It's better than the month I had to do before the band surgery.

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SuNMooNStaRS816    423

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I have the same surgeon' date=' office staff is awesome.[/quote']

My sister used Dr Ganta for her RNY 4 years ago. He is a great doctor.

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band2RNY    12

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My sister used Dr Ganta for her RNY 4 years ago. He is a great doctor.

I haven't read one bad thing about him. I like the feeling that I can ask him anything and he tells you all angles and explains everything very well and is very thorough. I may go with RNY...still debating. For now I told him schedule the sleeve.

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Gelica    18

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Yep, they really are.

Do you know what type of pre-op diet he wants you to do? I guess i'll hear about all that on the 25th of October. I'm guessing liquids for two weeks. It's better than the month I had to do before the band surgery.

No idea about what pre-op diet yet , just have the papers from Amita on the two different type of pre-op diet. I am hoping for liquid, don't want to count what I am eating and worry if I miss up pre-op diet.

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band2RNY    12

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No idea about what pre-op diet yet , just have the papers from Amita on the two different type of pre-op diet. I am hoping for liquid, don't want to count what I am eating and worry if I miss up pre-op diet.

I've done liquids for a month...the first few days are rough but after that it's pretty easy, at least for me it was. Just think of the end results and it really is all in your mind. I did have to take something to knock me out at night to sleep. lol

The Protein shakes I took 5 per day were Optifast, and they were pretty good. I've tried other brands and they are nasty. I don't think Ganta's office sells them, so i'm going to have to find some. I've seen them on Amazon.com and will prob do that. They are expensive though :(

Let me know when you find out on the pre-op diet. I've never heard of one involving food.... do you have any idea what that is? I would prob stick to liquids also...

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mage54    28

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I will be officially going in for surgery on November 13th I am from Ohio and going to Dr. Zografakis. I start my liquid diet Monday and have to do that for 6 weeks. I know I can pull it off, but I just have to stay focused. It will be tough.

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band2RNY    12

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Good luck! I am going to change to RNY... I just think that is going to be a sure shot that I need.

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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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      1. LeighaTR

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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.

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