I have only my EGD to do next week then I wait for approval. Because of another surgery I have to have in September I won't be able to do my WLS til beginning of next year. ????. Is there any advice anyone can give me on what to do ahead of time to prepare and think ahead before surgery? Thanks

My surgery is 10-08-12 and I started on shakes and taken vitamins to get a head start, really to get me in a routine of taking those pills and most def get use to shakes cuz they can b hard to get down.

I thought of this after the fact but maybe one day out of the week pick to eat smaller portions taking smaller bites, chewing and the. Waiting 60 sec for the next bite. Drink your 64 oz of water, have healthly snacks.

Just pretend that you have already had it. It may help to start the new routine

Walk as much as possible! And start your vitamins. It makes your recovery so much easier if you are as healthy as possible going into surgery.

Thank you very much. Wha vitamins are recommended to ake? I take a multi and vitamin C now.

I have Kaiser and they have one of the longest lists of vitamins. I have to take 2 Multi vit, Calcium Citrate + D, B-12, B-1, Iron + C. We were just told to take what's on your surgeon's list in the months leading to surgery.

The shakes are hard but I tried a recipe today was pretty good. I bought a big container if the vanilla cream whey protein. One scoop has 35 grams of protein and you can use 2 scoops for 60 grams. Then 8 ounces of 1% milk gives you another 8 grams of protein. Slice a banana and add about 1 tbsp of sugar free strawberry jello mix and blend. You can add ice if you want to blend it too.

It's a long wait but you get more knowledge & lots of infoation & you can learn from the people on here that had the surgery.

My hardest obstacle is drinking 64 ounces of water. Does it all have to be water? Or just 64 ounces of liquid? Like can I count my decaf coffee as part of that 64?

I was told any liquid under 10 calories with no caffeine or carbonation

2scoops would be 70grams plus the milk and sounds delicious

That would help tremendously. The only thing I do drink and has always been is water and coffee. Maybe and I really mean maybe once every month or two I might have lemonade or a soda or tea when we go out to eat. And that is only like once a month

Yeah LOL. I was wrong its 30 grams of protein plus the 8 grams for the milk

Right now I am suppose to have like 50-60 a day then after surgery about 90

Still 68 in one sitting is a great drink. Once you can eat tuna and cottage cheese and eggs it all adds up pretty fast