finally after all that running around I got a date. Im scheduled for January 20th, 2014 with Dr Koshy at St Lukes Hospital. Thats in NY. I was expecting a sooner date but he will be on vacation on December.

I am so glad to finally have my date. what about you guys? anyone else has a date for January?

Share it!

See you there girls!!!

peeps am stranded in Canada, all of you are staying at Marriott. I can grab a cab to your hotel as I am staying at Lucerna if you are willing to meet.

ok i got a new flight. please let me know if you want to meet up Monday night

Did u get my email???

Shung, have you made it to MX yet?

No. This has been a crazy day. I'm just boarding my flight leaving Birmingham Al. We had to wait because out flight attendant did not show. We had to wait on a new attendant to come from Houston. At this point I'm not sure what time I will leave Houston. I will get there and play it by ear.

ok i got a new flight. please let me know if you want to meet up Monday night

I would love to meet. I'm having my surgery Monday sometime but would still like to meet with you.

My date is January 16th. I start my pre-op diet tomorrow morning. 7 days of protein shakes and salads, then 3 days of liquids.....then surgery! I'm pumped!!

I'm another one with no pre-op. But I will be starting a low carb high protein diet tomorrow (surgery 1/21).

Shung, have you made it to MX yet?

No. This has been a crazy day. I'm just boarding my flight leaving Birmingham Al. We had to wait because out flight attendant did not show. We had to wait on a new attendant to come from Houston. At this point I'm not sure what time I will leave Houston. I will get there and play it by ear.

Oh boy! That does not sound fun! Good luck!

My date is Jan 8th. Not too long now thank goodness!! Feeling very nervous and somewhat alone, as the only person in my life who really supports me in this is a lady I met in the presurgical classes who is getting it done also. Family is against it for a variety of reasons, none of which I consider legitimate. Sometimes I feel like I'm swimming against a very strong tide. Hopefully on the other side of this I will be the one who said "I told you so" and not them! Looking forward to being myself again, no longer myself plus 100 lbs.

Edited January 5, 201412 yr by SEJuhlin

Have any of you tried Premier shakes? They are ready to drink and do not have a funky protein after taste. They come in chocolate and vanilla flavor. I get mine at Sam's or Costco. I use Torani or DaVinci sugar free syrups to help jazz them up.

An 11 oz drink contains is 160 calories. 30 grams of protein, 3 grams fat, 5 grams carbs, and 1 sugar gram.

Unjury has some good flavors also. In case you didn't know, you can often times get free samples or reduced prices for sample packs from manufacturers for protein drinks and vitamins.

I can't find the thread right now, but TapSnap started one and it has a lot of information in it.

Good luck.

I've tried the Premier shakes and thought they had the funkiest aftertaste out of everything I tried! I couldn't even finish the bottle! A coworker tried it for me, I thought maybe I had gotten a bad batch, and she said she couldn't taste anything wrong with it, so I guess it's just my funky tastebuds . I like the Atkins shakes the best by far. But everyone says the tastebuds change after surgery, so I guess we will have to see what happens!

I had my sleeve last Jan. I am now at my goal weight. Good Luck to you the 2014 Jan sleevers!

I had the "lean shakes" from GNC they have 25g of protein and I really liked them. You can try them. They have buy two cases get one free going on now. Good Luck

I'm leaving tomorrow ... For Tijuana ...Hopefully ... Big snow storm here in Michigan...

I start the low carb diet on Wednesday and liquid diet two weeks after that. Both my wife and daughter will be doing the dieting plan with me. I'm grateful for their support and for the support from this forum since beginning this process in September. My date is January 29th. Best wishes to all my fellow January sleevers.