I just got the call today!!! So excited by nervous too! I start preop diet tomorrow and surgery on the 24th!

Congratulations!

Thank you!

Good Luck,

I too have my date its on February 10th.Just follow your doctors orders and you'll be just fine.

Best of luck , Keep us posted on your journey

Good luck with everything. Am six days post-op now and can't believe its all done and am going through the motions now of the liquids and prepping for mushies.

If you can I would prep as much post-surgery liquids/mushies now to save you time after!

That's great! Congrats, and good luck!

Hi Mad2013!

Congrats on getting your surgery date! Woo Hoo! You've now got a date for the start of the rest of your healthy, strong life! In addition to following your doc's orders regarding your eating plan, I would also start now to create an exercise habit - walking, low-intensity aerobics, whatever appeals to you. You can try out a few different things at different intensity levels and you'll have "advance" info for when you are cleared to exercise after surgery.

I can tell you without a doubt that my beginning a walking program before my surgery and as soon as I was cleared after my surgery made a big difference in how I felt and how my weight loss went. You do NOT want to overdo it, but you'll be so fired up after your surgery that you want to get out of the gate with a fast start, so to speak.

Losing a few extra pounds before surgery will definitely help you to go through it easier. Wishing you all good things!

Thank you everyone!!! I am trying to decide on what kinds of liquids and mushies I will have!!! I also want to start walking this week! Might have to go to an inside school gym or mall it's rainy and gross here!

Congrats and good luck.

I've almost made it through Day 1 of my pre op diet and I had to leave to go get more stuff at the store because I wanted to eat all the bad stuff!!! I wish I could throw it all away but I can't with 2 kids and 4 on every other weekend!!