Wow, this is such a great site. Very helpful, lots of info. I have made it through the dietitian, the psyc eval, the test and cleared for surgery. I have my date April 24th (YEA< YIKES)

I go tommorrow for my pre-op visit and have been told that I will be on purely Liquid Protein diet for the 6 days before my surgery. I also have to have the little vein thing put in next week.

I am so excited, so scared about the whole thing. But more excited. I am a single mom who wants to keep up and live for herself and to watch my beautiful daughter grow into a healthy young woman.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Lost_Secret

( the lost_secret is the real me under all of this weight)

Hey Lost!

Welcome and congrats on your date! I am going to be banded tomorrow! I am so jittery right now.

I did not have to go on a liquid diet only but I have stocked up my kitchen with supplies for after.

I have gone to www.wlssupplies.com and they have several different sample packs. This is so awesome because not only is it samples so you dont have to buy a whole tub and find you dont like it, but they come in 8 oz bottles so you can add water, juice or milk right to the sample.. no need for another glass.. just twist the lid back on and shake. I went ahead and got the huge sample pack with samples of all the flavors and different brands.. so far .. I dont like the Tropical Burst or Peach.. but the cafe Mocha isn't bad, not my favorite because it is still a little too coffeeish for me. Plus with the huge sample pack I got a sample of a virtually tasteless protein powder that can be add to soups and other foods. I have a different type of protein powder that is fine when I add it to cold stuff (tuna, jello, smoothies) but is not good when added to soups and hot things. This one through WLSsupplies works wonderful!

Also I got these IDS New Whey liquid protein bullet things.. OMG they are so great tasting! I have the 25 grm protein in Blue Raspberry and both the Orange and Grape in the 42 grm protein.. They are great by themselves but I have been adding them into a big bottle or 2 little bottles of propel flavored water! I dont care much for Fruit Punch flavor of anything so I haven't tried that flavor.

Hope this is helpful to you!

OPPS I forgot to give you the web address for the IDS New Whey Liquid..

www.dpsnutrition.com

Sorry about that! If you are going to look for them.. use the search list on the left side of the screen and go down to IDS.. then I think that they are about half way down that page.

Welcome to lapband talk forum. Congrats on getting your surgery date. You will love being banded. Julie