I'm going in for my gastric sleeve op tomorrow at Imperial by Ahmed Ahmed. Anyone heard of him? I've done lots of research and he seems very experienced... so I have no worries about that. I've been on a pre op diet for the last 3 weeks - managed very well because I knew it was three weeks! Biggest worry is that I just bought a new pair of scales and discovered that the old ones were "weigh out" (geddit) by about 3 stone! So, all the imagining I've been doing on the idea of losing 25% of my body weight has been wrong and takes me to only a little under what I thought I was already. I'm still going to go for it but I wondered about this 25%? The psych that I saw said people are more likely to keep the weight off if they stick and maintain what the op loses for them... I want to be lighter than 25%... any thoughts?

The pre op is more so that your liver shrinks, allowing the surgeon to operate easier, rather than loosing weight.
Scales can be a pain, the ones in my surgeons office were half a stone heavier than the ones in boots and the ones in my bathroom were heavier than the lot LOL

Good Luck for tomorrow honey, and dont get hung up on numbers on the scale, you'll find it can send you loopy, i have stayed the same weight for weeks but went down a size!!!!
Let us know how it goes when you can. X

Don't overly worry about what your scales say, your dietician and drs scales are the only ones you should go by as household scales are notoriously wrong.

As tartantiger said the pre op diet is to shrink the liver so don't get hung up on what you have or have not lost. Good luck with your operation

Well! 10 days on and I can't believe how great I feel. Had the follow up appt. Staples gone and onto pureed food. Yesterday was first day - tried weetabix (lovely), avocado and cottage cheese (tasted nice but gave me cramps because it wasn't ripe enough), mashed potato (heavenly), mashed broccoli (alright) and a tiny bit of bolognaise (not so good). Later on, I had some hummous - wow! I think I had my first dumping syndrome! All cold and hot and very very gassy, then several toilet trips later felt very tired. Is this common? Was it because of the food? Or more likely that I tried to eat to much? Today I am going to stick to bland food and see how I get on - would very much like not to feel that horrid sensation again.

And I can't thank you both enough for messaging me - it made me feel very safe in hospital knowing that I would be able to ask you questions - so thank you very much. Since starting the pre-op nearly 5 weeks ago, I have lost just under 2 stone! That's a result, surely!

All the best

Claire

Hi there. Seems like you are doing brilliantly on your post op diet. It seems to me we Have less post opening input in the UK than in the USA.

Any who, got sleeved on 29th May and fed up with fluids! Can't wait to get to puree - don't say that often.

Keep up the good work and enjoy your new life.

I've just started on the puree, end of the week. I was a bit cavalier at first (and think I had my first dumping)... but realised the trick is to have bland and very pureed at first. Today is the first day I feel I've done it right; for lunch I had, 4 teaspoons of dahl (bland home made), 2 teaspoons of mashed potato and same of pureed broccoli. I had the same for dinner because it worked plus 2 Protein shakes, a yoghurt and a vegetable juice. And in between that, all my Water... it's felt like a full time occupation! But I've got make sure I'm on track - I'm going back to work on Monday!

The good news is that the liquid doesn't last forever. Keep us posted as to how you get on.

It's an amazing feeling, right? I'm definitely in the euphoric stage. I can't believe that I've lost all this weight and there is more to come!

Hi Seazee how are you doing a year on from your op? Im waiting for my date n July 2015.

Chris

Hi! I had my surgery with Ahmed Ahmed as well! He was brilliant! I have had no complications so far! I have started back to normal foods over the last week and all has been fine! How are you getting on?