I finally got my surgery booked... MAY 4th 8am wooooohoooooooooo

I am so excited I can't wait. I met some great women today in the waiting room at the TLBC. One was in the same boat as I am and the other three had already been banded. They both gave me so much information and they made me feel very comfortable (by the way they looked amazing). It was so nice to talk to people who understand what I'm going through and why this surgery is so important to me.

If those ladies ever read this... thank you for answering my silly questions and sharing your experience with me.

3 weeks to go.

I'm going to be at TLBC on May 4th also for a 2pm info meeting!

So if you see a red haired fat chick say Hi from the forum.

I'm still fact-finding, but I'm fairly convinced this is what can work for me.

Cheers!

Hi Ginger,

Welcome to this support site. Maybe we'll bump into each other. I will likely be groggy though (post-surgery).

I had a day from hell today... I can't even look at CC let alone put it in my mouth. blahhhhhhhhhh

so I stuck to the yogurt, my head was pounding and i felt hungry. I tried to eat yogurt for lunch but it just wasn't going to happen for me. I left work early and came home and had a hot cup of tea and a bubble bath. I only have to make it till Thursday and it's well worth the minor strugle.

Jannet

Hi Jurema: You are in a very real big struggle I would say, not minor. You are probably having headaches from withdrawal of other foods, especially salt. I am a salt eater (that's why I have high blood pressure) and when I couldn't have any salt, I had sick headaches. I heated up some chicken broth when I felt down. I didn't drink a lot, but it helped the headache. Also, the warm tea was an excellent idea and warm bath. Pamper yourself you deserve it. Doddie

Jannet and Doddie,

Do you ladies know if artificial sweetener is o.k. to use during per-op? I know that real sugar is out but I am guessing that artificial sweetener might be o.k.

Jannet and Doddie,

Do you ladies know if artificial sweetener is o.k. to use during per-op? I know that real sugar is out but I am guessing that artificial sweetener might be o.k.

It's fine. As you know we can have crystal lite wich is made with artificial sweetner.

Thank you, Susan.

Hey everyone, well yeah...since day 1 of pre-op diet, i havent been eating...is that bad. The first day i only ate yogurt, second day...maybe a half cup for the whole day and since then...nothing. Im drinking water because the thought of yogurt is gross.. and i dont like cottage cheese. I'm definitely craving food like crazy, but the thought of yougurt makes me sick. I would kill for anything to eat...and i still have 5 days to go....AGHHHHHHHHHH

My day is also May 4th...I am on my second day of liquids...yummieeeeeeeee...nothing taste as good as thin looks

Robgoblin: ya better start eating man....as unappetizing as yogurt is to you. Hey, I get it...I refused to eat cottage cheese, but I did eat more yogurt to make up for it. You really HAVE to eat....otherwise you will make yourself sick and you don't want to be sick for your surgery.....or so weak that they can't do it....ya know? So, try and suck it up and eat the yogurt...it IS the lesser of two evils!! You don't want your surgery to be post-poned and you don't want to be so weak you will have post-op problems.....

GO EAT SOME YOGURT YOUNG MAN!!!!!

:guess :hungry: :paranoid

thats the problem....i feel fine. I dont feel weak, no aches of any kind... I am just not eating...

No good Rob - you still have a few days left and you have to eat something. Try some more yogurt and if you are desperate eat either egg beaters or egg white only. But you must eat. Call the clinic they will tell you that and perhaps even a small piece of chicken.

I might as well chime in on this too...

Robgoblin... There is something else to contend with if you don't eat.... it is called 'starvation mode' or something like that. When you don't eat,:tape: you body slows it motabolism to the point of hardly using anything incase you don't eat again. It is a survival thing hard wired into you, you feel fine for a little while, then you start feeling weak, and tired and over all icky:crutch: (icky is not the medical term but gets the idea across), and you body can't protect itself from the polluted enviroment around it and you get very sick.

If you at least pretent to eat, :hungry: have one yoghurt at proper meal times, you will keep your body in 'loosing mode' and the pounds will fall off faster. I have been eating the hell out of Y&CC and I am down 10lbs in 4 days! EEK! so try and stay on a schedual and it won't seem as bad. (Believe me, I work in a kitchen! It is a little slice of HELL every shift, :evil: but I keep my eye on the prise and my mouth shut. If I can do it there, you can do it at home!)

Viva le résistance!!!

All the May 4th bandsters we have 5 days left

(happy dance) :clap2:

Hey you guys are doing awesome!!!!! But I agree, you gotta eat, your body is gonna need some nutrients for the surgery. The pre-op is the absolute worst!!!!! Hang in there!!!

Oh wow...only 5 more days for me too! I am excited and scared at the same time.....I feel like I am loosing a part of my life that, although caused so much pain, physically and mentally, was a part of my life. I will be a new person at 56....