I'm getting SO excited! My surgery date is 6/19 and my pre-op liquid diet starts on 6/5. I just had my final appointment at the surgeons office and everything went great! I feel better about the pre-op diet, but honestly that's what I'm most scared about. I can have 5 Protein shakes a day, plus 48-64 oz of other liquids daily (up two 2c broth, sf Jello, sf, Popsicles, any sugar free drinks), plus they want me to have 8 oz of fruit juice daily for calories. They said I should lose 9-15 lbs during this time. Surely, if I get through the two weeks, I can handle the surgery! I'm pumped

I told my kids today (ages 9 and 7) that I will be going to the hospital in a few weeks so that the doctor can help me get healthy. They had some good kid-friendly questions for me, and I think I handled it pretty good!

Another thing that I'm excited about is not having to refill all of my meds I take daily! They think I will be off of everything! Yay! ????

Wow, sounds like you are really excited Do you get emotional? I get sleeved on June 30th and when I made my travel arrangements I was so emotional I just started crying. I'm not scared or anything but I sobbed lol The diet info you gave is great because I wasn't really sure what all the liquid diet consisted of or how much of it per day. I think I will try a few different Protein shake during this time and try to pick a favorite.

Hi Pamela! I don't normally get too emotional...Zoloft is good for that

I think I'll be pretty cranky during the 2 week diet, but that's different than emotional lol.

When I met with the nurse today, she told me I need to pick one kind of shake (one brand) and stick with it. It just dawned on me that she said that, but I don't really know why! Maybe I should call about that, because you would think one brand would get pretty old after a while.