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jaysweet98    47

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I meant pretesting!!!

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tammie30    43

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Yes I did. Mine is only 2 days prior to surgery.. So the 5&6 are clear Fluid ONLY

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jaysweet98    47

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Yes I did. Mine is only 2 days prior to surgery.. So the 5&6 are clear Fluid ONLY

that's cool for u!!! What about Vitamins do u start those preop or just postoperative... Omg I was just looking at the calendar, less than 2 weeks... It's coming up soon!!!

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itsmekarenlee    129

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Hi Everyone! My husband (sleeve) and I (RNY) are scheduled for July 18th. We start our Pre-op diet on July 5th. I'm kind of feeling like we are in over our heads with this. SO much to learn, SO much I don't know. Our 21st wedding anniversary is this Thursday so we are going to pig out at Café Brazil since we won't ever be able to do that again. lol We are not a veggie/fruit eating family (we have 3 kids) so we have quite an adjustment with the foods we will be eating afterwards. My kids may starve. ;)
Reality is starting to set in. I'm trying not to think too much about it otherwise I'm asking myself if we are doing the right thing, or maybe we can do this w/o surgery if we could only get enough commitment/dedication/persistence/perserverance. Again. But we all know those answers and the outcomes. I just visited my mom and I'm heading in the same exact health path as her and it's not pretty. She is all for us doing this because she doesn't want us to go through what she is going through.

Anyway, I hope we can give each other strength and courage as we each go through, one by one, into our new healthy lives! :)


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tammie30    43

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It's super exciting. I'm only a week and 5 days away for my big day .,, nerves are kicking in and I haven't even packed my hospital bag yet

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AngryViking    217

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One more visit checked off: I saw the nutritionist today. It was more like a class (there were 7 of us in there) and we went over Vitamin requirements and diet. After reading everyone's diets, Protein and calorie requirements, etc. on here I have to say my doctor's plan seems kind of fast and loose. lol The nutritionist was mostly concerned with Fluid intake and not so much with the Protein.< /p>

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itsmekarenlee    129

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Ugh :(

Did she/he at least tell you how much Protein to take in every day?

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tammie30    43

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Ugh :( <br> Did she/he at least tell you how much Protein to take in every day?

70grams or more of preotein. So it's one scoop preteen powder contains 23g then drink 3x a day

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AngryViking    217

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Nope. The nutritionist didn't even particularly encourage the shakes, saying only that we "can" start them when we get home from the hospital, but it's not a necessity. I already got some samples from Chike and powders?utm_source=BariatricPal&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_campaign=CommentLink" target="_ad" data-id="1" >unjury so I'm going to use them for sure, but I found it strange after reading this site for the past month. lol

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itsmekarenlee    129

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Ya, strange and they don't sound very knowledgeable. I'm glad you are getting more info on here.

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wolfkrz    2

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Just got my date yesterday! Surgery is scheduled for July 17! I'm so excited! Starting my 2 week pre-op liquid diet on July 3rd (nice, right?) good luck to everyone!

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Andrea K    33

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@@wolfkrz - Congratulations on receiving your surgery date! When I finally receive my date it seemed to take a big weight off. LOL! All the work of research and education on WLS finally comes down to this is the day I put it all into play and start my new healthy life. Best of luck to you.

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wolfkrz    2

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<p>@@wolfkrz - Congratulations on receiving your surgery date! When I finally receive my date it seemed to take a big weight off. LOL! All the work of research and education on WLS finally comes down to<em> this </em>is the day I put it all into play and start my new healthy life. Best of luck to you.</p>

Thank you! This was my 2nd attempt in 4 years to get the surgery. So glad that I was able to pull it off this time! Hard to believe 3 weeks from today I will be having the surgery!!!!! ???? it's still surreal!

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itsmekarenlee    129

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Nm

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