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Pre-op diet is about your diet before the surgery. Especially the last few weeks right before surgery. There are many and yours will depend on your surgeon and insurance requirements.

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Oh. I thought id have my 3 apts with the dietician and then schedule my surgery after insurance accepts. I have had my surgeon visit and what not. But idk I guess ill get info as I go lol

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Your doctor may require you go on a pre-op diet to shrink your liver. A swollen liver makes access to the stomach very difficult

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Good question….it will depend on your doctor….so he/she is the one to ask.

Ask questions…lots and lots of questions….

If you see something here but arent sure…ASK YOUR DOCTOR….

Many people, as of late, are saying how unprepared they were prior to surgery…this is YOUR time to get educated, ask any and all questions (no matter how silly). Now is your time to find out every little, nitty gritty thing that you will need done BEFORE surgery, what happens DURING the surgery and what you can and should expect AFTER the surgery.

Remember…this IS SURGERY. You are going in for a specific reason and there is no reason why you should not be fully prepared.

So, its great to ask questions here but PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE follow up with your doc.

It will make your process easier, smoother and in my opinion, more successful.

Good luck to you!

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Research is your friend. knowledge is your armor. Read everything you can find on weight loss surgery, research the various procedures, not just the one in which you think you may be interested. Read up on ALL of them! There is no such thing as having too much information and as you go through the process of research and information gathering and even seminars and so on, the procedure you begin thinking you want, may not be the one that turns out to be right for you,

A few years ago, I was 100% sure that Gastric Bypass was the Golden Ticket for me. Guess what? I'm sitting here with a Lap Band around my gut and I couldn't be happier. :lol: I attended a RNY seminar, did research on that procedure, did the prelim paperwork and hit an insurance snag. A few years later, with better insurance, having done even more reading and research, I came to the conclusion that Lap Band was my surgery of choice. Would I have been okay with the RNY back then? Probably. But I believe that things shake out as they do for a reason. :D

What I'm trying to say here is, knowledge is power and you can't have too much power when you advocating for yourself and your healthcare decisions. WLS is a HUGE decision and it is permanent. So if you are going to do this, you need to go forward armed with all of the information you can get, making the best decision for you, for your body, your health concerns and your lifestyle and what you are willing to live with. Don't take this lightly. Don't let it scare you but don't jump until you know just what you are jumping in to! :)

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I'm going to have my surgery in late September ((:

Woo-Hoo! And Welcome! :D

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second day of pre-op, not bad,surgery is July 7th. going camping, I hope it wont be too hard to stay on liquids !! I know I have no choice.I want to keep focused.Any suggestions

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Id just suggest stay strong!! You can do it. Good luck. I haven't been through it yet. But it can't be easy at first.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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