Hi everyone!

Just came back from doctor's office and have a October 28th surgery date for Gastric Bypass. This is it, the high diving platform. Knees are trembling.

Anyone else in October? Let's keep in touch as we support each other. We have the pre-op diet and getting mentally ready for this.

LET'S DO IT!

@@amylynns

Hope it's not so bad. i had the constipation issue on top, In your case you have an "out" I did not. But I may take a while for things to get moving but once they start you'll be busy.

Extra zinc why?

zinc is good for wound healing at 30 mg a day. But The liquid vitamin supplement that I was taking the first week didn't have any was pretty disgusting and whatever I mixed into it maybe that taste disgusting. So I went and found my kids chewable vitamins.

Edited October 19, 201411 yr by layknee

@@layknee

Your incisions look great

@ Melora

Are you there, how are you feeling?

Good Night Moon.

@@Naynay31 my zinc was on the low side not low but close on my preop bloodwork so I googled and zinc helps skin snapback after weight loss so less loose skin. I went and got it from amazon since it was low to he'll myself not get droopy.

I am taking the sublingual B-12, but not right now. Waiting a while. Walgreens had an awesome sale this past week for all vitamins: BOGO Free. Sunday's paper had a $2 off coupon for certain vitamin brands as well! Yes!

Edited October 19, 201411 yr by OnePhatWhoDat

@@layknee yours look great! I didn't get the strips put on mine, just glue. Here it is. There's one on the side of my belly button that you can't see but it's there. E]xcuse my tiger stripes lol 10lb baby!

Hi everyone,

Day 6 of the liquid diet and so far, so good. I'm already struggling to get in all my water...I just 'forget' to drink it until it's too late in the day and I don't want to be up all night running back and forth to the bathroom!

I saw a few of you saying you were suffering from headaches on the liquid diet. It might be a ketosis headache. When I did Medifast, it's a high Protein, low carb diet and it work on the premise that your body goes into ketosis about 3-5 days into the diet (very similar to what we're doing) and speeds up the fat burning process. But until it does so, you can get a headache and be very lethargic then one day, bam! you feel better.

My surgery is next MOnday and I keep thinking of a 100 things I want to get done before then; I know they're not going to all get done. LOL

SO great reading everyone's story here. I work alot so hard to keep up with everyone but I sure am keeping you all in my thoughts and prayers as you face surgery and post surgery!

Hi everyone,

Day 6 of the liquid diet and so far, so good. I'm already struggling to get in all my water...I just 'forget' to drink it until it's too late in the day and I don't want to be up all night running back and forth to the bathroom!

I saw a few of you saying you were suffering from headaches on the liquid diet. It might be a ketosis headache. When I did Medifast, it's a high Protein, low carb diet and it work on the premise that your body goes into ketosis about 3-5 days into the diet (very similar to what we're doing) and speeds up the fat burning process. But until it does so, you can get a headache and be very lethargic then one day, bam! you feel better.

My surgery is next MOnday and I keep thinking of a 100 things I want to get done before then; I know they're not going to all get done. LOL

SO great reading everyone's story here. I work alot so hard to keep up with everyone but I sure am keeping you all in my thoughts and prayers as you face surgery and post surgery!

use a Water reminder app on your phone that will ding every 20 minutes to remind you to drink.

@@layknee yours look great! I didn't get the strips put on mine, just glue. Here it is. There's one on the side of my belly button that you can't see but it's there. E]xcuse my tiger stripes lol 10lb baby! IMG-20141018-02699.jpg IMG-20141018-02698.jpg

doesnt look bad at all. I know I'm so vain one of my major concerns was having a huge scar. So the first question I was aware of asking was, "Did they have to open?" because I was going to include in my consents that if they had to open, we might as well cancel the surgery.

Edited October 19, 201411 yr by layknee

@@layknee lmfaoo me too! Right before surgery I told the doctor that if he has to open me just seal me back in and don't do anything! I had to consent to possible opening if my life was at risk. I had an open appendix which you can see the indent when I was 10, and c- section, didn't need any more slits.

@@AuriP I'm in MN too. I tried talking my husband into going south for at least part of the winter. Anyway, my surgery is scheduled for Wed, October 22nd. I have Dr. Bradley Pierce at FVS.

I went to the same office. I had Dr. Luis Laguna. Small world!

Here are my incisions. I have many, my doc couldn't use all of my old ones from the lap band so he had to make a few new ones. I have 6 of them.

@@AuriP I can't even see them to be honest, they look great. I hope mine fade away, I'm usually good at healing.