I am very interested in supporting others on this journey and I will need support too. My surgery date is January 6 and I am in California!

My pre-op appointments were today. I had to get a blood test, EKG and upper GI test. I then met with the nurse to go over all the details of before surgery and after and then I met with the surgeon.

My pre-op diet is for one week before surgery. I can have 3 protien shakes a day and 2 meals (meals means, broth Soup or a low-fat yougurt). The day before surgery I can only have Clear liquids. Also, starting three weeks before surgery I have a bunch of Vitamins, Iron and Calcium that I need to start taking.

I am getting super excited!!!

@@jblkmom oh I dread the upper GI test. I had to do that when I had my galbladder out.

@sweetgagr100 - it actually wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I had done one before for acid reflux and this one was much less detailed. It was two videos of me drinking that crapy barium stuff and then I had to guzzle the rest of that disgusting stuff and two xrays of my full stomach. For me the worst part is always the blood test. I HATE having my blood drawn. HATE.

I need to get on myfitnesspal app. I also just found an app called bariatric timer. It helps with the timing between eating and drinking and meals.

I just set up myfitnesspal app. My user name is jblkmom. Please connect with me

I'm Temptingtiff on mfp. I'd add you but I'm not sure how to.

I've started giving up carbonated drinks and caffeine. So far so good but it's been hard.

My nutritionist is very pragmatic about my love for Diet Coke and coffee. Her advice is to focus on caffeine elimination only, because my guts will be so unhappy with carbonated drinks after surgery that it'll only take one slip-up to break me of the habit and I may as well enjoy it while I can. I laughed at how practical she was about it, but I can't fault the reasoning. So right now I'm drinking caffeine-free Diet Coke and trying to break my coffee habit to avoid dealing with horrible caffeine-withdrawal headaches at the same time I'm dealing with surgical pain.

I don't meet with the nutritionist until pre-op, and my only pre-diet is clear liquids the day before surgery.

@Dolce_xxv@jblkmom

I just posted a new topic, but the not drinking while eating thing is one of my big fears. I tried today at lunch... Ended up guzzling a glass of Water halfway through the meal.

I downloaded an app called bariatric watch and it's a timer that allows you to time when you can eat and when you can drink and it works well for me

Signed up for My Fitness Pal. I'm ThreeCrows

My fitness pal account is austinkopplin2012

Is there anyone on here from NY and has Dr Mecenes as their surgeon?

Michigan here

My MFP is getitmimi. The pass code to unlock is bariatricpal...I dont want ppl to freak when my calories go down to 500 lol :-)

I'm January 9th!