Sleeve Buddy: I'm having my sleeve on Wednesday 12/17! Super excited but a bit nervous also. I would love to partner up with someone who is having the same procedure before, on, or after the 17th. It would be even better if I could find someone in my area. St. Louis, Missouri! Thanks!

@ I'm 6 weeks out and outside Springfield so 3 hours from you...same state though! : )

Congrats on The surgery date!

I'm in between st Louis and cape and I am currently hoping that the last of my pre op appointments will be finished mid january

My doctor is Dr snow in St louis

I'm in Columbia, MO and having my sleeve done around 12/28. My date isn't firm yet, but I started the pre-op diet today. I would love a sleeve buddy.

Today kinda sucked! I'm hungry, dreaming about food, having sensory hallucinations (smelling food that isn't there, lol), nausea, wet heaves, headache and weakness aaarrrggghhhhhh! So ready to cross over to the other side and be post-op, phew!

Rant/whine over!

@ That's all pretty normal just hang in there!

Thanks, Elode! The support & encouragement mean a lot!

Any idea if soups are okay on the preop diet? I've been researching, but there seems to be a lot of conflicting information.

My doctor and nutritionist recommended broths without chunks or pieces of meat or veggies. Chicken broth by Swanson is by far the best tasting and knocks that hunger back down to a manageable level. That veggie broth is okay also.