I am excited and nervous, but I am ready to get this started. I went to informational meeting on Jan 8, 2015. Started nutrition classes in Feb, had to go once a month for 4 months for insurance to cover the operation, had my pre-op appt on the 3 of June along with EKG, blood work and chest X Ray. I am on my pre-op diet now and doing good. I got to different kinds of protein shakes, tried chocolate (which is not my favor flavor) put ice in it and didn't do so well. So I tried vanilla last night and it made me physically sick. This morning tried the chocolate again, but put it in the freezer for a bit and did good. Going to Vitamin shoppe today to try and get some other flavors. If any of you are the same day, I would like to keep in touch with you so we can walk through this together!!!

i def had to mix up my Protein, i would mix the chocolate and vanilla together and even still have to, they both make me blah! sometimes the milk based ones are hard on the tummy after a while, there are a lot of cool fruit flavored Proteins you can get , you should give those a try if they are approved by your surgeon, i believe its called Isopure and GNC has it

welcome to the club congrats on your surgery date!!

i was so nervous and scared but now i cant believe its done and over and i survived!!

Definitely make sure your shakes are Surgeon approved. The Protein derivitive is very important, it has to have whey isolates I believe is the term. I am using New Direction and they are very good. My surgery is scheduled for Monday June 8th so would be great to have buddies.

i def had to mix up my Protein, i would mix the chocolate and vanilla together and even still have to, they both make me blah! sometimes the milk based ones are hard on the tummy after a while, there are a lot of cool fruit flavored Proteins you can get , you should give those a try if they are approved by your surgeon, i believe its called Isopure and GNC has it

welcome to the club congrats on your surgery date!!

i was so nervous and scared but now i cant believe its done and over and i survived!!

When was your surgery?

Shannon keep me updated on your progress and I will do the same:)

I'm June 15th, too!

Grandmaofone you have the vanilla and you can add flavor to it. The chocolate add a little banana flavor to it.

June 15th can't come soon enough

Mine is 3 days before you. June 12th. I'm on the liquid diet. I'm drinking Boost and it's good.

my surgery was 2 weeks ago, so i am post op.

i def had to mix up my Protein, i would mix the chocolate and vanilla together and even still have to, they both make me blah! sometimes the milk based ones are hard on the tummy after a while, there are a lot of cool fruit flavored Proteins you can get , you should give those a try if they are approved by your surgeon, i believe its called Isopure and GNC has it

welcome to the club congrats on your surgery date!!

i was so nervous and scared but now i cant believe its done and over and i survived!!

When was your surgery?

Tomorrow is the day. I have to be at the hospital at 7am. Today all clear liquid. Each min going to seem like an hour.

Tomorrow is mine to. I am doing ok except for the isopure drinks. Taste very bad and it almost came back up. Good Luck tomorrow!!!

Please remember as much as it seems like it's gonna hurt its not as bad as you think, as soon as you think you can do the walking, it's the only reason I was able to leave the next day, it makes you stretch out and makes the gas pain tolerable, I also had a peculiar sure effect of everything they brought me seeming too sweet, I did excellent with the water and ice chips, don't try to hold off on your pain meds, take them as often as you need them, I also asked the next morning to let me start taking my home pain meds and get me off the morphine, I hope this helps and good luck, people on here have stood by me through everything and now I want to pay it forward, so if this helps anyone it's what matters to me!