Hi, my deposit is paid,sent off for passport, ticket bought, and loan approved. I am having surgery with Dr. Ortiz @ OCC on 9/8. Anyone else gonna be there? I start my preop diet 7/29. 3 weeks Atkins then I start in on the shakes moving to a liquid diet.

I will be in TJ on Sept. 7th having surgery revision with the oh so handsome Dr. A It will be fun to follow a fellow September sleevers progress.

Good Morning All !
I am scheduled for September 10th for surgery. I fly into TJ on the 9th.
I am so excited.
I see a dietitian in a few weeks to get a pre-op diet started and a post op diet in the works so my body isn't in complete shock in September when all it gets in broth.

When booking my procedure I booked 3 months in advance to give myself extra time in case I changed my mind. Plus I wanted to enjoy the summer with my kids. Once I saw my family doctor and told him about my decision, he was so supportive it made me want to change my surgery date to July. Looked into changing my surgery and plane tickets, but to change the flights would have cost half the original price. NO THANK YOU WEST JET !!

R

Hi, my deposit is paid,sent off for passport, ticket bought, and loan approved. I am having surgery with Dr. Ortiz @ OCC on 9/8. Anyone else gonna be there? I start my preop diet 7/29. 3 weeks Atkins then I start in on the shakes moving to a liquid diet.

You'l be heading to OCC almost exactly one year after I had my sleeve surgery there! I was sleeved on 9/1/14 and everything went great! You'll be well take care of! Let me know if you have any questions about what to expect or what to bring.

I will be at occ on September 2nd!

Glad to see some other folks heading down the same time as me. JamieLogical I have actually followed several of your posts and checked our your packing list since you went to the same place. I feel very confident in my choice of facility and surgeon. I wish they had not locked the pages that discussed OCC. Not really sure what that's all about. Suppose it's local politics. Luckily I got to Atleast read through them all. I got my vitamins this time through the place they suggest but may look around after these. I'm trying the premier shakes from Sam's club. They seem to have the best protein content and not too bad tasting. I am still curious if I will feel like sight seeing that week but I guess I won't know til I go. Does Marriott help out with that at all? My mom will be w/ me I dont want her to be terribly bored.

Good Morning All !

I am scheduled for September 10th for surgery. I fly into TJ on the 9th.

I am so excited.

I see a dietitian in a few weeks to get a pre-op diet started and a post op diet in the works so my body isn't in complete shock in September when all it gets in broth.

When booking my procedure I booked 3 months in advance to give myself extra time in case I changed my mind. Plus I wanted to enjoy the summer with my kids. Once I saw my family doctor and told him about my decision, he was so supportive it made me want to change my surgery date to July. Looked into changing my surgery and plane tickets, but to change the flights would have cost half the original price. NO THANK YOU WEST JET !!

 

R

I am sort of doing the same thing. I wanted to get my finances in order and I thought the week of Labor day would be good regarding work because that's a day folks are taking off anyway. I thought the Dr. Was going to be gone for 2 weeks at end of August? Maybe that changed?

I fly down on the 10th for surgery on the 11th with Dr. Garcia

Glad to see some other folks heading down the same time as me. JamieLogical I have actually followed several of your posts and checked our your packing list since you went to the same place. I feel very confident in my choice of facility and surgeon. I wish they had not locked the pages that discussed OCC. Not really sure what that's all about. Suppose it's local politics. Luckily I got to Atleast read through them all. I got my vitamins this time through the place they suggest but may look around after these. I'm trying the premier shakes from Sam's club. They seem to have the best protein content and not too bad tasting. I am still curious if I will feel like sight seeing that week but I guess I won't know til I go. Does Marriott help out with that at all? My mom will be w/ me I dont want her to be terribly bored.

 

I still take the Vitaleph multivitamins, but use other brands for my other supplements. I take a generic version of Citrical Maximum for Calcium +D3. I take Insync for my probiotic. And I take a spray B12 I got off Amazon... I think it's called "mykind" or something like that.

 

All of my labs that my PCP has ordered for me post-op have come back perfect, so I am guessing that combo is working.

 

As for protein shakes, I made my own with protein powder and when I needed something ready-to-drink, I used EAS AdvantEDGE Carb Control, which I bought at Walmart and Target. They were a little lower on the protein than the OCC Nutritionist recommended, so I would just add a little extra unflavored whey protein powder to them.

Good Morning All !I am scheduled for September 10th for surgery. I fly into TJ on the 9th. I am so excited. I see a dietitian in a few weeks to get a pre-op diet started and a post op diet in the works so my body isn't in complete shock in September when all it gets in broth.

When booking my procedure I booked 3 months in advance to give myself extra time in case I changed my mind. Plus I wanted to enjoy the summer with my kids. Once I saw my family doctor and told him about my decision, he was so supportive it made me want to change my surgery date to July. Looked into changing my surgery and plane tickets, but to change the flights would have cost half the original price. NO THANK YOU WEST JET !!

R

Miss Robyn, I am also flying in and scheduled for surgery for September 10, 2015. I'm counting down the days!

@@lkh1986 who is your surgeon?  

Hi @@antpatte looking for a hospital/hotel walking buddy if you are interested, since were both going to be at the same place at the same time.  

@@lkh1986 who is your surgeon?  

Sorry for the slow replay MissRobin. My surgeon is Dr.Ortiez.

How is your pre-op going?

@@lkh1986 my pre-op isnt going well.

my nerves have shot almost everything I have been trying to maintain the past month.

I over indulge in some foods  I am not sleeping well and I am literally making myself sick, causing an empty stomach, causing hunger, causing too my re-feuling causing upset stomach, and the cycle goes around and around.

 

I went online to buy some protein fruit drink packets and got so overwhelmed with the variety and companies to choose from that I completely shut down.  

 

I am leaving for holidays on Thursday and back on Tuesday.  Tuesday will be the day I turn myself around.  We are out camping in the bush for 5 days so I will be able to re-group myself and calm these nerves.  

@lkh1986  We should be at the Marriott at the same time.  I leave to go home on the 11th.  I am on the struggle bus with preop as well.  I have lost 9 lbs so far in past 3 weeks doing the atkins.  However I just started the 2 shakes plus a 300 cal meal and veggies........ boy its hard.  I have had to go to state fair several times in last two weeks......  HARD!  Im not gonna lie I did partake in some fair food.  I am trying to make the adjustments but trying not to beat myself up about it when I mess up.  I figure as long as the scale keeps moving in the right direction I will be ok.  I am starting to get nervous about the whole surgery itself.  This will be my first major surgery.  I am generally pretty healthy other than being a chubby girl.

@@lkh1986 my pre-op isnt going well.

my nerves have shot almost everything I have been trying to maintain the past month.

I over indulge in some foods  I am not sleeping well and I am literally making myself sick, causing an empty stomach, causing hunger, causing too my re-feuling causing upset stomach, and the cycle goes around and around.

 

I went online to buy some protein fruit drink packets and got so overwhelmed with the variety and companies to choose from that I completely shut down.  

 

I am leaving for holidays on Thursday and back on Tuesday.  Tuesday will be the day I turn myself around.  We are out camping in the bush for 5 days so I will be able to re-group myself and calm these nerves.  

Sorry to hear your struggling so much.  There are a lot of options on what to buy.  After reading lots of posts and being in some FB support groups I have kinda went with the majority and I ordered UNJURY unflavored protein packets and PB2 powder.  I ordered Genepro unflavored protein powered of of Amazon.  I think I would like to try the Nectar stuff but I am going to wait a bit.  All these products are so expensive.  I have also been using Premier Protein that you can get from Sams Club or walmart.  Its a much better deal at Sam's.  Don't beat yourself up.  Do what you can do and if you make a mistake, get back on track again as soon as possible.  Hope  you enjoy your holiday.  Im going on a small get away the last weekend of August myself.  Will be interesting camping/boating with a bunch of people and Im suppose to be only doing shakes and veggies!