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Yessss! My surgery is Nov. 9th in a little more than 2 weeks :) also, Nov. 9th is my sons birthday :(. But due to payroll i chose that date. The surgeons office told me since i have a low bmi i only need to do Clear Liquids 10 days but i am choosing to do the 14 days. Wish me luck !

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I wish you both luck and happiness as you near your surgery day. Congrats!

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I'm the 9th as well! What state are you in? I'm in NY and having my surgery in NYC.

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I am in NC, my surgery is at 10 am. Good luck

you too! Hopefully we'll both post from our rooms after surgery with a great report. :)

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I am in NC, my surgery is at 10 am. Good luck

you too! Hopefully we'll both post from our rooms after surgery with a great report. :)
Sure will :)

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Hey guys I'm in Texas and scheduled for November 9th. I also have a low BMI. I don't go back to the doctor until 11/2 so if they put me on a preop diet it will only be a week. I'm so excited to meet people that are going through the same at the same time!

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  • @queencity, where are you having surgery? Who is your surgeon?My surgery is 11/09 at CMC--Mercy with Dr Kuwada from Carolina Weight Management.

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  • @queencity, where are you having surgery? Who is your surgeon?My surgery is 11/09 at CMC--Mercy with Dr Kuwada from Carolina Weight Management.
I am here in Charlotte, my surgeon is dr. Vollianger ( southeast bariatrics) with novant health. What time is your surgery? Mine is at 10 am?

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  • @queencity, where are you having surgery? Who is your surgeon?My surgery is 11/09 at CMC--Mercy with Dr Kuwada from Carolina Weight Management.

I don't have a time yet.I'll get that when I meet with surgeon on the 29th! I start my preop 14 day liquid diet on Monday. I'm also having endoscopy on Monday morning (10/26) at CMC-Mercy , bone density and nutrition counseling on the 27th. THIS IS GETTING REAL really fast!!! I just got the call that I was approved for surgery and giving me a surgery date on Friday (10/23) morning!!!!

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Hey guys I'm in Texas and scheduled for November 9th. I also have a low BMI. I don't go back to the doctor until 11/2 so if they put me on a preop diet it will only be a week. I'm so excited to meet people that are going through the same at the same

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I'm in MD and my surgery is also Nov 9th at 8:00 a.m. I've been reading some of the pre-op comments and it seems that a lot of people are on a liquid diet pre-op. I'm on a 1,000 calorie diet pre-op....I'm wondering, why the difference in protocol?

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I'm having my surgery on Nov. 9th as well I'm in Jersey. Good luck to you. I'm really nervous about starting my preop. diet Monday. I have to drink 2- 3 shakes and one small meal.

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I'm having my surgery on Nov. 9th as well I'm in Jersey. Good luck to you. I'm really nervous about starting my preop. diet Monday. I have to drink 2- 3 shakes and one small meal.

My surgery is also on the 9th, i also drink 2-3 Protein Drinks and was told to have a cup of homemade chicken broth (which i am cooking now for the entire week) or cream of chicken or mushroom. We both start tomorrow :)

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I got a letter in the mail yesterday telling me to do 3-4 Protein Shakes and 1 meal (meat&veggie) a day until the day before. Clear Liquids the day before. Still nervous...my date is 11/9.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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