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Kelly i just had my sleeve on monday 3/21/16 and i was also on a supervised medical diet..omg this is NOT easy..im sick of drinking and sipping already... Its tough and gonna take some time...taking Protein before diet is a breeze...now not so much...esp just Fluid wise...welcome but tjis is no joke

I was sleeved the same day as you. I agree it is not easy.

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Mindy1012 and Kelly84; I'm new here as well. I just started the process; have to go through 4 weeks of classes then surgery late April or early May.

I am 39, mother to 3 and wife to one ;)

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I'm not on any restrictions right now - but I did find a good Protein shake. I got it from costco and its 30g of Protein per shake. My sis-in-law had the sleeve done about 18 months ago and it's one she recommended. They are not tooooo terrible :) I think it's called pure protein, but I can double check that tomorrow - I'm already in bed with my sick 6 year old next to me.

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I like the premier Protein shakes, 30 g for 160 calories. Not bad. I dont see my surgeon until the 7th, but have been trying out diff shakes.

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Be careful with Premier Protein. I love them but they use a Protein blend and not a whey protein.

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Oo! I guess they have yet to tell me i cant have blends. I will have to ask when i go next week. Are the blends bad?

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My program just prefers pure whey Protein. Idk.

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I will add that to my growing list of things to ask the surgeon. Thank you!!

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So far that one is the only one i can swallow. Blech. Lol. Isopure grape isnt horrible, and its clear, just has to be really cold.

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Hi there, I've been looking for April sleevers too...my surgery is scheduled for 4/18. My surgeon doesn't require a specific pre-op diet and says that they just don't want weight gain prior to surgery, but thinking about it anyway since so many others do. I've been trying out various Proteins to try to find something I can stomach. So far I like Syntrax nectar, and they have a naturals line with Stevia rather than artificial sweeteners.

The countdown has begun!

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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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