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creatingthenewme    91

creatingthenewme
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Hello everyone!

This is actually my first posting but I have been part of this community for a few months now. I attended my first seminar in May, met with the surgeon for the first time in August, and completed my supervised diet plan from August-October. The surgeon submitted my file to insurance on 10/31 and I was approved on 11/04! It has been a very seamless process for me and I consider myself lucky after reading some of the posts :(. I am calling the surgeon on Monday to be proactive and since it only takes 1-2 weeks for surgery (based on his schedule) once you are approved for insurance, I am hoping to get sleeved around the 16th.

My question surrounds the liquid diet for two weeks before surgery. The surgeon is not making me do a liquid diet because my BMI isn't above 50 (I'm currently at 44-45). I'm seeking feedback on whether you think I should do the liquid diet anyway. My thought it that is may make it easier to do the liquid diet post-op but I'm not sure of other benefits. Thank you all :).

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Hiraeth    515

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Hello everyone!

This is actually my first posting but I have been part of this community for a few months now. I attended my first seminar in May, met with the surgeon for the first time in August, and completed my supervised diet plan from August-October. The surgeon submitted my file to insurance on 10/31 and I was approved on 11/04! It has been a very seamless process for me and I consider myself lucky after reading some of the posts :(. I am calling the surgeon on Monday to be proactive and since it only takes 1-2 weeks for surgery (based on his schedule) once you are approved for insurance, I am hoping to get sleeved around the 16th.

My question surrounds the liquid diet for two weeks before surgery. The surgeon is not making me do a liquid diet because my BMI isn't above 50 (I'm currently at 44-45). I'm seeking feedback on whether you think I should do the liquid diet anyway. My thought it that is may make it easier to do the liquid diet post-op but I'm not sure of other benefits. Thank you all :).

My BMI was 46 and I was required to do a 1 week liquid diet. If your doctor doesn't think you need to be on one, then they probably know what's best. At this point, it is up to you on what to do. I think going on a liquid diet the day before surgery would be a good idea. The reason most doctors put people on a liquid diet, is because they're trying to shrink the liver in order to properly operate on the stomach.

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creatingthenewme    91

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Thank you both :). I'm leaning towards doing it a few days so that I get used to it for pre-op.

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crustymouse23    4

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I have surgery tomorrow! WOOO!!!

Anywho, your doctor didn't require you a full liquid diet at least a day before???

I put cinnamon in my Protein shake an now im freaking out. Ha. I know its not a solid, but ive been waiting for this surgery for too damn long.

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crustymouse23    4

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Crusty- good luck tomorrow! I am Wed. I do have to do clear liquids tomorrow

Thank you!! I get anxiety that I wont be able to get it or something.. my mind thinks the worst. Ha.

we're not supposed to take Biotin and on Friday I drank something that contained it and now im freaking out my whole thing is going to get cancelled. Anxiety sucks so hard. It says Biotin 0 UNITS % of daily value 10.

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creatingthenewme    91

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My doctor didn't mention the liquid diet for a day before but they might let me know on the phone when I set the actual surgery day. I contacted the surgeon's office today to let them know of my insurance approval. They said they were going to call them today to get the insurance company to fax the approval (instead of waiting for it in the mail). I'm so anxious! I can't wait!

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ozbigman    33

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I have to do 3 weeks on Optifast as per my surgeons instructions as he wants the liver as small as possible. I look at this as the last diet I'll go on so I am all in....and it will get me used to the decreased volume of food for the future and will hopefully lead to a faster and less painful recovery. Good luck

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ozzygrohl73    1

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My BMI is just over 31 and I'm to be sleeved dec 5th. I have to do 2 weeks off Optifast before hand to shrink my liver. So it's 3 shakes and unlimited vegetables ( restricted to the non starch kind).... per day ...not looking forward to it lol

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KiwiCam    0

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I have to do 3 weeks on Optifast as per my surgeons instructions as he wants the liver as small as possible. I look at this as the last diet I'll go on so I am all in....and it will get me used to the decreased volume of food for the future and will hopefully lead to a faster and less painful recovery. Good luck

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I'm in my 3rd week of Optifast. My op is on Monday, 14th Nov. I'm coping better than I had imagined. I am hungry all of the time, I'm dizzy some of the time, but otherwise I feel great. I'm also feeling more mentally prepared for the upcoming changes. I'm actually looking forward to eating real food again, albeit in tiny portions.

My preferences: avoid the chicken Soup, unless you modify it with spice and/or stock, it's not nice at all. The shakes are good; all flavours. I've just tried bars this week. They aren't too bad either. I bought the multipack for the shakes and the bars and didn't have one I didn't enjoy.

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    • Alisa_S

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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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      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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        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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