Hey everyone,

I got the phone call yesterday that I was approved and I have my surgery date November 21st. I am excited and a little nervous because it is actually happening!

Scheduled for Nov 17th! It's getting real now, both nervous & excited.

3 hours ago, Lauren_jos19 said:

November 8th for me. My surgeon only requires a low carb diet that I started last Wednesday. Now that the day is getting closer, I am so incredibly nervous and overwhelmed. I know I want to do this, just so terrified of the unknown. I hope this is normal!

It's normal. I too am Nov 8th. I've had the whole roller-coaster of feelings. I'm on low carb diet until Sunday and then I'm on full liquids until surgery. Good luck with yours. I'm sure we'll both do fine.

On 10/31/2017 at 5:13 PM, ChiakiAngel said:

Don't be concerned about how much weight you're losing on the preop diet. Just stick to it and it'll help you develop the habits needed for when you have your surgery. Good luck!

Thank you @ChiakiAngel! I'm just concerned that if I don't get down to a certain weight by my surgery date that I'll have a hard time getting to my overall target weight. I know better than to get hung up on numbers but I'm also just really frustrated that I'm eating so little and not seeing the scale move anymore.

On 10/31/2017 at 5:13 PM, ChiakiAngel said:

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I'm getting really excited, my surgery date is the 30th, but I have my last nutrition visit visit on the 8th, and my pre op visit/education class on the 20th! I just hope everything goes as planned.

Good evening I’m surprised to read that you have not completed all of your nutrition visits and you have a surgery date. I am in Illinois and my pre-op visit was 10 November but they changed it until 14 November and I do not have a surgery date. That requirements are so different .

7 hours ago, LylaLovesCoffee said:

It's normal. I too am Nov 8th. I've had the whole roller-coaster of feelings. I'm on low carb diet until Sunday and then I'm on full liquids until surgery. Good luck with yours. I'm sure we'll both do fine.

Excited to see so many set for the 8th (I am, too!).

@rayb70 @jmbeese45 How are you doing with the liquid diet? I wish I could say I'm used to it, but I'm not! Lol. My stomach is getting rumbly, but I'm so ready for this change!

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13 hours ago, babygirl59 said:

Good evening I’m surprised to read that you have not completed all of your nutrition visits and you have a surgery date. I am in Illinois and my pre-op visit was 10 November but they changed it until 14 November and I do not have a surgery date. That requirements are so different .

It's a tenative surgery date as of now but they work with my insurance a lot and are very confident they can get approval before then. It's taken 8 months to get where I am now so I'm hoping everything goes through. I think it just depends from office to office because they know what they can and can't do through my insurance.

13 hours ago, Starsmore said:

Excited to see so many set for the 8th (I am, too!).

@rayb70 @jmbeese45 How are you doing with the liquid diet? I wish I could say I'm used to it, but I'm not! Lol. My stomach is getting rumbly, but I'm so ready for this change!

Doing good. Four more days of these shakes then Tuesday just all clear liquids for me. How are you doing???

13 hours ago, rayb70 said:

Doing good. Four more days of these shakes then Tuesday just all Clear Liquids for me. How are you doing???

I'm ok. Tired from lack of calories lol. I walked down a pier today and that was enough activity for me (granted it was also a 1.5 hour drive from where I live). Just laying low and waiting it out. Lots of chores this weekend to get everything **** and span so I don't have to worry about that for a while!

I was sleeved on 11/02. Incision pains aren’t nearly as bad as gas pains. I wasn’t able to get any liquids down yesterday but I got 33oz down tonight. It doesn’t hurt as much to drink now so I should be fine meeting my liquid goals for this week. I haven’t tried broth or jello yet and prob won’t until another couple of days. Walking helps with the gas but can be painful because of the gas. My doctor recommends walking 3-4x a day for 30 minutes. I only got in about 45 minutes today so I’ll really need to space that out. Good luck to all of you November sleevers!

Yay I decided to do 3 week pre-op!! Can't wait. How about you? How many weeks or days are you doing?

2 weeks, but I started a little Early on Thursday

Approved 10/24...my surgery is 11/28/17. Preop appt is Monday 11/6/17!!!

Hi everyone! I just logged on here for the first time. Some of you have already had your surgeries and can’t wait to here how it goes. My surgery is scheduled for 11/15.

1 minute ago, TroubleSaki said:

Hi everyone! I just logged on here for the first time. Some of you have already had your surgeries and can’t wait to here how it goes. My surgery is scheduled for 11/15.

Welcome! I have 4 days left. I can't wait to get this journey started. Good luck on yours and may you have a speedy recovery.