I'm having my surgery on 5 September, 2017. I am so excited. Hopefully it will be a full DS but that depends on how much scar tissue there is from previous surgeries. They won't know until they get in there.

Anybody else having their surgery on that day? I need a buddy to get through this.

hello congratulations ill be having my surgery on sept 14 ill be having the gastric sleeve which one are you having

I'm having a SIPS on 9/14, as well.

I'm having gastric bypass on 9/11. Good Luck

At the least I will have a gastric bypass but am hoping for a DS. It just depends what the adhesions from prior surgerys look like when they get in there. Cross your fingers and pray for me that they can do the whole thing.

19 hours ago, CJ Sunshine said:

I'm having a SIPS on 9/14, as well.

hi did you have to do the clear liquid diet before your surgery if so how did you like it can you tell me what is a SIPS

SIPS - Stomach Intestinal Pylorus-Sparing Surgery - is a modification to the traditional DS, which uses only a single anastamosis and has a longer common channel. It is proposed that it will have less malabsorption with similar weight loss and retention results as a traditional DS, but long term data is not yet available.

My doctor does not require a pre-op liquid diet until the day before surgery, when I will be on clear liquids only. I did have some general guidelines from the nutritionist, to follow this last month, but honestly nothing terribly restrictive and far more gentle than what I've read other people have had to go through. I'm not sure why some doctors think the strict pre-op diet is necessary while others feel it is completely unnecessary. But my doctor is great and considered one of the best in the field, so I trust him and I'm grateful I don't have to do that!

9 hours ago, Pigluva said:

At the least I will have a gastric bypass but am hoping for a DS. It just depends what the adhesions from prior surgerys look like when they get in there. Cross your fingers and pray for me that they can do the whole thing.

oh ok I sure will how do I post a photo to my profile picture yesterday I did upload 1 yesterday but it was a cover photo lol