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Surgery is on Wednesday. I am so inexplicably nervous that someone is going to pull the rug out from under me and I won't get the surgery -- am I the only one??? I started this process in August, 7 months ago, and the buildup has been intense.

Also with every pound I lose pre-op, DH asks me if I'm sure I want the surgery and its driving me nuts! He means well, he really does, but he's a normal weight and he doesn't get it. Its not strictly about losing the weight, its about finding a strategy to keep it off for the rest of my life.

I know exactly how you feel. As I went through the different pre-op checks such as bloods, ECG, medical history checks, (about 2 hours before surgery) I was sure that at each point something would be found and I'd be told that it had been cancelled! Even at the final consent authorisation with my surgeon when he casually asked "how did the pre-op diet go?", I wondered if there was a right or wrong answer! (I told him the truth that I have stuck to the diet btw!)

Yes, the build up is intense right into the moment you go into theatre, so you are not the only one!

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I ate a quarter of a can of tuna out of a teacup today, and then I absolutely could not eat any more. Man this is going to be weird.

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I ate a quarter of a can of tuna out of a teacup today, and then I absolutely could not eat any more. Man this is going to be weird.

Man!!! I just called in for my post op check in. I can now welcome full liquids, not just Clear Liquids. I had my first Protein Drink and that's all I've had today. It's so weird to think that im NOT hungry. I just don't desire eating. I know I have to get this stuff in my belly, but- I'm completely satisfied with one meal a day. MIND BLOWN.

HW 303
SW 278
CW 271
GW 150
Sleeved 3/6/18

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I feel like crying!! Everything was in and approved on Friday, 3/9 but insurance has been trying to get of the office just to verify the dates I’m supposed to get it done, but no one is answering or calling myself nor the insurance back! This is sooo frustrating


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How many days out from surgery b4 you ate tuna? My taste buds of course have changed. Loved th sugar free popsicle and Protein b4 now I can’t tolerate flavor

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Had surgery the morning and I’m in my room resting. So far so good. To all of you who were nervous I was extremely nervous. Don’t be it was easy pleasy! Can’t drink anything till tomorrow. I will update then!




Thank you for updating after the surgery! Get some rest and keep us posted [emoji4]


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How many days out from surgery b4 you ate tuna? My taste buds of course have changed.

A week, nutritionist cleared me yesterday. My taste buds appear to be exactly the same, and now that the incisions have finally stopped twanging, it's pretty much like nothing changed except that I can only eat a couple bites of soft food before stopping. Had refried Beans this morning, same thing: 2oz and then done. Same with egg. Head hunger exists but is pretty irrelevant, it takes more than enough attention to just track the Protein I have to fit in.

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March 27, for me......very nervous. I have a lap band that twisted and can't wait to get it out, I only lost 35 pounds with it I've had it 7 years. Ugh

I look forward to loosing more weight and getting off sugar and high blood pressure meds.

I hope I can do this.....it's really helping me to read through all these.....thank you all.

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2 hours ago, Libra_87 said:

I feel like crying!! Everything was in and approved on Friday, 3/9 but insurance has been trying to get of the office just to verify the dates I’m supposed to get it done, but no one is answering or calling myself nor the insurance back! This is sooo frustrating

Would you be able to drive to the surgeons office and get the info? Maybe their phones were out of service today?

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19 hours ago, Jogar0804 said:

Starting my liquid diet tomorrow and surgery on the 26th. Other than sugar free lollipops anything else I can add to the diet ?

Did your dietician give you a list of foods/liquids you can have?

On my plan I can have my 5 Optifast shakes per day plus unlimited SF popsicles, SF Jello, any SF drinks.

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Definitely just go with your doctor’s list. Each doc does it a little different. For example, I only have to do 7 days but it’s Clear Liquids (no Optifast, no premiere protein)

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On 3/6/2018 at 6:20 PM, Di0705 said:

Anyone out there scheduled for ma ch 21st?

My preop diet starts tomorrow.

I am scheduled March 21st!!

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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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      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.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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