I would love to make some surgery buddies now so we can go through all the pre-op requirements together and stick through surgery and beyond. Anyone else already know their surgery will occur this summer?

My surgery is going to fall in the July or August time frame. Most of this is dependent upon checking all my surgeon's boxes, the rest is dependent upon my financing since I'm self-pay. I'll be getting the sleeve.

I love my surgeon and feel really lucky to have found him. So far the pre-op stuff has gone smoothly, but I am just at the beginning stages. I've scheduled all my evals and classes and attended my first weight loss class last week. I found it to be mildly helpful. It was certainly geared more toward those that hadn't already read through the surgery binder and/or those that had no clue what healthy eating consisted of. I'm hoping future classes focus more on the post-op eating.

My first visit with my PCP about this surgery is next week as that's the soonest I could get in to see her. I'm hoping she'll be supportive as my surgeon knew of her when I told him that's who I see. But if I have to find another PCP so be it.

My first dietician appt is next week and psych eval is the week after that. I only have to get these three meetings out of the way to schedule my surgery. So I'm anxious to get that done!

I'm excited to hear from others along the same timeline as me!

On 07/09/2018 at 18:32, Laura7 said:

Hi! I start my liquid pre-op Wednesday too. I have surgery on the 25th. I’m so excited to finally be here. My surgery has been pushed back twice!

i also have surgery the 25th!

On 07/09/2018 at 18:48, saygrace said:

i also have surgery the 25th!

Awesome. Do you have a pre-op diet?

3 hours ago, Ylime said:

Ok - I think I'm caught up!

Since the member list is getting really long, I've updated it to put the completed surgeries in a separate column.

We have so many completed surgeries - I can't wait to hear how it's going for everyone!

@Ylime... the list has me completed April 28th..unfortunately that didn’t happen,they canceled my surgery 10 mins prior to going into the operating room, i broke out with hives on my stomach and waist.?

so now I’m rescheduled for July 30th ...fingers crossed ?

no more hives from nerves!!! ?

My surgery is the 25th too! I’m getting the Gastric Sleeve! I have a pre op diet!

On 07/09/2018 at 18:56, Laura7 said:

Awesome. Do you have a pre-op diet?

i do! preop diet is for a week before surgery. also have to follow a blended diet for 30 days after surgery

On 07/09/2018 at 19:32, saygrace said:

i do! preop diet is for a week before surgery. also have to follow a blended diet for 30 days after surgery

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On 07/09/2018 at 19:32, saygrace said:

i do! preop diet is for a week before surgery. also have to follow a blended diet for 30 days after surgery

That doesn’t look too bad. What is a blended diet? I have a progression of clear liquids to full liquids then puréed and softy foods before regular foods. Each phase is one week.

On 07/09/2018 at 19:25, Dixie Jo said:

My surgery is the 25th too! I’m getting the Gastric Sleeve! I have a pre op diet!

I’m having gastric bypass

On 07/09/2018 at 19:37, Laura7 said:

That doesn’t look too bad. What is a blended diet? I have a progression of Clear Liquids to full liquids then puréed and softy foods before regular foods. Each phase is one week.

it doesn’t seem too bad! i think blended diet is basically the same as puréed. ill be doing liquids for 3 days then move to blended. also i’m getting the sleeve

My post op diet is the same, starting with clear liquids and progressing to the next level each week!

On 07/09/2018 at 19:42, Dixie Jo said:

My post op diet is the same, starting with Clear Liquids and progressing to the next level each week!

Great, I followed you so we can keep in touch.

Just got my surgery date! July 23! Any buddies out there?

On 07/09/2018 at 20:38, heyprofessor said:

Just got my surgery date! July 23! Any buddies out there?

July 25th!

On 07/09/2018 at 20:38, heyprofessor said:

Just got my surgery date! July 23! Any buddies out there?

Which surgery?

I 12 days post op. I was sleeved on the 27th of June. So far so good!