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Summer 2018 Surgery Buddies Check In Here!
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Thanks. I thought I'd be on two weeks liquid diet too, so pleasantly surprised. That's awesome that you get pureed on Saturday. Just take it easy and listen to your tummy/pouch. I couldn't even finished my serving. It's amazing to make a dinner and it's gong to last all week!! And, I actually slept in my bed, thanks to the wedge pillow. Some discomfort but so happy ?On 07/10/2018 at 23:27, ALFxRNY said:
I can’t start purées until Saturday. Had to do two weeks of liquids ? happy about your progress! Congrats!
You’re welcome! And yeah, I tend to see how my pouch reacts to what I am consuming. Post op, I don’t think it cares for yogurt anymore, makes me gassy. I stick to protein and broth. I bought very tiny serving size bowls I found in a dollar store, lol. So ready! And congrats on sleeping in your bed. I think last night was the first night since I got home that I didn’t sleep propped up on a pillow. Shocked myself! Happy healing!On 07/11/2018 at 10:10, sdcheesehead said:
Thanks. I thought I'd be on two weeks liquid diet too, so pleasantly surprised. That's awesome that you get pureed on Saturday. Just take it easy and listen to your tummy/pouch. I couldn't even finished my serving. It's amazing to make a dinner and it's gong to last all week!! And, I actually slept in my bed, thanks to the wedge pillow. Some discomfort but so happy ?
I have my surgery in the morning. Very excited. My mother asked how I stay so calm. I’m just so ready to start the next stage of this journey.
I’ll check in from Post-Op land!?
You're going to do great. Can't wait to hear how it goes!
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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!