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Just Protein Shakes, for more than a week, seems cruel. broth is a nice change from sweetness, and you do get some Protein from that... but it's not exactly a meal substitute. And it's such a weird rule, when appropriate Soups are available. I guess people aren't awesome at following directions, though, so the worry is that people will sub in Campbell's when they should be having one of those high-protein diet soups.

Anyway, that stinks, and I'm sorry.

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I just got my date! 10/15/18.

I've gone off the pill, I didn't drink soda before, quit drinking alcohol, and am ALMOST off coffee. I'm very excited. I just ordered some Premier Protein drinks and a glass with the ounces marked so I can measure out 2 oz. I also bought sweatpants with a loose waist for the hospital.

At my hospital they give you a dilaudid self push hand thing and a small script of dilaudid to take home, so I'm not worried about pain.

I have an office job and they are completely cool with me working from home 2-3 weeks if I feel like I want/need to. That was a huge relief.

I'm super excited about my surgery and meeting my fellow Oct. sleevers.

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Updated list for people to find their surgery buddies! (Please don't quote this whole post to get added or removed; just @ me to get my attention. But also, I'm following this thread, so I'll probably see it. :))

Oct 1:
aapb79Gmail.com
chicagogirl74
chuckwalsh
clara1900
cw19147
irishgal21
JennieJuniper
momofmjbm
Red Alicia
Yare_2018

Oct 2:
cindy t
Deanayeah
Lizzieming
Marla522
nikoleroze
Oct517

Oct 3:
boringtessa
crankymagpie
mamadownsizing
sekud02

Oct 4:
AriesMary25
btrfly
kerbear1980
mspink702
rnchaveri1
sleevemebaby7781
swisskath

Oct 5:
rafc100
Suesloosinit

Oct 8:
Crystalmartin82
jhojho90

Oct 9:
bigcurt
mailchickie76

Oct 10:
busyforever
fandangle
MeeAhhh
oct102018

Oct 11:
aussie Ange
healthygirl05
kathy060464
UncleBeezy
willowfinely

Oct 12:
afer0841
zpratt

Oct 14:
katiemarie22

Oct 15:
allyb15
annaisbananas
JessLess
MegsNiko (or maybe the 17th?)
recreating_courtney

Oct 16:
2shea
beccaconaty87
br3n
Thisismytime

Oct 17:
Chello219
Grapefruit
JustKeepSwimming
OpsMatt

Oct 18:
shazz73


Oct 22:
clb164
kimberlymi
laceco
marciamae3474

Oct 23:
kdiddle31
mimi
tahoegirl96118

Oct 24:
Beachladee3
GirlShrinking
tuttlemomma

Oct 25:
AndreaK.
kiwiangel23

Oct 26:
carebear38
shany1567

Oct 29:
1BigHeart
jflower88
kjallen
nedawson1908
Rgiannos

Oct 30:
sleevegirl88

Oct 31:
relaxrelaterelease

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My surgery date is Tuesday Oct 2, 2018, I am so excited to start this new chapter

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Yare_2918 I pray everything goes smooth for you and I hope to be able to stay in touch through this Journey. How have you done on the pre-op diet. I actually found it to be easy. :)

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1 minute ago, bmatt418 said:

Yare_2918 I pray everything goes smooth for you and I hope to be able to stay in touch through this Journey. How have you done on the pre-op diet. I actually found it to be easy. :)

Same to you @bmatt418 and yes we can stay in touch. My surgery is scheduled to be at 8am I live in Tampa Florida.

I'm not doing pre-op diet and I feel bad mentioning this since all of you guys are going through that process right now. I'm just eating healthy and tomorrow at night I have to use 2 fleets before bed time and another medicine the doctor ordered, also I have to drink 32oz of G2 4 hours before surgery and not eat anything after midnight. Those are my instructions pre-op.

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October sound like a great group. Congrats to all. I had surgery 8/29/18 so today is my 1 month out. So glad I did it and you will be too. Trust your Doctors and the team. Remember sip sip sip walk walk walk. You can do this no worries:)

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I'm on day 4 of liquids and have lost 6ish pounds. (I mean, on top of the three months of dieting.) If I can keep losing at this rate, I'll have hit my surgeon's "10% of starting body weight lost before surgery" goal before my surgery next Wednesday.

I got him to let me slide in at the beginning of flu season, whether I hit the goal or not, because I work in public service and get bronchitis every winter. Bronchitis would push my surgery back to ... like, April, maybe, by the time I got better and they got me back on the schedule.

But hitting the goal would still feel good.

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Oh hey, just in case anyone else is feeling the chill in the air (northern hemisphere :)) and wanting some hot chocolate, you can do it with chocolate Protein powder: https://www.foodcoach.me/recipe/protein-hot-chocolate/

I used Fairlife milk instead of almond milk. (Nut allergy. Also almond milk has crappy environmental and protein profiles, so I probably wouldn't use it even if I could.) I also threw in some cinnamon and (shh, I don't know if this is 100% OK on the pre-op liquid diet) a splash of vanilla extract.

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Hi All! Just checking in, as I start my 2 week pre-op liquid diet on Monday. I'm well stocked on Protein Drinks, powder, broths and teas and ready to get this over with!!! The countdown is on! One more day 'til October -- this is our month!!! :D

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