Hello everyone!

I was approved a few days ago (after only waiting a week) and received my surgery date for December 12, 2018! I chose this date out of the few offered to me because I am currently in college and I will be able to finish up my classes prior to the surgery (which was a huge worry of mine.) It's about two weeks before my birthday too!

Anyone else scheduled out in December?

On 11/12/2018 at 5:17 PM, azpagrrl said:

Docs office called me back and said there is no pre-op diet to follow per-se. She said they only require for higher BMI’s. ? I guess that is good for me? I may just do the liquid thing for the weekend before. It seems odd that there isn’t some ‘flush’ needed before they remove 85% of your stomach?

Funny how every practice has such different protocols. I am a lower BMI patient (35 BMI) and I have to do a full 2 week liquid diet, which kind of sucks. I am not sure how I am going to do this and have the energy to work (and deal with all the crap in the office that we have around Christmas time). On the plus side, being a December sleever means I'll be one of the few people I know that will be losing weight this Christmas season. That'll be a first for me!!

Welcome, Hokie! I am in the midst of my MPH program and an extremely robust work schedule. I picked December because classes will be out! I feel ya!

Steve - I also have to do 8 days of liquid prior to my sleeving. I start liquids on 12/3 and get sleeved on the 12th. For fun, last year, I did the liquid diet, just to see. It really wasn't that bad, except I REALLY wanted to CHEW something!

I’m new here - my surgery date is December 17, 2018. It will be revision surgery - band to sleeve all on the same day.

Oh man! Pre-Op is tomorrow! Have a full day of blood work, upper GI, classes and more!

*excited*

Anyone else starting pre op diet this week? I just picked up my stuff for my shakes— only allowed liquids for 2 weeks!!! Then surgery! This should be interesting... ?. I’m starting Friday!

Just did my UGI X-ray and bloodwork yesterday. Surgery is dec 7.

Oh man! Pre-Op is tomorrow! Have a full day of blood work, upper GI, classes and more!

*excited*

Good luck

40 minutes ago, LZN2512 said:

Anyone else starting pre op diet this week? I just picked up my stuff for my shakes— only allowed liquids for 2 weeks!!! Then surgery! This should be interesting... ?. I’m starting Friday!

Just did my UGI X-ray and bloodwork yesterday. Surgery is dec 7.

Yep! I start my liquid diet saturday, surgery is december 4th

I am so happy for you! My surgery isn’t until December 13th and they said 1 week of liquids.
Thankfully but I am having my EGD November 26th and pre op

One week from today I will be out of surgery and on to the next chapter!! So excited that sleeping is getting tough ?

On 11/18/2018 at 3:49 PM, Cm3540 said:

I’m new here - my surgery date is December 17, 2018. It will be revision surgery - band to sleeve all on the same day.

I’m new here also, and just got a date for Dec 12 as well as the OP. Like Cm3540 I am having a revision from band to sleeve as well. I look forward to meeting and chatting with some of you online.

I am scheduled for my sleeve on 12/21!

I am scheduled for Dec. 10. I was required 1 weigh in.

On 11/20/2018 at 7:51 AM, LZN2512 said:

Anyone else starting pre op diet this week? I just picked up my stuff for my shakes— only allowed liquids for 2 weeks!!! Then surgery! This should be interesting... ?. I’m starting Friday!

Just did my UGI X-ray and bloodwork yesterday. Surgery is dec 7.

I start mine Friday. My surgery is Dec. 6th.

Hi all!

I'm very new here. I'm a younger guy in his twenties going through the first year of law school and am getting sleeved on December 17!

Congratulations and best wishes for your upcoming surgery from one of the oldest chronologically but younger than Springtime in my ❤. Was Bypassed 11 weeks ago today, my recovery not stellar, my road bumpy⚠ with temporary ?pitfalls, but would NEVER go back to my BEFORE and my days now are future ?sunlight, starlight sparkles? and ?rainbows. Even Gloomy days⛅⚡☔ cannot last forever!