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Has anyone used Dr, David N dryer located in and affiliated with Centennial Medical Center. TN

Looking to get printed instructions from this surgeon/dieticians office. Do they say 500-700 until you get to maintenance? Maintaining calories 1000 life long? I've spoken with two patients. These are their instructions after sleeve surgery.

@mama3beartn @dashofsunshine @Ron Eddie @Larryh @EddiesAngel @Dee_Climer

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Yes... that is the amount. 500 cal till you hit goal...I wasnt given a range. Just 500.

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This is from the VSG manual; it isn't just Dr. Dyer, fyi. There are three surgeons in this practice, and they go by the same manual.

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So you are limited to less than 500 calories per day until you hit goal? I may have read that incorrectly,

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1 hour ago, Jazzy1125 said:

So you are limited to less than 500 calories per day until you hit goal? I may have read that incorrectly,

I'm also concerned.

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14 hours ago, mama3beartn said:

Yes... that is the amount. 500 cal till you hit goal...I wasnt given a range. Just 500.

How did you do on 500? Was it realistic and sustainable ?

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@Alex Brecher

You have Dr, David N Dyer and other surgeons at Centennial Medical Center. TN advertised on your site.

Have you ever seen instructions of 500 calories until you lost 75% of your weight??? I thought this was a mistake. But here is the surgeons instructions that patients are following.

12 hours ago, bratcad said:

This is from the VSG manual; it isn't just Dr. Dyer, fyi. There are three surgeons in this practice, and they go by the same manual.

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This seems incredibly low. I'm not a medic, but I'm aware of calorie intake recommended for patients on complete bed rest. It's much higher than even the 800kcal pre-op diet too. Also thinking of the range of physiologies this covers if it's standard. Fascinated to see other opinions.

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To his patients.

I'm not intending on making you feel negative about your surgeon's instructions. I apologise if this thread offends anyone. I'm just concerned.

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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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