I HAVE FINALLY AFTER 8 MONTHS RECEIVED MY DATE! July 18th 2019 ?

Absolutely so excited and would love to thank you all for giving me advice and feedback, it is completely appreciated and i am just so excited. First ever surgery and I'm ready!

Anyone else have or had surgeries in July? Would love to know! ?

18 hours ago, MeowAMR said:

Only disappointment is they only had 2 cherry ones in the whole pack lol!

LOL, I swear it has been this way since the long ago days when I was a kid...whatever your favorite flavor is...you get 2 of...and whatever your least favorite is...takes up about 70% of the box it seems

10 minutes ago, KarenLR75 said:

Oh my gosh, I just realized you posted and then thought..."what is the situation with Barry?"

LOL, just found the topic you started 'Update on Barry'. I'm all caught up now!

@KarenLR75 , wow Baylor Trophy Club, thats 5 minutes from where i work, i had my hysterectomy there. My doctor is Dr Brewer from Irving.

I'm so nervous and anxious about the surgery but also excited. Please keep us updated!?

4 hours ago, Sharon B A said:

@KarenLR75 , wow Baylor Trophy Club, thats 5 minutes from where i work, i had my hysterectomy there. My doctor is Dr Brewer from Irving.

I'm so nervous and anxious about the surgery but also excited. Please keep us updated!

@Sharon B A - wow, that is so cool....I love that whole area (the Solana area, trophy club in general..Roanoke has GROWN SO MUCH, etc. I live in Keller so definitely close!

So will your surgery be in Irving? I know you are having surgery..what, 2 days before me on 7/23? Let's stay in touch! We are 'July surgery siblings' after all And we are all dodging funnel clouds, high winds and other crazy things together up here in North Texas!

15 hours ago, Mom_of_Chaos said:

On 7/12/2019 at 11:33 PM, Midnightsun said:

I certainly did not speak in that tone to you for you to jump all over me. If you reread my comments it says ON MY PREOP DIET. Mine was 2 weeks: protein drinks, clear liquids, tomato soup, raw non starchy veggies. NO fruit or fruit juice he specifically said. So even though minimal juice I personally would have cleared it prior to having for preop since I saw someone on here stated they went in for surgery and the surgeon didn’t do the surgery because the liver wasn’t shrunk enough. I DID NOT judge you, I DID NOT tell you or anyone else not to eat them on preop. I said I would make sure it was ok to consume. THATS IT! Then to tell me to calm down, Really? I don’t even know you so what does it matter to me what you eat? I was just trying to help someone if it wasn’t on their preop to check. All you had to do was say my surgeon suggested them as their is only 2gm of sugar. Looks like you are the one on the high horse. You really didn’t need to be so rude. I certainly was not trying to be.

I am looking for a good sugarfree popsicle and i pulled the ones you said up to see if they had them here in PA. Those are not popsicles they are fruit bars. I know on my preop diet i was not allowed any fruit or fruit juice as they are sugar. I would really check to make sure it is ok to consume. You could always save them till you are cleared after surgery and off Clear Liquids.

Whoa let’s step down off the judgey pedestal. The brand has 2g of sugar and was specifically recommended by my surgeons office so please calm down. As we’ve seen so many times before everyone’s surgeon has different suggestions, and lately people around here have been so quick to jump on a high horse and correct people saying they are wrong about everything from how they are feeling to what they are eating .

15 hours ago, amaynard said:

Mmmmmm yummy fruit bars! My doctors office also said they are ok. And if we are getting technical, the “sugar free” popsicle brand has carbs so... carbs turn to sugar. I guess if you’re that concerned about of a couple grams of sugars, you’re gonna have a pretty boring rest of your life. Everything has sugars, it’s called balance! She’s not asking about a Dove double chocolate bar.

I was on my preop and I stuck to it to the T. I love fruit bars and all I said is I would check prior to eating them on the preop. That’s it. Glad your dr said they are ok. Mine was super strict. It was just prior to surgery I didn’t want to do anything to make it not to happen. By the way my life is far from boring. I was not saying for anyone not to eat them but to check first in case they weren’t suppose to. I was trying to be helpful and it appears people would rather be rude and take it for something other than what I said.

Day 1 of preop liver shrinking diet. Went OK but I have an awful headache. Good luck and speedy recovery to week3. I am July 23 and ready for it to be here.

New_Me 2019

12 minutes ago, New_Me2019 said:

Day 1 of preop liver shrinking diet. Went OK but I have an awful headache. Good luck and speedy recovery to week3. I am July 23 and ready for it to be here.

New_Me 2019

Good luck you can do it!

Omgoodness yall! I'm so hungry right now and someone made rice in the rice cooker. I can smell it from upstairs. I am trying soooo hard to not go down stairs and eat a bowl of rice. I'm on day 7 of the pre op diet. I'm gonna be strong... maybe drink a protein shake that will likely fill me up so my hunger and food thoughts will pass!

1 minute ago, MeowAMR said:

Omgoodness yall! I'm so hungry right now and someone made rice in the rice cooker. I can smell it from upstairs. I am trying soooo hard to not go down stairs and eat a bowl of rice. I'm on day 7 of the pre op diet. I'm gonna be strong... maybe drink a Protein Shake that will likely fill me up so my hunger and food thoughts will pass!

Tell me why this hits home! I only have 2 more days left of my 10 day diet (3 protein shakes and a small meal for dinner). I work 16 hour shifts 3 times a week and thank god its my FRIDAY tonight because im starving after i eat my dinner here at work at 7pm. I drink alot of water and it doesnt help but i dont really have a choice. But think after your surgery you wont feel like that anymore!

July 22! Nerves up and down best of success to you and quick recovery

Surgery today!

I had mine July 9. New to this and very excited for a better life. 264 PreOp

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7 hours ago, vsgkat714 said:

Surgery today!

Sending you positive vibes and I am praying everything was great.

Hubz & I are now 10 days post op. Surgery wise we’re doing great but last night we ended up in the ER with Hubz for kidney stones. He’s now in bed snoozing and I’m barely holding my eyes open dreaming about an iced coffee with double espresso lol. VSG wise we both get abound pretty well. He was able to cut the yard yesterday and we are able to do everything around the house and for the kids that we need to. We have left side pain but we have pretty good pain tolerances and rather breathe through it than take pain medicine. Don’t QUITE make our protein every single day yet but if we don’t we are pretty close, it will come in time. Counting down the days until we move to purées/soft at day 15. We’re pretty over Liquids at this point. As of this morning he’s lost 28lbs and I’ve lost 24.

*This little update is cross posted to the post-op thread, I wanted those who hadn’t gone yet to get it too*