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6 hours ago, gabbykittyvsg said:

My surgery was long but went well. I'm not in a ton of pain thanks to scheduled pain meds, I only took one oxycodone.

My leak test this morning showed the barium was still in my esophagus more than 10 minutes after I drank it. I got a dose of steroids to get rid of the swelling. I'm not surprised because I had the same thing happened with my sleeve. It looks like I'll be spending another day here



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Glad to hear all went well! Hopefully you'll be out of there before you know it!

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2 hours ago, Flab-U-Less Forever said:

Well tomorrow is my big day. I am surprisingly not nervous...yet. I am super glad to be done with the pre op diet that's for sure! Will keep you posted as to how it went and my recovery.

Good luck!

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6 hours ago, becca10294 said:

Hi All, I have my surgery scheduled for March 15 and am about 2 weeks into my liquid+1 meal preop diet. But I'm struggling to lose weight even though I'm following the surgeon's guidelines. I'm super nervous they will postpone my surgery if I haven't met their weight loss goals for pre-op. Has this happened to anyone, any advice is welcomed?

Did your provider give you pre surgery weight loss requirements? My understanding is it's a liver shrinking diet, it might Kickstart weightloss but it's about shrinking the liver to give the surgeon more room to manipulate. I would reach out to your providers office, let them know your concerns about the pre-op diet holding up/postponing your surgery.

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2 hours ago, Flab-U-Less Forever said:

Well tomorrow is my big day.

Mine, too. Best of luck, surgery twin!

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On 03/02/2022 at 15:22, kkelly08 said:

I’m scheduled March 16 excited and nervous as well. started my two diet today and it has beef a struggle I tell you good luck to everyone

We are surgery twins. Started the diet today also for the third time and today has been the hardest. The other two times were a breeze.

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57 minutes ago, FutureSylph said:

Mine, too. Best of luck, surgery twin!

Good luck to you too!!!

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4 hours ago, Flab-U-Less Forever said:

Well tomorrow is my big day. I am surprisingly not nervous...yet. I am super glad to be done with the pre op diet that's for sure! Will keep you posted as to how it went and my recovery.

I'll be thinking about you tomorrow!! Big hugs!

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1 hour ago, FutureSylph said:

Mine, too. Best of luck, surgery twin!

Thinking about you too!! Hope everything goes great tomorrow! Big hugs!

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Good luck to everyone having surgery tomorrow!

I've got my final pre-op with the surgeon tomorrow. I'm expecting to get my pre-surgery diet instructions. I'm not nervous... I'm anxious to get to surgery day. It's been a long 9 month process of jumping through hoops with very low expectations of insurance approving my revision. Now that they have, I just want to get on to the next stage. I am ready for this stage. I'm all in. It's hard because my partner is having a sleeve bypass 1 month after I have my revision and she's in a much different mindset than I am. She's like "after the liquid phase, well be able to have whatever we want, just a bite or two" and I'm like "nope, I'm making healthy choices, I've been through this before, it truly is just a tool that will help you start those healthy habits so they stick long term"

My 50th birthday is two weeks after my surgery and she thinks I can have a bite of ice cream cake. I'm like, no. So we are having some of my favorite foods that she makes and my birthday cake Friday night. Still gonna have a bigger party actually on my birthday with family and friends but that's just to Celebrate and the food won't be an issue for me.

Wow lol that was a lot! I'm overdue for a session with my therapist. Lol

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3 hours ago, UniqueHandle said:

Thinking about you too!! Hope everything goes great tomorrow! Big hugs!

Thanks so much, that's very kind of you. I am sooooo ready for this!

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GOOD LUCK TO ALL THE SURGERIES TODAY! THINKING OF YOU ALL FOR A SMOOTH RECOVERY!

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I can't believe it's surgery month. I'm so excited and a little anxious. I hope everybody is doing well. I found the surgical binder on Amazon, thanks! I ordered it, some Protein Shakes and a case of crystal light, cherry pomegranate.

I haven't been feeling the best, checked my urine, yep a UTI. I tend to get these once a year. The antibiotics make me nauseated and so I haven't been eating well at all.

I've got the liquid stage set. Do you have foods in mind for the second phase?

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Update: I'll be on 2 weeks Optifast starting Monday. Pre-op testing a week prior, then the green light.

I'll have one week vacation followed by one week of computer-based training at work (as opppsed to field work), which is why I planned this when I did.

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24 minutes ago, Kelly Sweetheart said:

I can't believe it's surgery month. I'm so excited and a little anxious. I hope everybody is doing well. I found the surgical binder on Amazon, thanks! I ordered it, some Protein Shakes and a case of crystal light, cherry pomegranate.

I haven't been feeling the best, checked my urine, yep a UTI. I tend to get these once a year. The antibiotics make me nauseated and so I haven't been eating well at all.

I've got the liquid stage set. Do you have foods in mind for the second phase?

I am pre-op but my pureed stage is partially planned with split pea Soup and black bean soup. I was going to try egg salad as well since it is basically already pureed. I don't think I can get down with just pureed meat by itself. I might try some chili too, although it depends on how I handle all the flavor.

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