Hey! I just scheduled my surgery date and I got to schedule it the day I was hoping! February 21st.

Anyone else have a February surgery date??

Maybe we can help each other!

7 hours ago, DrinkMoreRadium said:

RNY Surgery is tomorrow morning and my anxiety is through the roof. 12 more hours...

My RNY is tomorrow too. Good luck!

Started the 2 week liver shrinking diet today.
1) premier protein cafe latte is not bad

2) I am gonna be so hungry

3) I’m glad I’m allowed a few solid meals

4) I got this!

I am scheduled for February 20th and am 7 days into my 2 week liver shrinking diet and the first 3 days were awful and even more so because I have 3 kids and my wife that were eating there normal meals. Somewhere around day 4 or 5 it started getting easier as far as the feeling hungry and not sleeping well because of it. I just keep telling myself it's for my family and myself. My family has been awesome with reminding me very often of how proud they are.

Best of luck all you February peeps


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Update: I am hungry. My husband just asked what’s the plan for dinner and I’m like … I’m not eating, so I’m not cooking. I bought options for people to choose to eat. ???‍♀️

1 hour ago, SirKat said:

Update: I am hungry. My husband just asked what’s the plan for dinner and I’m like … I’m not eating, so I’m not cooking. I bought options for people to choose to eat. ???‍♀️

Are you pre or post op? I am 5 days post op, and not hungry at all. Very low energy. Thankfully, my hubby has been cooking for the kids, or picking up food, to let me rest and recover.

I've heard so much about head hunger on this site. So far, I'm just not interested in food at all. It's been hard to meet the calorie and protein goals.

I am 5 days post-op, anyone into the pureed stage? When did you really start wanting food?

18 hours ago, MissMarie23 said:

Congrats everyone! I just had sleeve surgery 2/8/23. Recovering now. They found a large hiatal hernia and fixed it at the same time. Happy to chat with anyone.

My sleeve was on the 8th as well!

Hi. i am new Here and I am having my Bypass in the 20th of February. Any surgery Buddy who wants to share noted on how they are managing the pre-op weight-loss?

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Hi. i am new here and I am having my Bypass on the 20th of February. Any surgery Buddy who wants to share notes on how they are managing the pre-op weight-loss?

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45 minutes ago, Rdy4Change said:

Are you pre or post op? I am 5 days post op, and not hungry at all. Very low energy. Thankfully, my hubby has been cooking for the kids, or picking up food, to let me rest and recover.

I’m pre-op, day 1 of liver shrinking diet. I am on liquids but can have 4 meals (protein and veg) during the 2 weeks

On 2/12/2023 at 10:31 PM, gingermem0rial said:

My RNY is tomorrow too. Good luck!

@gingermem0rialHow are you doing? Yesterday (surgery date) was pretty rough for me and even over night I'm barely getting more than an hours 2 of sleep at a time. Doesn't help that my foley cath isn't draining on its own so i have to alert the nurses everytime I feel full so they can manipulate the tube to drain. The first time I got up to walk, I got the sweats, super hot, and nauseous. The second time was better.

Hope yours is better!

14 hours ago, Rdy4Change said:

I've heard so much about head hunger on this site. So far, I'm just not interested in food at all. It's been hard to meet the calorie and Protein goals.

I am 5 days post-op, anyone into the pureed stage? When did you really start wanting food?

I am one week post op and still have no interest in food. I really have to work at getting the protein in. I go for my first follow up today so I am hoping to go to the pureed stage.

Today is the day! I’m so nervous. Keep me in your prayers. 2/14/23

Good morning all you February 2023 surgery folks. I had my Gastric Sleeve on February 6th 2023, I'm home trying to heal and take it easy but I'm not very good about taking it easy.

On 2/7/2023 at 10:06 PM, Erin18 said:

How does everyone plan out their meals for the day?

I might do tomorrow differently somehow.

What I did was I mainly focused on making sure I got my fluids in. I started my pre-surgery diet 14 days prior, with 3 shakes if I could remember to get them all in and 1 sensible meal (they gave me a list of approved foods) but mainly focused on water or protein waters (collagen peptides).

The main reason and idea behind the diet is to help your liver use up its stores of glucagon and fat, so when you go in for surgery your liver will be nice, healthy, and tight tissue instead of being a bit on the softer side which can cause issues not only with visual fields but bleeding if the liver is not tight enough. Not that this is usually too big of an issue but the better you can do pre-surgery the easier the surgery and better recovery will be.

As much of a challenge as pre-surgery diet is, post surgery can be just as challenging. I had surgery on February 6th 2023 and it's been a struggle finding a rhythm to my "eating" which is still mainly liquids.

Good luck ?