After having my surgery cancelled last month due to the abrupt closure of my hospital's bariatric practice, I have a new date at another hospital in the area and can hardly wait for the time to fly by. I'm scheduled for gastric bypass on February 21. Any other February peeps out there?

February 26th for me!

February 26th for me!

Feb 2nd for me. I’m excited!

What does your pre-op diet look like? Mine will be 2 weeks of full liquid, so basically protein shakes, water or sugar free flavored water, decaf coffee and tea, sugar free jello and pudding, sugar free popsicles, broth, skim milk, Greek yogurt, unsweetened applesauce, and cream of tomato soup. I think she said up to 5 shakes per day but I need to clarify at my final dietician appointment on Feb 1. Not gonna lie, I am not looking forward to this part. My previous clinic only did a 2-day liquid diet. But I can survive!

Surprisingly, my surgeon does not require a pre-op diet! Only restriction is we can't weigh more on surgery day as we did on initial weigh in.

My operation date is February 1, I'm very excited. It took me so long to make the decision and then again it took so long to get the date.

My pre-op-diet seems to be the same as NickelChips.

Feb 16 its mine, anyone on same day in Turkey? @ clinichub?

I just got my surgery date, February 6th! I’m having my 16 year old lab band taken out and I’m doing a bypass. I live in South Florida, you guys going to Mexico or abroad are so brave!

On 1/6/2024 at 8:45 PM, NickelChip said:

What does your pre-op diet look like? Mine will be 2 weeks of full liquid, so basically Protein Shakes, Water or sugar free flavored water, Decaf coffee and tea, sugar free Jello and pudding, sugar free popsicles, broth, skim milk, Greek yogurt, unsweetened applesauce, and cream of Tomato Soup. I think she said up to 5 shakes per day but I need to clarify at my final dietician appointment on Feb 1. Not gonna lie, I am not looking forward to this part. My previous clinic only did a 2-day liquid diet. But I can survive!

My surgeon said any liquid for my pre op. I imagine it’s different for each patient. It’s going to be a long hard 2 weeks for me.

Feb 28

I'm February 22nd. I believe my pre-op diet is 10 days of liquids.

Two weeks for me. 1st week I can have a small balance meal for dinner, 2nd all clear liquid with no red dye.

24 minutes ago, Chevygirl said:

Two weeks for me. 1st week I can have a small balance meal for dinner, 2nd all clear liquid with no red dye.

Interesting. This is the first time I've heard no red dye.

Yes, I will upload the sheet

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Hey, February surgery buddies: February is next week! If you haven't already, this would be a great time to take your "before" photos and measurements. I see so many posts from people who wish they had remembered to do it before surgery, and lots of others who are so glad they did because it gives you a great non-scale victory to focus on during the process.

Tips:

• Choose something form fitting to wear, such as exercise clothing, and plan to keep it so you can take your photo wearing the same thing once a month for the next year or more.
• Try to take the pictures in the same spot each time and choose a background without too much distraction, like a blank wall.
• Use good lighting.
• Get front, back, and side angles.
• No sucking it in or tricky poses to make you look smaller. Let it all hang out!
• As hard as it may be to look at the photos now, you'll appreciate it later when you can compare the results and truly see your progress If it's too hard to look at photos, don't opt out! Have your spouse or a best friend, someone you trust, take the pictures and keep them for you to look at later.
• For measurements, make sure you do the standard chest, waist, hips, and also get help doing your right and left biceps and thighs, plus calves and neck.