I was looking for an introductions forum, which was mentioned somewhere, but couldn't find it, and this seemed the most appropriate place! I just joined the site after reading - well listening to - Alec Brecher's book on the gastric bypass.

I'm George, I'm 43 year olds and I currently live in Spain after a lot of moving around. I've been overweight all of my adult life, but I have rapidly gained a lot more weight in the last few years. Considering bariatric surgery was first recommended to me by my doctor a few years ago, but it was right before the pandemic and that interrupted the process I was on at the time. I am now scheduled to have (hopefully) gastric by pass on April 15th, privately, at a clinic in Latvia. I decided to pay for it myself since the wait time to do it on my government plan in my part of Spain right now is said to be about three years.

Currently I am on Rybelsus to help me loose some weight before the surgery, and there's been /some/ success. I expect to be on the liver reduction diet for a month before the surgery and I have to admit I'm not looking forward to it!

I look forward from learning from everyone on this forum.

Hello & welcome!

Wishing you all the best on your journey, and we are all here to support you!

Yes Hello and welcome into the forum.

Everyone who has the pre op diet is scared of it. Its a tough ask of us, I thought brutal but I did it, just about. Only the threat of waking from the anaesthetic without having the surgery kept me on the right path.

If you have any questions, post away. We are a very helpful lot. We help because we have needed the same from those before us.

Hey there!
Looking forward to your future posts, Good Luck

Hi there I know what you mean I was the same but it’s just a small amount of time then you will be on your new journey.x?