Hi everyone! I am glad I found this site. I have a date of 10/29 for surgery and I have been doing the lousy liquid diet since 10/15. Not easy is it? I weighed in at a whopping 275 lbs. on Wednesday and am 5'2". I have a long road ahead of me and am glad I found others to talk to. Please tell me this will work for anyone who is post op a few months or more. Are you satisfied when you eat? Have you had good success so far? :tongue_smilie:-Mona

Welcome Mona! I'm taller than you by 3 inches but I way outweighed you! (still do!) I'm only 7 weeks postop but doing well. My first fill didn't give me any restriction yet but then I didn't expect it to, either, so it's all good. I'm working on eating like a bandster....No snacks (all surgeons are different but mine is adamant about it) no drinking 15 min before, during, after meals, chewing well, paying attention, stopping when I'm satisfied, etc. It's going pretty good. I have been happy to get the band and never had a blue moment or any doubts...(a brief bout of horror when I came to in recovery the 1st time and didn't have the band but that's all my fault for not following my doc's preop diet, and it's long past me now!) I hope you love yours too!

Hello. My surgery date is October 27, 2008. I am baffled about the "diet" before surgery. All I was told was to eat like the Atkins diet of high protein and low carbs now till surgery. I didnt even really start that because figured I would eat normal a few more days before the rest of my life of change. Now I am worried since reading your question that the op could be canceled if I dont eat correctly BEFORE the op. I have NO IDEA what you both are talking about in the liquid diet prior to op, please explain! thank you

Michelle:blink:

Edited October 18, 200817 yr by michellelei

Hello. My surgery date is October 27, 2008. I am baffled about the "diet" before surgery. All I was told was to eat like the Atkins diet of high Protein and low carbs now till surgery. I didnt even really start that because figured I would eat normal a few more days before the rest of my life of change. Now I am worried since reading your question that the op could be canceled if I dont eat correctly BEFORE the op. I have NO IDEA what you both are talking about in the liquid diet prior to op, please explain! thank you

Michelle:blink:

Call your surgeon's office on Monday and find out exactly what s/he wants you to do! EVERYONE is different. If he told you to do Atkins, then do it. Don't wait; they have a reason for putting us on diets and it isn't torture (LOL); your surgeon can tell you if it's ok if you delayed. Don't panic or go by what happened to someone else, except as a "warning" to do what YOUR doc tells you!

Same w/liquids preop. I was given a special diet for the last day and 1/2 prior to surgery; many people are. That happened at the hospital when I was doing my preop testing. Most want you essentially empty (stomach and intestines and bowels) before surgery. Again, do what your doc tells you!

If you're unsure call them and ask! That's why you pay them the big bucks! :tongue_smilie:

Michelle - I have a copy of the liver shrink diet I was given by my surgeon and nutritionist to follow two weeks prior to surgery. It is on my blog thingy on here so feel free to look at it if you want. RM is right, find out what your doctor's requirements are. Good luck.

My surgery is also scheduled for 10/29. I have been on the liquid diet since 10/16. It sucks but I know I have to do it. I think about food all day long and even dream about it! I know it will all be worth it when I don't have any delays in my surgery due to not being compliant. My surgeon said he can tell right off if you cheat. I want him to know how commited I am.

I know, and am glad someone else is having a grat time with that liquid diet. Two weeks is a long time, but my surgeon says it is to shrink your liver to make surgery safer. I am having a hard time sleeping also. Takes me forever to get to sleep even if I take something. Anyone having trouble with naps or falling asleep? At 5'2" and now 271 (dropped some pounds over the last few days on the liquid diet), I cannot wait to get the band, but I am nervous. I desperately want to be a normal weight...not skinny, but maybe a size 10. That is a lot different than the 26/28 I am now. I carry my fat around my middle too...makes it hard to breathe when trying to walk. I hope to get past that relatively quickly. -Mona

I'm an oct 29 bandster-to-be! I'm also 5'2" wieghing in at 172. Dr. Ortiz does not require me to go on a pre-op diet, but I am going to start all liquid protiens 7 days prior to my surgery to get a kick-start on my progress and get used to eating in a totally different way! I'm just worried that being banded is going to be like all the other diets I have been on my entire life - great for the first 10-20 lbs, and then back to the same old habits... Guess it's up to me right!? Good luck everyone - will be checking in to see how the 29ers are doing!

Well, I made it thru the first weekend of liquid diet. It wasn't that bad. We even went to a restaurant, I just drank my slim fast and fed my grandson. I didn't even sneak a single bite of anything. I guess I'm stronger that I thought I was.

Hi all, I am an October banster as well. My surgery is scheduled for 10/23..I am so nervous. My doctor does not have me on an all liquid diet like most of you but has be on the liver shrinking diet. Has not been too bad. Had my LAST real meal last night and it was great. But now I need to step into reality and think thin..Good Luck everyone!!