Hello all! I have an appointment Oct. 20th with my doctor and I will get my surgery date on that day. I was told by the office staff that it should be about two weeks from when I meet with him. Which means I will be a November 2009 Bandster. Anyone else out there yet with a prospective November surgery date? What are you going to do to kill time so you don't get too excited and jump out of your skin like I feel like I might!

Thumbs up to Odjii!

Counselor, I'm sorry to hear you're in so much pain :bored: Hopefully it gets better as the day goes on?

I am about to jump out of my skin with excitement. My surgery is on the 25th. Yes the day before thanksgiving. I have limited days to take off at work so I am willing to give up turkey day to give this wonderful birthday present to myself.

My birthday is saturday so I had to start my pre-op diet on Wednesday. So I asked my family to do my party before then. They tricked me and waited till the night before my new diet and suprised me with a feast for a queen for supper and cake and ice cream. I was so thrilled. I told them it was my last supper. Ha at least for awhile.

I am so excited. This pre-op diet is getting hard on day three but day 2 was horrible. I heated some V8 today for lunch and I have learned the warm broth and warm v8 seem to take more of the hungry feeling away than cooler stuff.

I had a v8 and a yogurt with Water and I feel satisfied.

So for those coming up to the pre-op, hang in there you can do it and it will be worth it.

I can not wait to start my whole new life.

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Hello all. Well I am 10 days into my liquid diet (4 to go till surgery day) and I feel ROTTEN. Feels like I am getting a head cold, I am super weak and to top it all off having a super bad crampy period right now. Yuck, all I want to do is crawl into bed...I hope I start feeling better the last thing I want is to have my surgery postponed again! I think I feel extra weak due to no food so I ate a bit more today than I have in a while, maybe the extra calories will help!

Soexcited, that might just be it. Less calories, a bad time of month, changing weather... all could add up to a nasty feeling overall. Stick to your diet as best as you can and take a nap if you can fit one in! Or go for a brisk walk. Both will give you energy, and exercise sometimes helps with cramps.

yes, both great suggestions thank you. And posting here helps....just needed to vent!

You're welcome! Just think... feel bad for 4 more days, and then get your band and all that hunger will be over. 4 days is definitely worth it :bored:

The pain is a tiny bit better, but still bad. THe gas is just about gone. Only feel it now and again. But the stomach muscle pain is ridiculous. I have Dilautid for pain. I take tylenol in between, but the meds really don't seem to help much. I am sleeping in my bed, but the getting up and down is killer.

Yesterday, I managed to get down 22 oz of protein shakes (32 gr protein) and 20 oz of clear liquids. It's SUPER hard to get the liquids down. I am working a bit faster today, so hope to get to 32 and 32.

My nose is horribly dry from the oxygen - if you have a humidifier at home, you might want to use it the first day or two.

I feel absolutely no restriction, but my dr said the band wasn't even really touching my stomach yet because my anatomy was pretty small in comparison. I would guess that means I'll get a fairly large fill at my first.

I don't feel any restriction either. My doctor said he should have put some in. Told me to come in at 3 weeks instead 6weeks to get a fill. I'll still be on liquids then. Even though I have no restriction I'm not hungry, so thats good. Is your stomach making weird noises like gurgling. Maybe it's my stomach growling?

where do i get the gas z strips/ what r they? het ty so much . i am so trying to get ready

Hello all. Well I am 10 days into my liquid diet (4 to go till surgery day) and I feel ROTTEN. Feels like I am getting a head cold, I am super weak and to top it all off having a super bad crampy period right now. Yuck, all I want to do is crawl into bed...I hope I start feeling better the last thing I want is to have my surgery postponed again! I think I feel extra weak due to no food so I ate a bit more today than I have in a while, maybe the extra calories will help!

So-E, My surgery is the 24th so I am there with you with the pre-op diet, and I have noticed being a bit weaker both in spirit and physically. I couldn't open a jar today, and when my husband said something to me today that I would have normally let him have it for, I just sneered and walked out of the room. Just too much to think about and to much yet to do, then top it off with the darned diet...Well it's only a few more days. We are women hear us roar!!!! Right??

Hang in there girlfriend, I know we are gonna make it!:thumbup:

Yes we will make it. And right now I am making Thanksgiving dinner for 10 people who woll be comming over tomorrow to EAT, I invited them (my family) we are doing an early Thanksgiving dinner since I am banded the day before I didnt think Id be wanting company. I am doing the stuffing now, then will get the Turkey ready for the oven first thing in the morning. Its not bad at all, I am drinking my iceopure and so far so good.

FYI - Pre Op diet people - the icky-ness you feel a few days into it is often referred to as the "atkins flu". If youve ever done atkins (or anything high protein, low carb - hello pre op diet!) its just a phase your body goes through with the dietary changes. luckily it only lasts a day or 2!

I was wondering how many of you wern't required to do a liquid diet pre-surgery. My hospital doesn't require it at all, in fact they specifially told me not to do a liquid diet before hand. Only time I can't eat is after midnight on the date of my surgery. Anyone else have those same instructions? :thumbup:

where do i get the gas z strips/ what r they? het ty so much . i am so trying to get ready

I got mine at Walmart.

I was wondering how many of you wern't required to do a liquid diet pre-surgery. My hospital doesn't require it at all, in fact they specifially told me not to do a liquid diet before hand. Only time I can't eat is after midnight on the date of my surgery. Anyone else have those same instructions? :thumbup:

That's the same instructions I had for my surgery November 4th. It varies from surgeon to surgeon. I had 2 days clear liguids post op then full liguids. Then Mushies at 1 week and finally solids at 2 weeks which I just started:thumbup:. It all seems to vary with the surgeon.

Even with my suurgeon, they said they can't always follow that timetable with everyone. It depends on how well they do with the surgery and the diet. They said some folks have to hang out on liquids for a few weeks before moving on to mushies:sad:.