Pre gastric sleeve

lizbeth509

I also live in the US and I started the process in September and have been approved in just 3 months. My nurse at Bariatric Resources said that because my BMI was 46! I did not need to do a 6 month dr. supervised diet. I just submitted a letter from my doctor with a 6 month weight (rollercoaster) history. However, my surgeon's assistant said she thinks this is a record. She has never seen anyone approved so quickly. I'm taking that as a good sign - that this is the right thing for me.

That being said, I am having surgery on Tuesday 12/3 and I am becoming a little more anxious about it everyday - I'm sure that's normal. I've been reading all the posts and now I'm even getting nervous about the immediate post-op difficulties.

Any tips or words of encouragement would be greatly appreciated? How about dealing with a husband who is not exactly 100% supportive of what I'm doing.

I will post again sometime next week.

Lizzie

dvnmsm

Waiting to be passed for surgery. Tick tock...tick tock...tick tock...

Reclaim727

Hi everyone, my name is Alexis. My surgery is scheduled in a short 13 days. I started my pre-op diet today. Unfortunately, it didn't go as successful as I had hoped and I still feel very hungry. What have others done to suppress the hunger pangs in their pre-op diet?

randiwoods1

Support Needed!!!

I'm 4 months into my 6 month process but.... my husband passed away 2 weeks ago very suddenly. I find myself eating just to have something to do so I don't cry. And it's not good stuff - more like the comfort food (pasta, chips, cookies) that I was making progress getting away from.

I'm still planning to go through with the surgery - he would have wanted me to, but I need help getting refocused. He was my support person (for the surgery and everything else).

Also, my 19-year old will be my new support person so I'll need to postpone the surgery until spring semester is over in mid-May. This is depressing me too since I was on track for early April.

Anyone have good words of encouragement that I can focus on?

sue100194

Wow, you have had it rough. My sympathies on the loss of your husband but please do not beat yourself up for stress eating at this time. Since you are aware of it, you will pull back from it quickly.

I can relate to the frustration in delays for surgery. I really thought I'd have it last summer but here it is 2014 and I've just started the 2 week pre-op diet for surgery on Feb 12. I've actually been glad that I had to delay this long after all. I had some unforeseen medical issues and needed the time to recover. Plus I'm in grad school and had to delay for timing reasons between courses. But the main reason for delays was insurance related and the time needed to do all the specialist appointments - sleep studies, cardiology, psychiatry, etc. And my original surgeon moved out of the area so had to start again with his partner but I think all is in order now....except the final, (FINAL?) insurance approval.

Good luck to you. You are in my thoughts

randiwoods1

Thanks so much to everyone who has responded.

The stress eating has started to die off, and now it's convenience eating. I've bought chicken and fish to pre-cook this weekend and have been having protein shakes in the meantime when I'm being lazy.

I also had a girlfriend step up and offer, if I get approved for earlier surgery, to be my support person. This was completely out of the blue and makes me feel better for possibly avoiding a delay. It also reminds me that I've got a heck of a lot more support out there than I consider and I need to do better relying on the support that's there.

Thanks again for this board and the folks that allow me to vent!

Ksh1055

I started my New Directions products on 1/29/14 and my Gastric Sleeve surgery is scheduled for this Wednesday, Feb. 5th. One of the things I have done with both the shakes and pudding is to add less water and shake with crushed/ice cubes, strain and put in the freezer. Using this procedure the shakes become ice-cream and the pudding just has a different consistency. I am using the Chocolate with Fiber and Mocha Shakes and Chocolate Pudding.

I am also getting a little nervous about surgery Wednesday a.m., but I have my family's support and they all believe I will be successful. In fact, they all said they were surprised that I hadn't done it sooner because if they would have told me 8 years ago I would be double my weight I would have laughed in their faces. Not so funny now.

Here's wishing you luck.

Ksh1055

Two months prior to getting my surgical date of Feb. 5th, I began with eating 5 - 6 smaller meals a day always with protein first. Thank goodness I love high protein foods. I also found "Whey Isolate Chocolate Deluxe" that you mix with skim milk to make a shake. This has 40 grams of protein and is absolutely delicious and I'm a picky eater. It also helped that I used MyChart to send messages to my nutritionist and others asking for their input on what to do.

Surprisingly, the worst problem I had was not drinking water/milk with meals which I have done since I was a toddler. By the time I began the New Directions products my mind and body were already in the habit of 5-6 small meals and ingesting some type of protein within one hour of waking up. Thought that would be a problem, but nutritionist told me my milk was protein so that made it easier.

It also may have been easier for me as I live alone and don't have to watch someone else eating the food that I want and having to buy groceries that I can't eat.