Hi everyone, I am pre-op. Had the informational seminar, consultation with the surgeon and the first visit with the nutritionist. Must lose 11 pounds before the surgery which is targeted for early September. It all depends on how soon I can get everything done. I am excited about doing this! I am so glad I found this thread. Makes me feel less alone. I also use the Bariatric Friendly page on facebook for support. Am having trouble with impulses, especially with sweet things. One day at a time.....

It was a busy day! I scheduled my appts. for almost all of my clearances. Am only waiting for one to call me back so I will have to stay on top of it. I have also scheduled my bloodwork and have two options for support groups. Not a bad day's work! Hope everyone had a good day!

If it makes all you Pre candidates feel better, today I'm starting another round of cutting back the food. I'm going to try to eat 31,000 calories in July. Think of it as solidarity for all of you, particularly those of you on pre- or recent post-surgery restrictions! Good luck to all! :drinker:

Hello to all of you, i have my sleeve schedule for July 24th, Im really
exited!. I just acomplished my first diet week with 1200 calories per day.
Im starting my liquid diet on tuesday, any ideas of a grocery list?
I already bought chicken broth, vainilla shakes (30gm profein), and some
gatorade. What else should i get? I had read good historys and coments
about your sucesfull pre diet. I hope to do the same. Thanks in advance.

Hope you are doing better. I had my surgery ten days ago. I find everyday gets a little better and I am able to get closer and closer to the amount of the requirments.

Make sure you are moving and walking as much as possible.

And to be honest on my third day I wondered what I was thinking in doing this. But today I am already so glad that I did it.

Hi Charmingirl & Floragullar,

My 2nd evening (when I got home), the pain meds they'd had in my IV at the hospital wore off and I started to worry. I wondered what I had gotten myself into, and "was I going to starve". There was absolutely no way to drink everything.

As I'd left the hospital, the nurse mentioned (in a last minute kind-of-way) that there was no way I'd be able to meet my goals at first.

I laughed because I thought she meant I didn't have the discipline; but realized later that she meant that it was physically impossible. Our stomachs are swollen after the procedure, and as they heal and the inflammation is reduced, drinking gets easier.

I wasn't taking any pain meds, because it didn't feel necessary. But I called (everyone) the next day, and the bariatric nurse said to take the pain medication anyway, and it REALLY helped getting the protein shakes & water down. They'd prescribed liquid pain meds; later I switched to Tylenol.

Sleeved 06/10/13 and only now getting to used to this new "normal". But I'm so happy.

Best wishes to you both!

Hey everyone, I am going through the phases to the sleeve procedure done. I am almost done with phase one. I'm not sure how it's done in other places, but where I am we have 2 phases to complete. The 1st one is primarily educational. I have just a few more steps to complete in phase 1. I am currently at 239 and I need to lose about 9 more lbs before I can do the surgery. My daily calorie goal is 1200 calories, as assigned by the nutritionist. So far, I am having difficulty adhering to 1200 calories a day. Today is the closest I've gotten with 1594 calories. The first day was my birthday and I did really well until dinner time but I tried to do better than my normal birthdays.

Does anyone have any tips?

Thanks all of you for sharing your experiences, I stop it the pain
medicine the second day after my sirurgy, so that I can drive. I feel
good, only a little of pain when I move hard, yesterday
I went back to my work, couldnt finish my day since started to
feel tired, so I come back home to rest. Now i may be taking about 42 oz
of liquid including the 12 oz of protein shake (160cal/30protein), my taste
changed a lot, theres no way I can even taste Jello. Havent experiment
nausea except for 3 times the same day and the day after, so Im doing good.
Im ready to start excersising by tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. So far
i loose 10 pounds last week. ; )

Thank you all!

Hi Christy, I'm new here too. I am 1 week post-surgery and I am doing great. I was on insulin, metformin, and glipizide for my Type 2 diabetes. My doc had me stop the metformin a few days before the surgery and my last insulin shot was the day before. My sugar readings were between 120-140 in the hospital and they restarted my glipizide before I left. The day I got home my sugar was 60 so I stopped the glipizide (with my doctor's blessing). So I am on no diabetes meds now and my sugars are holding steady between 90 and 110ish. As I add more carbs back to my diet I may have to take something again but I'm real encouraged right now that at least I appear to be done with the insulin injections. The neuropathy in my feet is still bothering me and I'm still taking neurontin to control that. Hopefully that will get better with time.
I've been very fortunate in that I have had almost no real pain except for the first couple of days. As soon as I came home I was only taking liquid Tylenol and now less than a week I'm not taking anything for pain. I was spared the surgical gas pains I heard so much about.
The liquid diet hasn't been that bad. I like Jello so I have that going for me. The broth is getting old but it is only temporary. Tomorrow I get to move on to the full liquid diet so I get to have runny cream of wheat. I'm really quite excited about that. My brain still thinks I'm hungry all the time but if I listen to my body I know that it just doesn't take much more than some Jello and broth to satisfy me for a while.
I cut back on coffee and soda but I didn't quit completely before my surgery. I didn't have any withdrawal headaches. I'd love to have a cup of coffee in the morning but I know I shouldn't just yet.
Everyone has a different experience but mine has been very positive. I hope the same for you.