Hi! Me too! I start my pre-op diet tomorrow, surgery date is 5/21. Excited!

Hello everyone, I'm new here to this board.
I am on day ten of the two week pre-op diet.
My surgery is next Monday, May 12th.
I work with the HealthEast Bariatric Care group in St. Paul, Minnesota.
The two week diet for me is a protein shake for each meal plus Progresso Light Soups, sugar free apple sauce, 100 calorie greek yogurt, SF Jello, V8 Fusion Light, V8 Juice, Tomato Soup with the green label, SF popsicles,
Cream of Wheat cereal for breakfast and a few other foods. Main goal is three meals a day plus one snack with no more than 1000 calories...and a very low carb menu. The first three days were tough but I will not starve! Hardest part is watching TV commercials about food or smelling the foods my partner makes in the oven.
I am looking forward to these life changing events. I have learned if I just do what my clinic tells me to do everything goes fine! Feel free to Friend me. I'll be off work for three weeks in recovery mode. -David

Have you talked to your diabetes doc? I'm diabetic too and my doc cut my meds way back during my pre-op diet phase.

This is good advice, my blood sugar went from around 300 to 70 within a couple weeks of surgery. The change in your body is dramatic and exacerbated if you're still taking the meds while your blood sugar is low/normal.

Just checking in to see how everyone's pre op diets are going or how the surgery went if you've had it yet!

I am on day 5 of my pre op diet, surgery is next Friday. I have to admit, it's not terrible, but I am feeling extremely tired and drained. I know it's just my body getting used to it, but I hope it happens soon. I am on a mostly meal replacement diet 3x a day plus a sugar free snack or two, equaling out at 1000 calories.

I know it is going to be worth it, and this is a life long change...so that is what keeps me motivated!

How is everyone else doing? Or if you're new, feel free to share!