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qtney1

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Thursday is the day and it is coming quick. I will be soooo glad to be banded and get eased back on to food for meals again, although, I think I will keep up with the protein shakes for breakfasts.

 

I had a class I had to take at my surgeon's office Friday. They have such great support up there! They went over everything with the lap band, why they want you to shrink the liver (I had no idea those with 'apple' body shapes seem to have larger livers compared to 'pear' shapes--thus the difference in pre op diets!), what you can have/when you can have it, etc. The nurses are all on call 24/7 and encourage phone calls for anything. The nurse who gave the presentation said sometimes, when you get 'stuck' for the first time, it can be scary and they want to be there to reassure and give tips. It was nice to hear nurses who are actually wanting to be there for you. My surgeon's office also does a support group once/month, meetings with a dietician in a group setting once/month. They even offer bootcamp--which is 2 hours, 3x/week, for 6 weeks where you meet with a personal trainer at the gym, workout, and then meet with a nutritionist....all free. I can't wait to be healed up and do that!

 

Anyhoo, I am getting more nervous the closer that it gets but really wanting to get this done and over with.

 

It's amazing how much I miss just having even healthy food. I would have killed something over the peaches sitting in my fridge for the kids! The sugars and carbs are very much missed. I do pretty well with the protein shakes in the morning and for lunch. I haven't had any soup and have cut out the jello now, too. For dinner, I usually have a Lean Cuisine or another small, healthy meal. The other night, I made hobo stew with lean hamburger, sliced carrots, onion, potatoes, mushrooms, corn, basil, and V8. It was actually very good. A cup of that and a small side salad with mushrooms and a small amount of fat free dressing made a good meal.

 

Well, onward I go towards the countdown. I truly can't wait.

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i'm right there with you! lucky you that you got to eat a 'meal' atleast once a day! Today is the last day for veggies..tomorrow will be strictly shakes and water!

what did they tell you to do when something gets stuck? i'm nervous about that!

I'm looking forward to the mushy phase! lol i am hungry!

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I have nooooo idea what I would do without having a meal a day. It is what has saved me! My last day for actual food at a meal is tomorrow. Then, wednesday is clear liquids only...no protein shakes :-( Luckily, although is sucks, I think I can do it for a day :-)

As far as getting stuck, she didn't go too in depth on it. She did say if something were to get stuck, and it will at some point, to try to drink warm water and warm liquids. She said sometimes that will make it go down. Hopefully, I can stick with the "eat slow, chew, and small bites" mantra.

Good luck on your surgery Wednesday! You will have to let me know how everything goes and we can swap notes when I get done Thursday :-)

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Qtney1...you would have made it through it on just shakes!! That is what my diet was..3 shakes a day for 14 days. Anyway, I am not a breakfast eater so I continued the shakes afterwards as well. It will also help ensure that you are reaching your protein goals!!

As for when I get stuck I use pineapple juice...it relieves it within minutes.

Good luck on Thursday...on if you check back..same to you latin_starr

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