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My headaches stopped about day 5, I'm on day 16 of the pre op diet, it's intense. I'm not sure if you all are on the same diet I'm on. I'm not allowed to have protein/meal replacement shakes until post surgery during the liquid diet. The biggest thing that I've had to get used to is meal prepping. I meal prep like 4 chicken breast that I cut into strips every Sunday and portion them out for the 9oz of protein I'm allowed a day, it's obnoxious but I've already lost the 5% of my body weight so I would say it's working. You too will get passed the headaches!

I'm wondering how long people waited to have sex again post-surgery? (My husband is the one wondering more than me...) I know everyone is different, but I'm just curious. Sorry if it's a strange question, but sex is a part of life! [emoji13]

I’m so sorry that you are dealing with this. How stressful. [emoji25]. Have you thought about changing pcps (again) I don’t what kind of doctor says I’m going to ruin your day, drop a bomb on you and then leave you hanging. It’s your right to get a second opinion. I hope everything turns out ok 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼

Im praying for you also Sent from my LGMS210 using BariatricPal mobile app

I was thinking about the food dates. When I was 20 I had the old stomach stapling and I was in a new relationship and he was great he would call ahead and see what food they had and what kind of chairs they had things normal sized people don't think about. If I was just dating casually I would avoid food dates at the start. As someone else said there are plenty of places to meet but if it has to be a restaurant just meet for coffee or even lunch or breakfast where you can get away with a smaller meal. Sent from my CPH1607 using BariatricPal mobile app

For my first two nights, I had a couple of unexpected middle-of-the-night trips to the toilet to urinate. And I probably took longer to get back to sleep. That was probably major extra water loss in losing a few pounds quickly and processing three protein shakes and extra drinking water. It might have also been the adjustment to the higher-protein/lower-carbohydrate regimen. I'm now at day 14 and the 10 of the 11 nights since the first two have been superb. 7:35 to 9:15 sleep according to my Vivofit and 45% to 55% of that in the deep sleep zone. The only night that was different was after my day at the day surgery centre where I slept or was under anaesthetic for nearly five hours between 11am and 7pm. You may improve after another night or two. Do you wear a fitness band that measures your sleep and movement?

Tomorrow's the big day, they day that I move onto the losers bench!

a pressure cooker is also a good way to cook meats so they're tender and you end up with broth, too. Before surgery, I made hot beefs with a small roast, onions and peppers, and portioned it with the broth into small containers. I did something similar with a chicken. They've been a real help! Sent from my SM-G930V using BariatricPal mobile app

That's crazy expensive! I'm from Canada and I paid for parking lol...okay I know annoying [emoji4] but I did have to do 10 months of pre-op seeing nutritionists, surgeon, social workers, ecterra... it was a lot of appointments. And my taxes pay for health care so I'm paying lots!

My denials were due to paperwork basicially. Initially i was told the documentation submitted didnt show medical necessity for the removal of my band not that I followed the post op diet and recommendations for the lap band. Next it was because they thought it had been removed in July when in fact it was just totally deflated in July. The peer to peer was denied too, but I never found out why and the last appeal was finally approved! My surgery date is March 14TH!!!!