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Thanks. It seemed reasonable, but I wanted to check with those with more experience with this. I do sometimes dilute with decaf...and my doc cleared me for real, honest-to-Bob, actual, caffeinated coffee as of one month, which is tomorrow! I am practically peeing my pants with excitement, LOL.

Well... you could *start* blood pressure meds and never take them this never controlling your hypertension. Then *begin* the supervised diet but make no effort to lose, only maintain to so you don't fall out of the BMI range... Or walk the straight and narrow. Whatever you choose...

Well, you will be on liquid diet on Christmas Eve which would be equally unappealing to me. I'd go for Dec. 21 and go to your service and do the stuff for and with your fam, and deal with post op liquid diet rather than pre-op liquid diet horror! LOL. And you gotta just go in with a "super trooper" attitude determined to hydrate like a beast and walk walk walk so that you heal with minimal discomfort. And don't give in to feeling like crap and full of pain from the surgery. I think a lot of how we do post op is our attitude going in and our willingness to be a beast post-op with the things we HAVE to do to heal well and easily.

You will do great! Just stick to your vitamins post-op and follow your diet, which is very similar to sleeve with a bit less sugar and starch allowed, and you won't even know the difference between the two. ❤️

Actually, my surgeon is continuing to hold the 26th of December for me. Apparently, there are no stampedes for that date! [emoji16] Sent from my Moto G (5) Plus using BariatricPal mobile app

I just had my pre surgery consultation on Tuesday and am scheduled for surgery on the 17th. I have to do a low carb high protein diet to shrink my liver then the day before I do liquids only to make sure everything is empty and ready for surgery. Congratulations and good luck!

Go for it Girl! I feel like shouting or stopping people that were morbidly obese & telling them

I am new to this sight, I read the Forum but usually don’t respond. BUT ... i read yours & I had band removed after 3 yrs @ not very good results. The adjusting to the adjustment takes forever & bumping against washer & sink. I got gastric by-pass in July 5th & I am sooo happy. 6 Mths & 70lbs . no pain or throw up... I went to NYU Langone & was very pleased. Never hungry which is odd but then eating isn’t a Thrill or entertaining for me . i find things to do that are fun to do....

Hi bypass lady it does get better - this is the toughest patch by a country mile! The stitch is likely to be the gas they pump 8nto your abdominal cavity to separate your organs so they can do the surgery more easily. It does get absorbed, but it helps if you are up and about walking around, moving that gas. Are you drinking water? Way more important than food just now. Your best mantra just now - sip sip sip, walk walk walk. And dont forget, a general anaesthetic messes with your emotions. It will pass! And then the good stuff happens! Just stick to your programme...

This is what the pre-op psy exam is supposed to help flush out. Get to some addiction counseling / AA. Several bottles of wine a day, sadly, makes you an alcoholic. You seem to be accepting the addiction to wine, now you need to step up and get some help. Alcohol is in no way a healthier option than food, I don't see how you can justify wine as being healthier. 2 bottles of wine puts you into the 1300 - 1500 calorie a day mark, and with no protein or other required nutritional value... it's pure empty calories. So it's really no better than soda from a "health" standpoint. I hope you do get some help... this is bad on a few levels for a non-altered person, worse so for a WLS patient.