yannabee

Hello everyone... today is 1st day of pre-op dieting for me and my Dr. has required that I do slimfast shakes only...im on my 2nd one and Im dying because they aren't that good ( anyone else required to do slimfast? I noticed most people on here have been required by their Doctors to do Protein shakes AND vegetables...my doctor has prescribed slimfast shakes....any suggestion with how I can still stick to this but incorporate other things into this liquid diet but still not "break the rules"? any advice would be extremely appreciated!

heather - - I am SOOO feeling your pain right now.. My doctor prescribes only slimfast, Water, sugar free drinks like crystal light, broth, Jello, fat free yogurt and popsicles...I am only on day 2 and I am dying. I have the worst headache in the world and my body is dying of hunger. I have read alot of these posts on here and am feeling not only extremely discouraged but confused as to why some of these people on here and their doctors have prescribed high Protein low carbs, veggies, etc. If I had this option i could live with this! but i dont. I'm a little scared but I said screw this and ate a egg white omelette with some spinach this morning. After googling shrinking liver diets I keep coming across the same thing, high protein low carbs..am i missing something? Or is this diet just prescribed to us so we can get used to what its going to be like after?

Hi everyone: So my preop diet is set to begin on February 14, 2011 and my doctor has asked me to do slimfast however, I am confused about whether i should be just drinking the 4-6 shakes period or this new 3 Snacks, 2 shakes, 1 light meal diet slimfast is currently promoting...can anyone help me with this? Thanks.

Hi everyone, well slimfast was his choice. I guess it all depends on the Doctor and the patient. The point of pre-op is not to get you used to the liquid diet you will have to have after surgery, the point is to shrink your liver, and I guess the size of your liver would depend on how heavy you are..? am i correct? My doctor is the chief bariatric surgeon for a major hospital in the philadelphia area. I found him through being recommended by 3 people that I know who have had their WLS (Gastric Bypass) through him, I trust him but yes, slimfast was his pre-op diet of choice for me. I just wasn't sure what the difference was between the 321 slimfast plan and the regular 4-6 Protein shakes... figured i would ask my fellow banders..

my surgery date is March 1, which means my pre-op diet starts on valentines day ironically, I have been reading some of the other peoples' posts on here and my doctor is requiring my pre-op diet to be slimfast. Anyone else out there required to do the same?

hi all! I am scheduled for my surgery on March 1, 2011 and my doctor warned me that the day of surgery, they give me a blood test to test for nicotine, if for some reason its in my system he will NOT perform surgery. I have been a smoker for 20 years with only a few hours without a cigarette and mostly because i had no choice because i was on an airplane...I have to admit, this surgery is THAT important to me, that I started Chantix and can't begin to tell you that even though quitting smoking is the HARDEST thing i have ever had to do in my LIFE next to having this surgery, I have been smoke free for 10 days. Chantix works!!!! you don't want to go through any problems like ulcers and pneumonia from not quitting smoking. Being a smoker who didnt really WANT to quit but had no choice to because of the surgery, I recommend trying the chantix before u go under anesthesia...

Hi everyone! I am new to the site. I recently got approved for the lapband by my insurance company and am awaiting my surgery date. When visiting my doctor, he asked me which band I preferred, the Realize or the Lapband. I wanted to know if any of you know the difference? I have more questions but I figured I would start with this one and see how the responses come before I ask anymore. Thanks.

Hey there Ms. Violinist! Dr. Meihlan is my surgeon...I just had a few questions for you regarding your experience. I just got approved January 18 and have yet to get my surgery date. I just wanted to know what to expect, did Dr. Soriano request that you do the slim fast liquid diet like Dr. Meihlan did me? The truth is, I am getting the lapband to avoid back surgery and although I am not as overweight as most people who have been approved for the surgery (im 5"0 200 pds) I just wanted to know what to expect after surgery with weight loss? Hope you could help.. -Yanna