DougNichols

Ah, I GAINED TEN POUNDS on that diet and still got approved. As always, CALL your doctor and ask, and CALL your insurance provider and ask. Nobody's experience here will reflect your requirements.

I haven't had a BM in 2 weeks on this silly pre-op diet. Hopefully that will normalize out after surgery.

Is this your pre-op diet, or the nutritionist "recommended" 3-month diet?

I'm eating 1k calories and 80 carbs, laced with these sugar filled SlimFast shakes and bars. Working out 5x per week for an hour per shot. AND NOT LOSING ANY WEIGHT I know my body quite well - it's gone into starvation mode and holding on to whatever it can. I joined up with the neighborhood 12-week Weight Loss Challenge, and I'll certainly be the laughing stock next week for my first weigh in. But note: I'm following my pre-op diet to the letter. I'm assuming this will continue after surgery for my 3-week liquid diet, too.

Well I've lost 21 lbs in 21 days, so I can safely say that this pre-op diet works quite well. I just needed to be a little more patient for it to get ramped up.

I've been reading this board for a long time, and this is the first I've heard of that. Did anyone else need to pick one up before surgery? Supposedly it functions like a weight belt, so when you perform your cough test after surgery, it doesn't hurt.

What are you eating (well - drinking, at your stage)? How much Protein are you getting in per day?

Here's his hairy chested channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/NathanChef

Yeah I'd double check everything with Aetna.

Looks right, except for this one. Wasn't it 4 appointments? Mine was at least.

That's gotta be a ripoff, but it's appearing in my insurance claims. What did everybody else's sleep study charge their insurance providers?

Having surgery 1/31 with him. In addition to his wall that's filled with awards and accolades, my PCP weaves tales about him like he's a miracle worker. Apparently he's in the top 5 for Texas, and his dad was a surgeon too so you have a couple generations of experience. Don't think you can go wrong with Nick.

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I've been doing the treadmill for an hour a day HARDCORE trying to get ready for this thing. I've heard from some people that you run a treadmill, and others that you just lay on the table. Anyone have experience with this test? Worst case, I've lost some weight doing this.

Thanks everyone!

Thanks for the thoughts, this prepares me more for what's to come!

I'm with ya 100%. I keep craving all my old foods, but we can't cheat - or you gotta reschedule surgery and probably pay 10k cash for wasting their time.

Perception IS REALITY. If you walk in believing you'll fail, YOU WILL. Any surgery is an opportunity, not a solution. If you're homeless, and you win the lottery - you can still be homeless a year later by spending all the money on crap (drugs / alchohol / nice ride). The lottery money is an opportunity, not a solution. By changing your habits, cleaning up, becoming a different person in regards to money, the lottery BECOMES A SOLUTION. Same with eating. Change your habits, your relationship with food, change your life. You have over a year after your stomach is snipped to change up. How will you use it? Fall back into the same patterns, or stand and deliver? (my two cents)

What would you recommend I add to chicken broth from the store, to make it not-so-nasty by itself? I tried shrimp ramen packet, and that was pretty good. Any other ideas? Need to stay liquid only for the first 3 weeks after surgery, and seeking some flavor.

I only saw the nutritionist. Since I had been reading this board for so long, I knew everything she was saying, so she kinda gave up and just handed me the "official documentation" for post-op diet, nutritional guidelines for my 3 months, etc. Our visits lasted like 15 minutes each. I did not log my food. The surgeon's office had to obtain all sorts of extra documentation from different people, which took a week. Then I was approved after another week. Since it was Christmas time, it took a total of 3 weeks from the last nutr appt to approval.

You need 4 visits in 90 days. Days in between don't matter. I think mine was like 20 days, then 35 days, etc, and I got approved no problemo.

I love watching these, keep up the great work!

Everything that goes into my mouth is recorded in my FatSecret journal. My calories/carbs are on track with the prescribed pre-op diet. My pre-op diet text: I ordered Atkins shakes to sub in for dinner. Plus I'm upping my protein with some Isopure zero carb soon. Hopefully this helps. Guess I'll up my exercise too. A lot.

My date is 1/31, so I'm just barely getting in on this January thread.