susansilver

Welcome back Yoda! Glad you survived your trip. Mr. Yoda has kept us amused but it is very clear he was pining for you! Glad you two are back together.

No good Rob - you still have a few days left and you have to eat something. Try some more yogurt and if you are desperate eat either egg beaters or egg white only. But you must eat. Call the clinic they will tell you that and perhaps even a small piece of chicken.< /p>

I realized I haven't posted on here for a while. Didn't want to forget. Last night I had a little cheat again. Maybe I am wrong and for others who might read this, don't follow my example, but I feel that my liver must be in pretty good shape from 2 weeks of this cr*p, so I am not terribly worried about it. I will now continue on to the end, only 2 more days and then 1 day liquid and then...taa daa!

There is a great video on this forum that I watched yesterday which shows the whole procedure on the lap monitor. Fascinating stuff. Funny that I feel less nervous and more confident after watching it. I think it is because I see that for the surgeons it is a relatively easy operation. So it will go for me....easy peasy!

today was a bad day for me. My head was hurting and i couldn't even get the yogurt to pass my lips.

On the bright side, I have driving lessons on Monday

6 more days

Jannet

And you will get throught them!

Jannet and Doddie,

Do you ladies know if artificial sweetener is o.k. to use during per-op? I know that real sugar is out but I am guessing that artificial sweetener might be o.k.

It's fine. As you know we can have crystal lite wich is made with artificial sweetner.

I am pre-op dieting also! My doctor has me on a whey Protein diet. I don't even have a surgery date yet. But, the diet is working. I feel better already.

Good for you! It always boosts my self esteem to see that scale go down. Now I am hoping once I am banded it will stay there!

Good luck!

You pre-ops are doing wonderful!!!! Your time will be here before you know it. Keep up the good work, and just think of the end results!!!

Robyn

And you are an inspiration MsRobby! Thanks for the encouragement!

I am pre-op dieting as well. I have to lose 13ish lbs before they can submit to insurance.....so far doing good, but I always do lousy on the weekends. I am going to try really hard this weekend to be good

you CAN do it - remember the end goal and it will all be worth it!

Good luck.

Wow, you're so close!

I'm not a preop dieter yet with 8 or so weeks until my surgery date. It feels like I should be dieting or something though. Feels kinda weird not having anything do to but wait

Best of luck to you!

Yup - I remember being in that position of just waiting....:notagree

What helped me was becoming active here on the boards and reading and learning all I could to have realistic expectations of what was to come.

Don't worry the time will pass and before you know it you will be on the pre op diet as well!

Definitely easier. Although just the tought of cottage cheese the last couple days has made me want to barf! Just 3 more days left for me, because I do 1 day os liquids before my surgery on Wednesday! How are you doing on the preop?

How are well all doing today? I am feeling good both physically and emotionally. Surgery is so close that I can almost taste it! :hungry: Yeah pun intended!!!

hey susansilver

i am getting banded next friday and am on the same pre-op diet as you ... i know how you feel i'm soo sick of yogurt i dont even want to eat! good luck with it all!!

You too Heather! Where are you being banded? I am with TLBC in Toronto, but having the actual surgery at Scarborough Grace Hospital due to being insulin dependant. (They take no chances with that one)

Hey Donna D! Glad to see you are up and around and all went well. Be good to yourself, walk around alot and take care.

Susan

He agrees that this is a good way to do it but like most Dr's he isn't for private clinics and high prices. When you think about it though there is a lot to pay for. 5000.00 for the band alone, then the booking staff, the nurses and the anesthic and the Dr giving it. right down to the clinic I wonder just how much the Dr. actually makes???

As you all know by now (from my incessant complaining), I am having my surgery done in the hospital. Since it is not covered by OHIP, I had to pay the hospital directly for their portion which was 8,715.00. That is a big chunk of the 16K. My private insurance is paying for the room.

Because I don't know anything about Dt. coburn clinic, I can just say that TLBC provides great before and after care, servies, seminars etc. and you never have to pay a cent more. Sounds like a good deal to me!

All of you are experiencing what we all have gone thru including all the emotions of making a will. Wish I could be there and help you through this period of time. Saying I was there, did that, did this, is of little help I am sure. I think I startled the nurse when I handed her a copy of my living will. I am sure it never entered her mind anything would go wrong and her reaction made me feel soooooooo good. Seeing her so confident made me relax. After that it is all so easy. Including after no problems whatsoever. Just very sleepy but I followed to the letter their instructions and so far so good. Just had my first fill and feeling very good. Doddie

Doddie - YOU are very reassuring. Thanks for sharing your experiences you are a great support.

Jurema - We are dashing towards that finish line - almost there - me, you and all the May4ths!!

All of you are experiencing what we all have gone thru including all the emotions of making a will. Wish I could be there and help you through this period of time. Saying I was there, did that, did this, is of little help I am sure. I think I startled the nurse when I handed her a copy of my living will. I am sure it never entered her mind anything would go wrong and her reaction made me feel soooooooo good. Seeing her so confident made me relax. After that it is all so easy. Including after no problems whatsoever. Just very sleepy but I followed to the letter their instructions and so far so good. Just had my first fill and feeling very good. Doddie

YOU are very reassuring Doddie! Thank you. I am feeling much better today, no cheats last night and charging toward the finish line!

Congratulations on your band. I am no customs agent but it seems to me like you ourchased services - not goods and there is no tax on services.

My humble opinion only

Hi Cat. It is great that we can have a little tantrum on here and chances are someone will have gone through the same thing.

Tonight for "dinner" I threw some ice cubes into the magic bullet followed by some yogurt and a dash of skim milk and had a smoothie. It went down much easier and I am full now.

Hang in there Cat. We will ge through this!

Hi Donna D. It's 2:44 and you are probably in recovery at this moment. I hope all went well and that you can tell us all about when you are able.

Thinking of you,

Susan

Yeah, true...I didn't think about that. I guess it's because for my whole life i feel like i would eat pretty well...but then when i had junk food, i felt like people would look at me and would assume like..no wonder he's fat look at what he's eating. But now i realise, it's probably not the case. The worst thing is that i probably assume that about other people i see...how stupid is that on my part.

Not stupid at all! Totally normal. We all feel like that.

RG - it's funny how we think people are always looking at us and noticing everything we do! Not at all the case. I feel for you that they are going to subway since you are craving a sub. Hang in there with all of us!

Slackaction - that's good. I ended up having a cheat last night, but since I started a week earlier than I neede to, I am not worried about it.

I am so sick of cottage cheese and yogurt that I have no desire to eat at all! 4 more days of this and then I go Clear liquids for the day before surgery. I Can heardly wait.

I was able to get a letter from my Doc that I required 1 week post op recovery after surgery on May 2, 2007. He did not state what kind and by Canadian law did not have to. My employer tracks sick time but there is no finite number of days, so I don't have to worry.

With less than an week away until my surgery I am feeling almost over wrought with emotion. Probably making my will at this time is not helping, but that is something I had put off for too long.

Last night I had a cheat on my pre op. It is of no consequence what I ate, but I really made the choice to eat it. I felt entitled because I had started the diet a week earlier than I needed to. I am back on this morning and don't feel like I have compromised my surgery in any way. I am so sick of yougurt and cottage cheese that I would rather not eat at all.

This morning I had a good cry with DH before I left for work. HAd to tell my daughter my eyes were red because of a sad part of the book I was reading. I really don't want to alarm her or think I am scared because she will be scared as a result.

Hope I start to feel better soon.