SkinnyMinnie2Be

Big welcome to all our new official October sleevers! We are gonna rock it!!!!

It's funny how all Doctors differ. My op is October 2 and my last dose of Bc was August 28. When I went for all my pre op appointments (gyno, endo, pcp and surgeon) they all said the same thing-no birth control pills until 2-3 months after surgery. I'm gonna take 3 months just to Be on the safe side. I'm too afraid to get a blood clot!

Good riddins, goodbye!!

I am pre-op but on the hunt for a good belly binder to use post op. The only issue is, when i searched them up on google I am mainly coming across ones made for post partum women. 2 questions: 1). if you bought one and liked it/didn't like it, which one was is and where did you purchase it from? 2). How far after ur surgery did you start wearing it?

Ask ur doctor if ur iron is low enough for infusions. Not sure where u live and what kind of medical coverage u have but here in Canada things like that are covered so I'm going to do it! I cant eat any food high in iron right now because I'm on a liquid only pre op but I'm taking 3 iron tabs a day and hopefully these transfusions will send me over that bump

Just left my endocrinologists office. Iron is 115..still low. She's concerned that if my iron is low now, what will happen if there's complications (Internal bleed etc). I sent an email to my doctors assistant. Hopefully he will call me today and tell me to up my iron pills and we can call it a day. My surgery is schedule for oct 2 right now and I pray it stays that way. I have booked off time off of work and basically revolved my whole life around this..plz pray for me!!

Most of the stories hear will be bad. As another user posted on another thread, are u going to Be reading in the paper about the thousands of airplanes that land safely everyday? Or will u just hear about the 1 that didn't. Will u see on the news about the millions of people that drove safely to and from work everyday? Or will u hear about that 1 deadly crash? Yes there are many bad stories on here but a lot of great ones that no One really posts..because who wants to Hear about VSG being all flowers and sunshine? Lol Keep in mind that yes it's a major operation and yes there are risks involved but the statistics are on ur side!! Say a prayer (if u pray) and go Into this whole heatedly:)

This is the book my NUT recommended also recommended weight Loss surgery for dummies. That was about $25 at chapters, haven't checked online

Oct 2!!

I all! I am pre sleeve with a surgery date of Oct 2. Before surgery I wanna be able to do some grocery shopping for must have items while I'm healing. I don't want to be in a grocery store for hours a time looking for things so if u could please list for me some must haves that would be great! So far I have purchase unjury unflavored as well as chicken soup protein powder. I have a nice big jar of vanilla whey isolate body by fortress protein powder. I am thinking cottage cheese, cheese strings, babybell, beans, ricotta cheese, lean meats. Please add to my list!

Looks like u have a nice healthy liver

It's not easier though. People who decide to wake up on morning can diet and exercise and eat "normal" foods where as we wake up one morning after surgery and can't eat for a day..then have to drink this awful liquid to make sure we can start drinking fluid. Only drink fluid for a few days, baby food it for 6 weeks only to eat 1/4 of the amount of food other people eat. And we have to continuously count calories carbs proteins for the rest of our lives. Oh yeah, much easier :-/