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Guess I should deactivate myself here. I went with the sleeve after being on this board reading stories. Slips, erosions, not getting the right fills, stuck, slider foods, sliders, etc...all kept me away from the band. I got the sleeve instead and I'm healing fine. I wish all of you the best in your journey with weight loss and getting healthy!

Does anyone take a pro-biotic? I'm pre-op but, I currently take a pro-biotic. I'm taking a pill form now but, have the powder kind, too. I prefer the pill kind but, I'm afraid of it getting stuck. What size pills are generally okay?

I'm also getting mine on August 22nd. They said they only needed me on a 3 day pre-op diet but, after reading so much on the benefits of going longer, I decided to start mine yesterday. So, of course, I've lost nothing so far! HA! Anyway, I'm way over amped for this but, trying to play it cool. But, I can't! I'm so excited! I have made the changes to diet and exercise, now I just need my body to follow suit!

Thank you all. I have the surgery scheduled for August 22nd. The doc wants me only on a 3 day pre-op diet (my BMI is lower) but, I started yesterday. My two jobs are both part-time. Disney Store and working at my church. My church one doesn't start back up until September and it's one day a week and Disney is just Disney. It's only about 20 hours and they've been awesome about me having to rearrange availability when I had surgery to remove my tumor last year and they were totally cool with me asking off next week. I didn't tell them "why" yet but, I will. The biggest scheduling conflict is someone being there for my kids while I'm down. Husband just got an offer with a new firm and he's taking the days off before starting. It just seems so perfect. Now, with Disney World, I will take it easy. I promise! We all need a vacation but, I won't overdo it. We're there for a week but, we're only going to be in the parks about 3 of those days with a day off in between. The other days will be lounging about by the pool at the hotel and/or going shopping for a bit in Downtown Disney. I really want to do very little. If I was home, I'd be overdoing it!! I think I will be a little sad that I won't be able to pick my youngest daughter up for awhile. She's 4 and such a momma's girl. But, I trained them well from last year's surgery that they can't touch my nose, no rough housing around me in case it gets hit, etc. They're still good about it. (I had a tumor in my nasal septum and my entire nasal septum and scraping where the pallete begins - it could collapse if hit one good time or two) So, hopefully, they will understand my restrictions from surgery, too. I'm getting more and more excited!!

Honestly, because my weight is creeping up again and I can't fit in my clothes now. I thought even a couple weeks before would help me zip my jeans on, stop wearing baggy dresses. Another reason is if I don't do it now, it won't happen. "Life" in general with 4 kids and two jobs and my husband in the middle of changing jobs makes it a scheduling issue. He is finished with 1 job and taking a few days off, those few days off is when I am actually planning the surgery. I've had two bouts with cancer over the last ten years and I need to make this change. I'm doing the surgery 1 year and 2 days after my one year anniversary of having a tumor removed from my nasal septum. I want to lower my risk of a 3rd cancer. It just kind of seems fitting.

Okay, I'm doing this. I'm really doing this. I'm going to have the surgery, I'm going to do my pre-op liquid diet and put my life into the doctors' hands. I'm ready. I really am. But, why is it the post-op stuff bringing me down? I'm now worried about continuing with the liquid diet for what seems like a long time, the wounds, the new changes in eating. Even the "chew your food 25 times before swallowing." I tried that today and I couldn't get past 20 before it was pretty much non-existant. I guess that's the point...but, is it really hard to follow up with post-op restrictions? Also, we have a Disney trip planned about 2-3 weeks after my surgery. Walking is encouraged so, I should be okay, right? But, probably not the hotel pool. It says no hot tub or jacuzzi's but, it doesn't specifically mention pools. I'm just assuming that's a no-no, too. Okay, still excited, nervous and a little bit crazy.