LadyIvy

Sleeved April 9th here. Still feeling strange, but better today!

In the past two days I have had some serious issues with dragon breath. These are days 7 and 8 of my pre-op diet. I know liver changes can be indicated by changes to your breath, but I was wondering if anyone else experienced this? I can brush and use listerine, but it only seems to work for about 30 minutes before my breath is horrible again. Never had this problem before 2 days ago and my teeth are all in great condition, so I am confused.

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Okay, I looked it up. Should have done that in the first place ;P

My biggest issue is that this website won't stop emailing me!

Happy Passover Everyone!

I am having between 70-90 grams of Protein and about 28 grams of carbs a day. I also am drinking TONS of fluids, broth, crystal lite and Jello (sugar free). My Protein drinks are EAS Carb control and GNC 100% whey Protein over the course of a day. Also, I get one sugar free popsicle a day and of course all Vitamins have at least 1g of carb so I add that to my 30 or less carb count.

OMG! I am going nuts here. I already had to miss the passover seder because I am on my pre-op liquid diet. I let that slide, because there isn't much to be done about it and I just avoided the situation completely. However, I have been without solid food for 7 days now and I sat with my son and dyed eggs for an hour and a half. All I could think about was egg salad, deviled eggs etc. etc. and all the stuff my husband is going to make with those eggs that I can't begin to touch. I know I will be getting all of it back soon enough, but it was sheer hell. After he goes to bed, I have to mess with candy and do his damn basket!!! I picked stuff this year I really don't much like, but right now everything looks good. I am not even really a candy person and I swear I can smell the chocolate through the sealed containers. Tonight, my husband is going to put the candy in the eggs and tomorrow we will hide them along with some of the ones we died tonight. Then in the morning I have to deal with all of this all over again. On top of this, I feel horribly guilty because my husband isn't eating much. I keep telling him to go eat, I know he is hungry and he says he just wants to be near me. I came around the corner today and he has a fork in a can of ravioli and he stops cold, like a kid caught in a candy jar. I haven't gotten on him for it, I have just been avoiding food. If anything, I have been telling him I know he is not eating enough. He keeps doing this anyway. I can't wait until my surgery Monday so I can stop being SO hungry. It doesn't matter how much I drink, my stomach growls SO loudly all the time. It even woke me up last night. I have lost 11 lbs in 7 days on this diet and I am very pleased with that. Today is the first day I truly got cranky about this though and tomorrow is not going to be any easier. Sigh.

You can get these at HEB too.

I have heard some people say they can tolerate it at 3 months. However, alcohol is empty calories so I wouldn't until you are at least at maintenance.

You mean processed sugars yes? Our bodies make sugar on their own out of unused carbohydrates (one of the reasons carbs are so addictive). Lots of great sugars in fruits too.

I have been losing quick too. I am 11 lbs down from Sunday morning (Its Saturday am now). Also, I tend to put on 4-6 lbs the first day of my period and I still lost since yesterday. My husband was joking and said if I keep this up, in 2 months I'm going to be on maintenance already. Wouldn't that be nice. haha

I was actually logging on here to ask that exact question. My surgery is on Monday and my period started today. Sigh....

awesome on so many levels.

Yay!!

Just remember, the main concern with coffee is that it is a diuretic and pulls water from your body. Many people have dehydration issues for the first few weeks post op, so coffee isn't a good idea for at least a month.

I would call your doc, but I would really lay off the spicy stuff until your stomach is healed.

Directly above this post title is a pinned thread that says "official what you will need for surgery thread" Its the most useful thing in this section.

Mine is scheduled for April 9th. I currently live in central Texas but will be moving to Corpus Christi for graduate school. Even though I am on the liquid diet, I am still having a hard time believing it because it has been moved once already. I have my anesthesiology appointment tomorrow. I think it will settle in after that. I am a little worried, mostly because I have never had to be under anesthesia of any kind. I have been waiting since Mid-October, but I am still apprehensive. I know it is the right thing to do since I have back problems that can only benefit from weight loss. I also decided to do this when I began having blood pressure problems. Many people in my family die of heart failure and I would like to live a nice long life for my family. Also, I found out my mother had over 1/2 of her stomach removed for about 20 years before she passed away and had no complications of it. In fact, no one in the family had any idea and they lived right down the street from us. This knowledge made me much less nervous about long term repercussions. I remember she was always thin and rarely hungry and had to remind herself to eat. I am looking forward to tomorrow and hoping that all goes as it is supposed to. I am confident in my surgeon and have a great support system to help me through.

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Started this process and was on the waiting list by mid-october 2011. Have been waiting for my number to come up since. I am getting my surgery through military routes and was assured everyone on the list goes in the order they signed up in. Got my date, March 19th. They then continued to schedule out to April 3rd. Went and picked up all my pre-op liquid diet stuff. Got a call 2 days later saying they were moving me to April 9th. When I asked about the dates on April 3rd I was told no surgeries were being done on that day. Later she revised herself and said no openings are available on that day. On the April 3rd date, they scheduled the person that has been one behind me on the list since October and a girl that has been on the list since December! I am willing to bet that girl is an officers wife and am really p.o.'ed at this system right now. I was assured everyone will go in the appropriate order and then find out it is a rule of thumb that is really led by convenience. I know it is only a week, and I am almost certain there is a reason for it, but I am just soooooo annoyed by being lied to. I am also now very nervous about the honesty of parts of my team Please pray for me. I have put off graduate school for a year to get this surgery and just can't put it off any more. Thanks for listening to my rant. I tried to get this out on a FB page that I am part of and the moderator attempted to belittle my negativity. I left the group because that did not seem to be the "support" group it pretended to be. I am working hard at getting some weight off pre-op. I am excited to start my life. I have so many things I have put on hold. The good news is, I got my bloodwork done and other than my Iron being a hair low, the fish oil I have been taking since September completely leveled out my cholesterol problem! I am going to take this extra time and make use of it by getting some home projects done.

I still got up to 15 or more daily messages. I can't seem to make them stop. I changed my email yesterday to one that I hardly check (that is the only way I can stay on this site). However, it keeps sending everything to the original email listed. Please help.

I have done everything I can to make this website stop sending me emails. I have searched the faq's and have been told to do exactly what I have already done. I love this website, but am so close to completely just closing down my account. I have even gone so far as to completely change my email to one that I only use for junk mail. I get 10-15 emails a day with things like daily comments from people I really don't know and posts to some forum I commented on months ago. I am really frustrated and need some help before I just have to ditch this site completely. Thank you in advance

Well, I have my liquid diet laid out and labeled day by day so that I know when to make my jello and never have to drink a cold protein drink. I feel like tonight is my last night of "normal" for a very long time. I have a lot going on in my head atm and apparently my husband is freaking out too. He isn't telling me, but his insecurity has all of a sudden amped WAY up. I know I can do this (and I don't believe my surgery is even going to happen until I finish with my anesthesiology appt on the 6th). However, I have to wonder exactly how cranky I will be. Today I said see ya later to my beloved sushi and am going to have a couple of drinks before my 8 day liquid diet begins in the am. It is starting to sink in just a little, but my surgery date has already been moved once so we will see what happens. I have been waiting for this since early October last year and it doesn't feel real. I guess I will see how I feel when I am dying for some food!!

I am going to start to sound like a broken record on this site, but you may want to see a psychologist to help you work through these issues. If you didn't like yourself before surgery, losing weight alone is not going to help your self esteem. You are likely leaps and bounds healthier, but until you figure out what the issue is inside your brain you will always find something to be unhappy about with yourself. In that picture you looked healthy and happy and I don't see what you mean about it showing your middle. Good Luck! You are doing great.