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Was sleeved yesterday, waiting for my discharge, feeling pretty good have some minor pain and dry heeves so they took off the morphine

ggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr they pushed my surgery time back 1 1/2 hours tomorrow

congrats, I know it a long road but worth it, tomorrow is my big day and I started my journey last February. Hang in there you will do great!!!

Congrats you can do it, I'm on my last day of just Clear Liquids no Protein Shakes and nothing after midnight!

Well got my hair cut this morning, will clean out the car tonight when I get home from work and stop and buy more power zero for when I get home and bottled Water (our water sucks), do laundry and change my sheets then do my shower and go to bed early as 4 a.m. will be to soon to be up lol..........

I now that waiting and jumping thru all the hoops is the hardest part, I started in april of last year and this Friday at 8 a.m.is my day!!

this friday 8 a.m. tomorrow just liquids not Protein Shakes nothing after midnight these 2 weeks have been ok tomorrow will be the hardest with no Protein shakes

Thanks, I guess its just lik prewedding jitters.

wow where is everyone? tomorrow is all Clear Liquids and nothing after midnight, then up at 4 a.m. to shower and be to hospital by 6 a.m. surgery at 8 a.m. Having mixed emotions about this now!

Congrats! I'll be joining you this Friday!!

Mine was the same 567 question and fill in the bubbles plus questions on the computer about the same stuff was a piece of cake

Thanks count down to Friday

Thanks so much! Great suggestions. Keep them coming. I will let you all know how it goes.

Welcome to the boards, who are you going with?

7 days down on 2 week preop not to bad so far...made up 3 32 oz bottles of shakes and froze them to take with me to tucson for the gem and mineral show, will keep the in the ice cooler to stay on track will take a case of Water as well, will get in a lot of walking in 1 1/2 days. down 7 lbs in 7 days not bad.

Why is this restriction so hard? Why do we have to follow it? Isn't that why we want the surgery? What's the logic behind this? Maybe if I knew why than I could understand why it's so important.

From what I understand, the pre op is so that we shrink the fat off of our liver so that the doc can see our stomach better. If he cant see the stomach past the liver, the doc is going to have to cut open the abdomen. This means a MUCH longer recovery time, more pain, more risks.

Tamik78

Glad it is going well for you. what did you eat after your surgery? I'm on day 7 of preop and surgery is 1 week from tomorrow I can't wait. did you get release early the day after of late afternoon?

I like the Carmel SF Torani in the chocolate

I go thru the VA and they gave me 11 boxes of opti fast shakes, I'm only allowed 5 shakes a day, beef/chicken broths, sf Jello and popsicles for 2 weeks and the day before surgery on Protein Shakes and nothing after midnight

I'm doing opti fast too, I add alot of ice and make a smoothie/shake tastes much better

Congrats!!!!

Congrats....I'm on the 14th and getting excited more and more each day....

I only had a headache for the 2nd day and tylonal knocked that out quick.

Also to the person that recommened making the shakes into smoothis thank you the Optifast is so much better with the ice in it.

I had some little smokies in BBQ Sauce and a smoothie, good thing I'm only on day 3 of preop they are protien right wink, wink!!!! they were GOOOOOD!!!!!!

congrats and good luck

I have not seen my doctor for 3 months. Long story......I had to switch docs at the last minute...only saw him one time. I know that I gained a few in the past 3 months but I know I have lost almost 9 since the pre-op liquid diet. I remember the nurse that taught the class said they will know if we have followed the diet by if we lost weight or not. I don't remember how much I weighed the day I saw doc for the one and only time. So.... am I going n there tomorrow to be told I don't get to have the surgery????

you will be fine, you lost and thats what counts

stocked up on ice, no ice maker at home and small freezer at work, added it to my shakes in the blender much, much better thanks

I woke up this morning with the "headache" and he shakes on day 2. These Optifast shakes are horrid I wish they would use the Premeir Shakes those are good. Now to fill up on liquids.

Tell me about it!! I'm on 4 weeks of that stuff - 13 days to go! I didn't have a problem until a couple of days ago. I was gagging thinking about drinking another Optifast but I pushed through and they are now more tolerable. I heat the chocolate for a fairly decent cup of hot chocolate. Bought some flavoring; cherry, strawberry, coconut, banana, etc. and that helps tremendously. chocolate and strawberry Optifast in a blender with ice cubes = smoothies. Put cherry flavoring in chocolate - think chocolate covered cherries! :-)

After surgery I can use Usury, Premier, Yahoo, etc. Supposedly however, ..... Optifast is the best Meal Replacement formula to get all nutrients. I quit taking supplements when I started a Optifast.

Hang in there.