pquinn181

My surgery is tomorrow! I thought I would be nervous, but I am strangely calm? Hope everyone e!sse having surgery this month does great! My prayers are with all of you. ✴

Awesomely

I think the support group I attended is the worst ever! Including the doctor and myself it consisted of 3 people.❇

Glad to hear everyone is doing so well! I'm getting really nervous because my surgery is coming up on the 15th. I have been trying to keep busy, but sometimes I seem to get too nervous for being busy and end up just worrying the day away. My pre-op diet is pretty good; I eat two small meals a day and two protein shakes made with water. I have been eating salads since it will be a while before I get them again, but the shakes are much better with milk. You are all in my prayers.

May God be with you!

Yes, we should all be able to post our opinion; however, we should not be telling people that their doctor, nurse or nutritionist is giving them the wrong info. We need to follow our doctor's instructions. Enough said.

Sillyolme, no one is bullying you! And you have been giving medical advice to EVERYONE on this forum! Most of us have done a LOT of research before taking the step to have weight loss surgery. Like Smily I am paying my doctor for his years of experience with hundreds of patients. I'm Positive he and his staff have more education and experience in the weight loss surgery field than you do! I know you mean well, but your advice doesn't always agree with what our doctors and their staff recommend. I plan to follow my doctor's instructions to the letter. If someone wants your advice maybe you could private message each other.

Fancy, so sorry you went thru that! I can relate since those episodes happen to me now and I haven't even had surgery yet. It comes on so fast that I often don't make it to the bathroom. I hope that never happens to you again!

I agree with Smily! Sillyolme, you should not be dispensing medical advice. You aren't a doctor or a bariatric nurse for the doctor of anyone on this forum and you shouldn't be confusing everyone. We all need to follow our own doctor's orders!

Thanks, Dave!

My doctor's office said we'll be able to use a straw after 6 months. Can not use one right after surgery bcus we would swallow air which could make our pouches too full to fit in what we really need.

Dave, would you please email the list to me as well at pquinn181@charter.net? Thx

My surgery is also the 15th, and my birthday is the 21st.

It definitely put a smile on my face! If I danced down the street where I live, people would think I'm crazy and they would be a little bit right!

Ikm96h, I'm there with you eating things I won't be able to eat after surgery. I am so worried about gaining weight that I started my pre-op diet a week early! Do you have a surgery date yet?

Sally, love your posts! You always seem so happy. I'm sort of reserved so it's difficult for me to really open up to people the way I would like. Wish we lived closer--I this k you would be such a great friend to have! Hope you are able to the entire Avon walk and have a lot of fun doing it.

Koofka, Love, love, love the treadmill desk!

My surgery is 15 Apr and time seems to be flying by!

Hang in there, Tatortot, it seems we all waited a long time to have WLS. I say better late than never. I plan to live a long time and now I will be healthy. IKM96h, glad you got your date--the time will fly by. I thought I had a long time, but I wonder if I will manage to get everything that needs to be done before 15 April! Mary, hope your shoulder heals quickly so you can join the rest of us on our weight loss journey. So glad you're all doing well. Pat

good to hear from you sally. I haven't seen you on here for so long was starting to get worried about you. i'm starting to get worried about my surgery even though i know i'll be fine. my daughter is really worried about me having surgery and i think its rubbing off on me. :-) i have been nervous, and when I get nervous I want to eat. I'm trying not to bcus I really don't want to gain any weight. I hope your shoulder surgery goes well. As we get older there seems to always be something that needs to be fixed! I look forward to hearing from you, Mary and others our age soon.

Mary, so happy to hear from you! Hope your shoulder heals quickly so you can get on with your RNY. When is your shoulder surgery? I'll probably need a friend after my surgery and just before. I'm already nervous but might be a basket case a day or two before the surgery! IKM glad to see you're still here as well. How are doing since you hip surgery? Hope you're in a lot less pain now. Pat

Sally, Rinny, IKM96 - where are you? I haven't seen any posts from any of you. I finally have a surgery date of 15 Apr. It took a week for my approval from Medicare. Sally how are doing since your surgery? Mary did you back out or do you still plan to have surgery? I know you need shoulder surgery first. Is that still on for April? IKM did you have your hip surgery yet? Hope all goes/went well.

Got my surgery date Wednesday! Now I'm getting nervous. Was pretty calm until now. I have my pre-op appt on 31 March, then I start pre-op diet which should be fairly easy since I am allowed two protein shakes and two small meals a day. Then my surgery is 15 April. It's my birthday present to myself since my b'day is 21 April.

I feel a lot better with my fibro since I started taking Lyrica. Have you tried it?

Babs, you and your hair are beautiful.