Saltydog

Hi all Well it's been a year and I'm not very good at documenting or blogging but I thought I'd let you all know that I have nearly reached my surgeons suggested goal weight only 2 kegs to go till I am 90kg - down from 135kg. Have skin removal surgery - arms and stomach - booked with Dr Kevin Ho in Sydney on the 4th of Sept - am not sure how I feel about this new body yet but will keep trying to figure it out - good luck to you all

1 week down- 3.5kg gone ..... Yippee

Hi Nerms and Steveelea Thanks for your support guys - post op diet is very different to anything the Americans and other countries talk about...,,this also includes the pre-op diet and the hoops they have to jump through. If you were to compare you'd say we have it very very easy. The dieticians that I have seen ....once before surgery and once before I was discharged and that was because I asked to see them and I don't see them again for 2 weeks. The advice and guidelines are very flexible and no real guidelines other than firsts few days post surgery is /icechips/sips water until you have the X-ray and awful drink/radioactive crap to x-ray view that there is no leaks then they progress you to fluids or straw diet - anything that fits through a straw - they also advocate optifast smoothies for diet/nutrient benefits - I hate them so have been drinking anything I can make into soup/fluid consistency with real foods and fruit smoothies - even allowed icecream, jelly, fruit juice etc etc I have to say this laxidaisial approach made me really nervous and they basically say listen to your body. Going for small walks a couple of times a day so feeling pretty good really Hope everyone else is doing well Night

Hi guys Op done - gastric bypass - 1st part complete...bring on the body morphious Spent a couple of days in ICU - problems with bleeding, breathing and pain so I'm told - I don't remember anything!!! Home now enjoying the fluids and wishing the nausea would just go the #£|¥\*}*!\ away.

Thanks Steveelea I am excited ........ and not - the unknown of surgery always is a little daunting and the re-plumbing for the gastric bypass seems scary but to be the person I want and need to be/become is a step I have not made lightly so I hope all goes to plan ..... I was lucky not to have to do the pre-op diet I have seen you all talk about as I was doing Bodytrim and had managed to lose some weight as well as become fitter. I hope this does not come back and bite me in the long run. Thanks for making me welcome.

Thanks cath

Hi guys Im 129kg and am having the gastric bypass tomorrow afternoon and have just discovered the Aussie group - would love to join I'm having it done by DarrinGgoodall-Wilson at St. John of god Geelong. Look forward to sharing