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One point that I have to make here. If you ate 2 bites of Pizza or dipped 2 fingers in a pie, consider it a success. Before I would have eaten 3 pieces of Pizza or 1/2 half of a pie.

I was taking 4 500 Mg metformin a day when I started the pre op liquid diet. Within a week of starting the pre-op ( I did that for 3 weeks), I had to stop my metformin because my glucose was going to low. I havent taken once since...glucose is less than 90

I am suprised to hear you all have bandages. My surgeon used some kink of clear glue-like stuff. After about 8-10 days it started to get darker and was peeling itself off like peeling skin. The result is scars that you can barely see 2 weeks after surgery.

Thanks. You are right! Im am know at day 15 and I have no pain. Yes, I had the liquid pain medicine. In fact, I have half of the bottle left. I also had the shoulder pain...but everything is good now. Thanks for the advice

My hospital stay wasn't too bad except for the over-night nurse that kept unplugging me and getting wires mixed up. At one point she came in and told me the monitoring people told her I was dead (jokingly I hope). I spent the night with wires and hoses criss-crossed all over me. They gave me breakfast of chicken broth, tea and crystal light on Thursday morning before going home. That was more breakfast than I expected!! The rest of the nurses etc were great! I developed lots of abdominal cramps and called on Friday night (surgery was on a Wendsday). The on call doctor (not my surgeon) said to call back Saturday AM if it did not go away. I was up all night Friday night and called the answering service Saturday AM. No return call so I called back an hour later; no return call. It was a holiday weekend. My wife took me to the ER where I had blood tests along with x-ray and cat scan. They could not find anything and attempted to call the surgeon's on call physician. I was released after 5 hours. The morphine they injected eased the pain. I never did find out what caused it. The following Monday I got an email from the surgeon's office saying that these kind of pains happen "especially after Thanksgiving". Thanksgiving??? The thanksgiving that was 24 hours after my surgery that I slept through after my breakfast of tea, crystal light and chicken broth. (My family had their Thanksgiving at relative's house). Does anybody think the pain may be from the surgery and not from the thanksgiving dinner of tea, crystal light and chicken broth?

Centrum has chewable fruit flavor and I got chocolate calicum citrate lozenges from Bariatric advantage (internet) but I dont like them, The nutritionist said to try Citrical chewy bites

banded 11/21. Thanksgiving day was spent in the hospital. Dinner consisted of crystal light, tea and chicken broth....a different kind of celebration but still a celebration

I wasnt going to tell anybody except my family. when I went to the first support group (pre op), one of my co-workers and my real estate agent where there and this is not a small town. The day before surgery I had to have my eyes tested for my job. I told the thin little nurse at work that I was having surgery, she asked what for so I told her. She said "I had mine 5 years ago, best thing I ever did" People....be proud...you are doing something for yourself

I had 3 weeks of pre-surgery liquid diet. I ate mushroom soup once. and onion soup 3 times in 3 weeks. My surgery went well and my doc told me it was because I followed my pre-op well. The soup did not have barley in it. B cautious, different things affect some of us differently.

Hi Lisa and others I am day 2 after surgery. No vomitting. Still sore. My blood sugar is down to 78. My nutritionist calls that hypoglycemic. Since there is nothing with sugar or carbs in my first week of diet, I am not sure how to get it up where it belongs (90-100). Does anybody else have this problem? Im thinking a small amount of apple juice might help. I will call the nutrionist today. But those worried about the pain..worry not....it is not that bad. Mine is mostly sore and mostly when first moving such as getting out of bed or out of a chair. The doc perscribed Lortab liquid (hyrocodone and tylenol) which works good for the soreness.

Hi Lisa I am gald to here everything went well and you are home and doing well. I am home too. I came home about noon today. Like yourself I am a little sore and some gas. I have been mostly on crystal light and sugar free popsicles. I did not sleep well in the hospital. There is just too much going on there. But I slept alot this afternoon. My surgery also went well. My doc said it turned out to be a very good one. Still, I am worried about something moving in there that should not move. I suppose with time we can be more confident that it won't move. Take care, hope to hear from you soon. Lisa806...good luck....trust us...its not that bad!

I also had to do the 6 month thing and the cardiac etc. My pre-op was 3 weeks long and finally my surgery is the Wendesday. You can make it through the pre-op. Atkins is good but be careful, the price varies alot. In Connecticut I paid as much as $8.99 for 4 cans and as low as $5.49. That is the only protein shake I tried I have also eaten alot of chicken and beef broth. I found onion soup with the onions strained out to be good. Also, my doc allowed low fat yogurt and string cheese and cottage cheese. Be careful with your glucose. I started to go hypoglycemic the first week, so I had yogurt,skim milk or apple juice every few hours to keep the glucose up. Good Luck