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Doing well here. Just took second walk. No catheter and I'm having sips of water. Pain took awhile to get under control but better now. Casper? How are you doing?

Up and at em! Leaving for the hospital in 15 minutes. Best wishes for all with surgeries this week. I will post updates. Please do the same if you have surgery this week.

Surgery tomorrow for me too. Good luck everyone.

Settling into the hotel for the night. Last sleep before surgery. 4 am will be coming very soon! Good luck to all having surgery tomorrow. I'd love to hear how everyone is doing.

Congrats to all. Hearing everyone's stories really does help to know I'm not alone. Positive stories about recent surgeries are good to hear too! Thanks all for sharing.

Glad to hear I'm not the only one either! Very soon we will have a whole new set of issues to combat!

What are you all eating for you lady meal? NUT told me something easily digestible cause if anything is left in my stomach they won't complete surgery. I don't have any sort of liquid preop to follow. Just low carb.

Good luck to you all. I couldn't sleep last night. Went to bed at nine, back up at 11 for 2 hours then tried to sleep again. Finally asleep at about 3. My stomach is freaking out with all of this anxiety. Cramping, rumbling and not to mention what is coming out. Sorry, TMI. Cleaned my whole house this morning and my mom will be arriving within the hour. 2 more sleeps!

Is that what your surgeons plan recommends? My plan has nothing but protein for 6 weeks then until six months only carbs are fruits and veggies. Sounds way too soon. Slippery slope...

This time next week I will already be in surgery. I am the first case Monday September 14th, 0730 start time. We are traveling home from a family wedding at which I managed not to have any alcoholic beverages, which I am pretty proud of! Lots to do this week, I'm a little more nervous about getting life ready then the actual surgery at this point!

9/14 for me too. Good luck to all!

No liquids. Just low carb. Protein, veggies, fruit. No caffeine, carbonation or beverages with calories. I feel better now. Last weigh in went well. Actually lost 2+ more lbs than they asked me too. Thanks for the encouragement!

By this time two weeks from now I'll be about 12 hours post op. Fear is really starting to set in. I have so much to do before then, traveling for a wedding this weekend, kids stat school, I'm a school nurse and this my first day in this role also, need to clean the house to my moms standards since she is coming to stay for a week after surgery and fish the masters level course I am taking and a week early!! I'm tired after typing all of that!! Any tips on last minute preparations and not freaking out and eating everything while on the countdown. I really don't want to mess this up with a too fat liver!!

Had my preop physical and appointment with the surgeon and NUT. All is well. Just have to stay on my liver reduction diet and show up on surgery day! NUT asked me to lose 12# preop and I have lost 14.3# so I'm feeling pretty good about that. Hope it's a sign of what's to come. 11 more days to go!

Me too! Busy traveling weekend to a family wedding and will need to finish my course work for an online program for my masters degree should be enough to occupy my mind! Oh and get the house clean enough for my mother to visit to "help" me! I can't wait for anesthesia so I get a nap! ????

Good luck to you!

I am scheduled for a sleeve September 14th, a little over 2 weeks. I don't have a liquid diet, just a liver reduction diet which is protein, fruit and veggies. I caved last weekend and it has snowballed all week! I now am in a mode where I want to get one last time of everything! I know this is crazy and I have to get it together like now! I have lost the 5% my doctor has asked preop and really only need to maintain for a few weeks. I am freaking out about gaining and my liver not being ready and also about what this says about my future ability to get it together with my eating habits. Any last minute advice? How did you keep it together in "crunch time"?

Does anyone have a chewable (not gummy) b complex (not b12) that has at least 100mg of thiamine? It's the only thing I cannot find on my post op supplement list. The only recommendation my NUT had was to crush. Yuck! I hate crushed pills and vitamins are huge so that's a lot of crushed up nastiness. Help?

Thanks for the encouragement. I had an awful week at work and hectic life schedule this week too. I am very aware of the fact that I need to develop some new coping mechanisms for stress and anxiety but have not been able to make that happen this week. Now or never, I don't want to postpone and give the haters more chance to hate!

I am very nervous. We will have to keep in touch! Best of luck to you!

Same day as me! What amazing progress you have made already! Only 3 more weeks to go!

Good luck! I'm having a hard time waiting. 3weeks to go!

As of today I have completed all of my preop testing and teaching mall that is left I'd a preop physical with an internist then meeting with the surgeon. 4 weeks from today! I'm excited but it is still pretty surreal. Now to focus on not wrecking my preop liver reduction diet and getting my house in order.

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Not always me at all! I am also terrified of failure like every other weight loss attempt I have made. I am trying to focus on taking care of myself as a priority. You can do it, good luck with your journey!