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Bertie22, I had to follow a 3 month regimen to get approval from my insurance company. Once I had all my paperwork turned in to the surgeon, it was less than 2 weeks before his office called to say it was approved and to set the date. My bmi was 41, but on my insurance, if you have a bmi of 35 and comorbidities such as diabetes, sleep apnea and hypertension, then you qualify. As far as a preop diet, that was just the 2 weeks immediately prior to surgery to help shrink the liver to make it easier for the surgeon to place the band. It wasn't bad, I got to have real food for Breakfast, a Protein shake at lunch and 1 lean meat and 2 green veggies for dinner and another Protein Shake before bed. (In fact, being only 3 days postop and still on the liquid phase, I kinda miss that diet!) Hope this helps you. Good luck!:hurray:

amm.imperial, Congrats on getting your approval. You can get the ticker by going to Weight Loss - Diet Ticker and following the instructions. It is pretty cool!:rolleyes2:

IndioGirl55 Thanks for your reply. I did call my doctor and he said it is from the hiatal hernia repair. It is causing a vaso-vagal response because of the swelling. He said to give it 4 or 5 more days without the jello or yogurt and try it again.

I am just 2 days post-op and I am having a problem. Whenever I try to eat anything other than water, broth or juice, (ie: sugar free jello, low fat lite yogurt), my face turns bright red and gets hot and I get palpitations. What's up with that? Is this normal? Is it because my surgeon also repaired a hiatal hernia during the procedure? I was thinking that it might be related to the dump syndrome thing, but reading here it seems like it's not that. Am I trying the jello and yogurt too soon? Any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks.