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Woot woot!! Right got behind you on the 31st. Soooo ready!! I hear this is the easy part he he he [emoji15]

Hi all- My original date was October 17th but we were hit with terrible wildfires here in Sonoma County and surgery was canceled. I was hugely disappointed but of course my biggest concern was for my family, friends and community! We got a bit of rain yesterday and the fires are almost out - YAY - Yesterday I got the call that my hospital is re-opened after evacuation and my new surgery date is Halloween After losing 13 pounds, the fires hit and I did a lot of emotional eating but am back to basics starting tomorrow...geez, I almost cant wait for the next week of shakes, SF jello and chicken broth

Wow!! You look amazing!! Woohoo I can’t wait !!

Where are you located? I live in Bennett Valley near the golf course and have been evacuated since Wednesday. Im thinking you’ve already had surgery- this is a very stressful time, so scary but we all have to be strong and part of that is self care! Don’t eat and if you snack can you make them healthy snacks? (Ya what’s the point of a healthy snack! ) My surgery was scheduled for the 17th but it’s been canceled....Stay safe [emoji173]️

Mine was planned for the 17th, been a long process to get here. I live in Sonoma County in California and evacuated from the wildfires. Got notice this morning that it’s canceled and they’ll contact me when ready to reschedule. Of course that’s fine for the obvious reasons but also I can’t go home yet so no place to recover at this point. Life all around sucks right now. Hopefully I’ll have a new date soon!! Good luck with all your upcoming life changing surgeries- I’ll be following you [emoji173]️[emoji174][emoji173]️

Hi there, thanks for asking- I am alive and my home is still standing but I’ve been evacuated, we’re all surrounded by 22 fires right now. So very sad. I spent a few hours in the clinic yesterday and do have a bronchitis flare up from all the smoke, Im on steroids and antibiotics. Phones and power have been down since Sunday and Medical offices have been swamped with fire victims so I just got ahold of the surgeons office today and they said surgery isn’t canceled but it isn’t necessarily on either- I find out Monday, the day before. I may postpone it for a few weeks because of my lungs and due to not having a place to recover- I’m in a local hotel with my son and two cats!!! I bet you’re excited 🤗🤗 how are you doing??

Crazy, that happened so fast, I got approved in 3 days and scheduled for the following month. I was just praying for a date before December 31st so my OOP didn't start all over again. It doesn't seem real and I feel like I forgot everything I've been studying about the last six months and have a gazillion questions again LOL I think I was authorized for 1 day in the hospital. Seriously, is that possible, one day? I go in at 5am for check in, paperwork and surgery. Then recovery, an overnight and then they ship me out? I had my gall bladder out last November and was in for three days. Is it really that fast and in and out? It kind of freaks me out that most of my stomach is going to get cut out but they're sending me off on my drugged up merry way so soon ??!!

Update: I live in Sonoma County and, as many of you know, we are experiencing devastating fires here and in surrounding counties. My surgery is scheduled for 10/17 and I’m not positive it will happen. It turns out I am not sick but my sore throat was from the smoke I hadn’t even known about yet. Prayers out to all affected by this f***ed up sh** and hopes maybe to a surgery next week...[emoji15][emoji15]

Doing some deep cleaning before the surgery on 10/17 and there’s carpet in my bedroom. Dusted, vacuumed, moved things around, woke up some nasty dust bunnies...the end of the day I opened the windows and by bedtime I couldn’t breathe from one nostril it was so stuffed up and ended up pulling my CPAP mask off after 15 minutes because it was so hard to breathe. Woke up fine this morning but now I have a sore throat and thats sometimes a bad sign for me due to my asthmatic bronchitis, but not always!! Anyway, I’m drinking ginger lemon honey tea and freaking out! Clearly I can’t have surgery if I’m sick... If I get on antibiotics now “just in case” will they allow me to go through with surgery on them? I know they’re usually 10-14 days worth (the 5 day Z-pac doesn’t work on me) I hate doing that if I’m not really sick due simply to people’s abuse of them and the whole antibiotic resistance issue. And I don’t know what affect antibiotics in the body have in relation to VSG surgery. Normally I’d wait it out and see how it progresses but I have this pretty important date in a week and I either go through with it or consider giving them enough time to cancel and potentially reschedule someone in my place [emoji29] I guess I’m thinking out loud (!) and would like to hear your thoughts....many thanks [emoji1431]

Can I ask your height, weight and BMI stats? Im 5’2” was 41 BMI and was finally diagnosed with severe sleep apnea which allowed me to be approved at 35 BMI. That’s when my surgeon asked me to drop 10-15 pounds. Everyone at higher BMIs lose faster and reading your post kinda makes me sad that I’ll lose slow too. And, what is fluffy fat??? You look great [emoji847][emoji847]

Lol ya done good!

You look amazing. I notice you have the same shirt on- and are you now wearing it as a dress?

He was so young (45) but he was morbidly obese. So sad. This is why I’m having surgery in ten days. I want to live. RIP Ralphie May, you were a funny man, thanks for the giggles.

My doc doesn’t require a pre op diet but he did tell me to lose 10-15 pounds last month. I don’t know if that was to actually lose or to see if I was committed enough. I did the liquid diet and lost 13.5 pounds and gained two back. He’s fine with it all and well surgery is in NINE days girl. We got this

You won!!! How awesome is that [emoji847] I just knew your dress was pin up!! I got one recently from Lindy Bop, can’t wait to fit into it !! Keep up the great work and thank you for being such an inspiration.

Sounds yummy. Do you juice these or use a blender? Thank you!!

sex in your mouth omg I can’t say anything without sounding like a nasty perv girl but I tell ya I’m thinking it...and in 8 weeks I’ll be satisfied too makes me all warm and fuzzy just thinking about it...the ricotta bake of course [emoji13]

I KNOW avocados are good fats so that’s why it’s puzzling she said NO NO! As long as I’m staying within a good solid program, and it actually stays down, I’m going for it...I’ll figure it all out with all the lovely help I’m getting here [emoji847]

I am cleaning out my cabinet and found a fairly new bottle of MCT Oil (I dont want to throw it out...). In the past, I used it mostly for bulletproof coffee but since I am pre-surgery I am weaning off coffee for a while. I plan on saving this (expensive) stuff and want to know how I would use it post-op, several months out once I start eating again. Can I even use it? I am soaking in all of the information I can pre-op so I will be prepared for this huge lifestyle change- I know I need to learn a whole new way of thinking towards food and the way I eat and this is the time to do it! Yes, there are lots of posts and books and websites about this but I cannot find anything specifically about eating Keto post surgery with recipes and direction on how to start making the change, what to expect, what to do and not to do. It's a HUGE change and I want to get it right......thank you!!

You really look amazing, such an inspiration to me!! I love your dress too, very cute!! Thank you for sharing 🤓

10 weeks!! Wow! You look great [emoji847][emoji847]

I keep getting pop-ups for this sites store (Bariatric Pal Store) and decided to check it out. Im covered for immediate post-op eating phases but wanted to know if any of you have eaten their foods for either quick grabs (Protein Chips) or even meal time foods in a pinch (Cereal or Dinner Entree options). It's not something I would ever eat on a full time basis but the protein snacks sound great to stash at work or the gym bag 'just in case'! Sound off.....

hmmm, my thoughts on the reviews and being on their forum is that they should be pleased that we eat their foods and offer honest opinions. If it's good stuff then we'll say so and if it's not we'll say so and hopefully they'll listen and make improvements accordingly. Or not. It seems like a huge convenience and so far the actual product reviews on the Store page seem favorable so I'll give a few a try after I get to that phase post-op. I am happy to hear you are a BC survivor I've seen it first hand with loved ones, cancer sucks....and you now have me thinking more closely about the soy issue post-op- I'll check the ingredients. My body will essentially be fully flushed (for lack of a better technical term) in the immediate months after surgery and this is the perfect time for me to get WHOLE, good-for-me foods incorporated into my new lifestyle. That is the goal! Thanks for the "food" for thought....T

Phew, happy to hear you're better this morning! Every passing day is a baby step towards the goal YAY!! um, so what is (POD 1)? I dont know that term....

I do not see a muffin top at allllll and even if I could it wouldn’t change how amazing you look!! Remember where you came from to where you are this minute- you kicked fats ass and that picture right there is proof!!! You’re my hero!