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There's many factors like your starting weight. Medical issues. How strict you are. Your BMI

Thank you

I'm not sure what it would be like in a foreign country hospital. Just keep focused on the future and the positives. I'm going to surgery on 28th in Australia I live. I got insurance but still have to pay out of Pocket.. Only traveling around 300 (460km) miles round trip for surgery which is far enough for me

Liquids isn't that the first phase of mostly protein drinks? Sugar free liquids? Maybe some liquid yogurt I thought

I still don't understand which is better shorter bypass or longer....

Have you been doing any particular training or weights or exercise regime to help your skin?? I'm 46lbs down still got 80-90 to go

It's hard because you need even extra nutrients for breast feeding... Talk to a specialist nutritionist

Excellent effort

You can do it. I chose to start my own diet early. 2-3x shakes a day. Tuna. Veggies, fruit low carbs. No sugar. No fat. High protein! Max 1000kcal a day for 5.5 weeks total so far and now down 46lbs. Surgery in 3 weeks cannot wait for the RNY to change my life for the better! 90lbs to go

Just over 3 weeks left 😀😀😀 10/28 RNY

Give your body time to adjust to the changes inside

That's fine I've also dealt with my weight since teen years..same yoyo dieting.. I started at 135lbs to lose I'm down to 90lbs to go just on my own preop diet... Surgery very soon RNY bypass

That's fine I've also dealt with my weight since teen years..same yoyo dieting.. I started at 135lbs to lose I'm down to 90lbs to go just on my own preop diet... Surgery very soon RNY bypass

Wow I commend your bravery

Hey there what surgery are you looking at? Can you give us a little history?

Yeah I don't get the difference in length? I think it means more or less Malabsorption issues?

Just to clarify my surgeon said he does 120cm bypass others do 100cm it all depends on the surgeon

Hey there after speaking with my surgeon I'm confused and I'm not a medical person at all my speciality is computers.... I think the doctor said he was doing a bypass of 120cm and I think he was referring to the common channel length? He said it's generally between 100-200cm? Does anyone know what it means having a shorter length or longer length? I think he said the shorter length still provides good weight loss but not the extreme Malabsorption of vitamins; still need vitamins of course but not like major deficiency issues. I don't quite understand the differences. Thanks again. (3.5 weeks till surgery)

What exactly is your diet

Oh yeah I'm SA. I've been overweight since like teenage but getting older and some random on bus told me about the surgery and insurance so I did the same got the cover waited 12 months out. Saw the surgeon roughly 3 months prior to the 12 months and my surgery is in just over 3 weeks but I felt like trying my own diet early. Went from 146 to 126 in 5.5 weeks very strict diet almost no carbs.No sugar.no fat. High protein. No junk at all.. Surgeon was very happy and said it will make surgery much easier for him and my recovery should be better with lower BMI.. this my first ever WLS & I've been reading this forum for over a year 1000s of posts Feeling confident but a little scary to think how little volume you can take in the first few months like you said 80ml? And drinking like a litre a day vs so much I drink atm... But I really feel this bypass Will give me the greatest chance of long term success!!!!

Are you Australian like me? I'm still preop going for the RNY. Started weight at 146kgs Currently 126kgs Got a few goals first of all to get below 100kgs then if I can get to 90kgs (200lbs) or below; I'll be sweet. I'm tall guy 183cm/6ft Excited

How has your weight loss been? I do remember the number 120cm from surgeon..

For the early post op a nice stick blender will do for the tiny portions

I asked My surgeon about length he said it's usually between 100-200cm that might be the length of the new common channel I'm not sure of all the technical

Very exciting mine is in 3.5 weeks