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I have been on liquid diet since monday morning and the scales have moved 8 pounds. I keep seeming to think my scale is off lol.... Did anyone have this sort of weight loss doing liquid diet? Im assuming most of it would be water weight as I have been drinking a ton of water too. I am so nervous that the docs scale will weight heavier and since im borderline bmi to do the outpatient surgery, im really nervous. Also i have one liver enzyme always come back slightly higher at just above normal, but no one can find any cause behind it and im scared that might move my surgery date too. Im getting really nervous that the date is approaching fast. Tomorrow is my last day of work. Any advice or comments are appreciated

the drink im on is called myoplex lite with carb control from GNC. its not that bad not great, today was a really bad day, I got really dizzy and got really sweaty, and was in a horrible mood!!. I have to admit this evening i had a tiny portion of tomato and artichoke salad to try and get my shakes all over my body settled. I feel guilty, but i did eat very very small bites and chewed chewed chewed. i got tired of chewing and only ate about 1/4 cup. back to myoplex tomorrow.

my surgery date is 09/15. everytime i say that i get butterflies in my tummy

i am using the myoplex lite low carb shakes in strawberry and chocolate. They are very thin, however, I had one last night at 7 pm and it took the edge off my hunger and I woke up not hungry as well so they seem to work pretty well. Ive also been drinking huge amounts of Water. they have low carb 25 g protien and no sugar.

Hello all, My name is Tia and I have my lap band scheduled for sept 15th. I will be going to bay bariatrics (Dr Tersgini) in Coos Bay Or. I am so excited to have surgery and regain my health back! I go to my consult appts on the 12th of sept. I have posted a few posts here previously and have been just reading and am so thrilled to go on this journey and share it with others and have them share with me. I currently weigh 265 and am only 5'2. I am dedicated and committed to using this as a tool to gain my life back and possibly save it!! I am excited to get into lap swimming when im able to go to full exercise. If you have any advise, or tips for me especially post op that would be awesome! I will also be speaking to my DR of course for my post op diet but I do know ill be on liquids for some time. I will be having the surgery monday and going back to work thursday. One of my concerns is drinking liquids that will give me as much nourishment as possible, so if anyone has any suggestions that would be great!! YAYAYAY :thumbup:

:thumbup:wow awesome! good luck. I am starting my liquid diet today as well a week before surgery. Please let me know how everything goes and hopefully we can stay in touch

I live in Bend however I have my surgery is scheduled with Dr Tersgini in Coos Bay next Monday. St charles is a great hospital and Good luck!!!

I am trying my best working with hr dept to see if I can get the full week off. If not thank goodness I have a desk job. I will find out on monday if the personal leave is approved for two days. Thank you all for your welcome and support, I am so excited! Thanks for the idea too on the food, seeing I need something convenient for work. I will be staying one night in the hospital on monday and driving home tuesday which will be a 4 hour drive lol. That should be fun I cannot wait to share my experiences with the group

hola!! i will be banded on sept 15th! I am so exicted to start this new chapter and journey in my life!!

Hi! I am scheduled for the 15th. I am also anxious but so very excited. I have felt the way you do. WHy cant I just lose the weight normally. I have tried and have failed then gained more weight than before. The only reason this is the option for me is because my grandparents were so gracious to offer to pay. I really feel God answered my prayers because I have prayed so many times about my health, about my physical pain, my borderline diabetes and the inability to even go walk with my children. I feel this was an answered prayer and am so excited to be on my journey. It is a huge commitment so I think its good you are taking this very seriously and looking at all your options. This website as been a great resource for me during my research. I wish you the best of luck whatever your decision is.

Nice to meet you. I am scheduled for the 15th. Hopefully going forward, we can share stories and be a help to eachother to keep strong!! I wish you the best of luck.

great news. dr tersigni will do an all day appt for me to get all my testing done. this will work beautifully for what I need. Thank you all for your advise

Hello, I am from Bend and am researching the different doctors in oregon who do the lap band. My biggest struggle is finding a surgeon who will bypass the sleep apnea, pychological testing, The reason being is my work schedule will only allow a certain number of days off and i need these for the surgery itself, and I need the surgery as soon as possible. I will be a self pay full cash. Does anyone have any advice or recommendations for me?:mad2:

yes i have. the sleep center said they wont do an appt but 3:30 or before.

Could you share with me where you had these appts after 4? I would need them at 4:45, to give me time to get there. I would be thrilled to know of these places. I have been calling all around town!

I am not looking to bypass all preop testing. I do think its important medically to be healthy for the surgery. Not all places would require a sleep apnea nor pyschological eval. Some do the preop testing a day before however, I am trying to stay in Oregon.

with the pto situation, I am looking to plan my surgery to be done on a thursday and then going back to work monday or tuesday.. I have three days to work with. Ive asked for some leeway in this and there is no leeway, its either I work within the three days or I am looking for a new job. Attendance is huge and understandably, and I cant afford to lose this job. I am trying my best to work with the situation I have. I do have calls in to multiple surgeons in oregon to see if they will work with my situation and limited time that I have off. I am not trying to skip around anything. I am merely trying to find out what options i have working within the realm of my situation and having the surgery this year.

I dont want a miracle cure as I know its a tool to my success and largely depends on my commitment before and after. If i thought i could just get the surgery and not do anything but lose weight, why would i waste that amount of money on it? I have researched this through and through and know its right for me. However in saying that, I know what my mental capacity is, and I know this surgery is right for my situation. What this comes down to however, are my options with keeping my job and my current insurance for my other medical issues, or losing it. I am trying to plan this out the best way I can and with where I am located there is no evening appointments. I wish i could only be that lucky to be where you guys have lived to have that option. Its not a matter of me just wanting to skip every step however, I dont think I need to go through every single requirement that insurance requires either since i am paying cash. Once again, if someone knows of someone who can do the tests in one day that would be wonderful information for me to have and give me the option to have the surgery and keep my job. I am trying to stay in the usa and not go to Mexico to have the procedure done because I want excellent aftercare to be available to me to help me with my success.

The problem is no, I cannot get any appts in the evenings. I wish that was the case and that is the problem I am running into. Its not that I want to short change the tests or be special and just have it done. Everywhere I have called, the latest appt is 3 o clock here in bend. Even for the consult for the sleep apnea test. I do understand there is insurance requirements, however I am a self pay. I would love to be able to find a surgeon who could do all the tests in one day. That would be exactly what I am looking for. I have considered going to mexico to get it done, but then aftercare is a concern I also have. Only thing that is holding me up is the not being able to schedule an appt in the evening. Im not trying to take it lightly, however, I know the surgery will create an option to save my life and allow me to watch my kids grow up. The thing with work is I have to take pto or missing time I would get fired and I also need the insurance I do have for my other medical conditions. sob story it sounds like right? lol. Anyhoo, I am looking for an alternative other than going to mexico and getting all the tests done the day before the surgery. If someone can point me in the right direction that would be great.

How fast did it take you to get a surgery scheduled in Bend?