DianaDickey

My doctor has me on a pre op diet now, so I did what you are doing. I was thinking I have a 2 week pre op diet and they only want me to lose 8 pounds, so I can have many last meals at the beginning of the month. Then it accured to me that I have to weight in and of lost the weight a week before surgery. That means I miscalculated the days to lose weight. End result.... I gained 5 pounds by not changing my eating habbits, so I turned that simple 8 pound loss into 13 pounds with only 10 days to do it. I started my pre op diet 3 days early and am down 10 pounds, so now I have 3 left to lose before 9/30/09. My advice is go now and have your last meal then change those eating habbits.

I am only on the 4th day of my pre op diet. Are you drinking your Water? I'm not sure what your doctor has you doing pre op. I do 2 Protein shakes and 1 meal with 4 oz of lean meat and a green vegie. I am some how doing very well on this. I don't know if this will help you, but I can list what I am doing. Morning: I put my scoop of protein into my coffee From morning until lunch I drink Four 8 oz glasses of water Lunch: I make a shake Fom lunch until dinner I drink Two 8 oz glasses of water Dinner: is 4 oz of chicken and a cup of peas (green vegie). I am getting myself use to the coming changes in eating, so it takes me an hour to eat that small amount. I chew as if I had the surgery. I don't drink while I am eating and I try not to drink 2 hours after I have eaten. 2 hours after eating I start working on the last two 8 oz glasses of water for the day. This gets me 64 oz of water in daily. Doing this has helped me not starve and it is much like we will have to be doing it after surgery. Hope some of that will help you and good luck. Diana

I'm on my 4th day of the pre op diet and feel really good. My Doctor has me drinking 2 Protein shakes a day and one meal of 4 oz of lean meat (chicken/fish)with a green vegie. I thought this was going to be horrible, but I feel better then I did stuffing my face all the time. I lost 10 pounds in 3 days. I know it was Water, but what a relief. My surgery is set for 10/07/09 if my insurance approves it. I can't wait to get the yes/no answer from them as the waiting is very hard. Good luck to you Diana

I use the patch so I hope that is not an issue. I would be very upset about that. My doctor never mentioned a test.

I have no clue and that is a good question. It would concern me if I couldn't get that answer from my doctor and nutritionist. I know I would worry too.

Good Job! Keep up the good work

you cover it pretty well. I think it will be nice to sit in any chair as most have arms on them. It will be nice to do the things I want and not have to sit and watch everyone else do them, or be the reason everyone doesn't get to do them. A roller coaster ride would be nice too.

I'm with you on that. If I didn't want to better my health and lifestyle I would of gave up a long time ago. I have an appt with nutritionist 9/8, lab work & med release appt with family doctor 9/17, 2nd pre op date 9/30, and scheduled for surgery 10/07. I haven't been approved yet as they are waiting for my nutritionist appt to be complete. I would feel better knowing I was approved as I have a fear that I'm pumping myself up to be told no. That wouldn't be good. I completed everything else required and that was more then I have left, but if it goes through then it was all worth it. Hang in there and be happy you have approval. What insurance did you have?

My 2 week diet is 2 shakes and one small meal per day. That meal consists of a 4 oz piece chicken breast or fish and a green vegie. No butter and fat free spritzer can be used if I have salad. I don't start that until 9/23/9 though. I am thinking of doing low carb in the meantime as it gives you such a good start. Good luck everyone

Hello everyone. This is my first time commenting, so I hope I did it right lol. My doctor will send request to insurance 9/08/09 after my appt with nutritionist. I have my surgery date set for 10/07/09 if insurance approves me. Everyone is saying Blue Cross, but they are different from State to State I believe. Anyway good luck to all of us right? I have BCBS of AL, so if any of you do please let me know how it went. Thank you. Diana