jdmerck

Well i went for my pre-op testing today when my date is on the 15th and they did a nasal swab and popped positive for MRSA so i have to do a week of antibiotics, now i always thought this was highly contagious??? or boils?? i feel fine i am so confused!!!! so now i dont know when i will have this done, cause i had to sched this during Xmas break so i didnt have to re-sched anything else so this is all messed up right now, after all the flipping problems i had with this liquid diet im PISSED

Thanks Joan its just alot of people are saying i shouldnt have this done, i mean they will support me when i do, its just i have a week left and they are trying to talk me out of it, saying just diet, i have i lost 50lbs last year on a diet and gained it all back from Jan till now gained all 50 plus 10 more that sucks...i have been up and down all my life, never in my life have i shopped off the rack in a store, i keep telling myself i need this, then i get to talking to someone about it and i start to doubt again....i need a cheering squad,,, Im glad you are doin well though and Pinto beans and cheese sounds awsome, didnt think you could have that a week out i thought that was 3-4wks????..im thinking of Xmas and what i will be able to enjoy 10 days out..arghh

Tell me i am gonna be fine... I was just having a convo with hubby about the upcomming surgery, having doubts, worried and scared...i think i am so upset at this point i am willing to say anything to change my mind, then i think how unhealthy i am, and i want to do so much with my 7yr old son, but i cant, i worry if i will EVER be able to eat the foods i love again, not as in gorging but will i be able to have a slice of pizza again, rather then 6 slices i used to have, will i be able to have a cheeseburger with some fries again? not a whole big mac and large fries and a coke with an apple pie, i am just so worried i will never have the foods i love again but in small amts here and there...i know i need this bad cause i am hungry all the time, right now i am cause this diet is kicking my @ss.....any words of wisdom

I dont get it, so many people have said there is no taste what so ever with the unflavored, and thank gawd i am not the only one who noticed the foul smell and taste...i dont see me ordering from them any longer which stinks cause soooo many people said it was awesome...i understand how the chocolate one taste just like chocolate milk, but i hate milk, BLECK so thats why the Alpine Punch Isopure is the only one that is not making me sick, and will come in handy for after surgery since all you can do is sip, well thats all i can do with the isopure, now with the atkins shake i have to gulp it to get it down fast which i will have a problem with after surgery, i meet with the Dr tomorrow after my pre0op testing and i will discuss with them the issues i am having with these milky products BLECK cause i HAVE to get the protein in...kinda worried now

Well at least i am not the only one who found the unflavored Unjury to be gross!!! have yall tried the flavored ones yet??? i havent cause i am not a milk drinker so this is so hard for me..the Isopure with SF kool aid sounds pretty good, the Alpine Punch wasnt that bad to me anyways, couldnt "down it" i took half and drank some the then the other half later, i even do that with my Atkins shakes, drink half cause its so sickn sweet to me i wanna hurl..LOL

Sal thats great news, i hope it maintains for your appt... OMG i finally opened one of the packs of Unjury i got in the sample pack, i made orange drink from Crystal Light and poured the unflavored Unjury in it, and OMG what in the world was that? it smelled sooo bad and unflavored my behind it tasted like crap, im sorry that was more gross then the Atkins shake i was drinking, i just needed more protein and thought hey its unflavored, NEVER AGAIN has anyone else tried this?? and the smell was puktred if thats a word...LOL if i dont get control of these shakes i am getting from lack of food i dont know what will happen, its the shakes you get when your surgar is below 70 i am not diabetic but i am insulin resistant cause of pcos and i dont like feeling like this, i am so glad i go to the Dr for some pre-op testing on Friday

I am Tricare Prime as well (south region) and was approved right away back in August...mine is on the 15th...the liquid diet sucks but something that has to get done, dont over do the broth like i did on day one cause by the end of the night all 3 cans threw the day came right back up...good luck

Thanks...thats what i did tonight, i had some skinless chicken tenders i baked with some lemon pepper on it and had 1.5 just to calm me down, nothing like out shopping all day, the sights and smells of the holidays the stress of people all were getting me down...i wanted a cesear salad sooooo bad today from Applebees but i said no and cried, OVER A SALAD...LOL

I cannot stand this hunger i am on day 7 of this damn diet and i am starving i am drinking the atkins shakes and broth and the other stuff that does not fill me up, i am getting such stomach cramps from hunger and sick to my stomach i cannot take it no more!!!! i sure as heck hope this goes away soon

Renee, I bought the what to eat after weightloss surgery book, and a couple others which have awesome recipes for each stage, looking over then to see what i may possibly be able to eat for Xmas since that would be 10 days out, i guess i will wait and see but those books are awesome

Yeah i am on day 6 of the diet and lost 10lbs

Pork skins are high in fat!!! some people are on different diets some drs will allow veggies and chicken, others like mine are asking me to do pure liquid, its hard i will tell you that i am on day 6 i am not getting what i am supposed to get in like the shakes cause they are bleck, but i try 1.5 atkins shakes, broth a yogurt for mid morning snack and my cottage cheese for dinner, i am allowed to have a smal super small peice of chicken only cause i was shaky, but thats up to your Dr...its tough i am struggling every day

Pork skins are high in fat!!! some people are on different diets some drs will allow veggies and chicken, others like mine are asking me to do pure liquid, its hard i will tell you that i am on day 6 i am not getting what i am supposed to get in like the shakes cause they are bleck, but i try 1.5 atkins shakes, broth a yogurt for mid morning snack and my cottage cheese for dinner, i am allowed to have a smal super small peice of chicken only cause i was shaky, but thats up to your Dr...its tough i am struggling every day

Ok so who is getting banded today? i lost track

Shoot i am lucky i am getting in 1.5 shakes!!! i did call my dr and they said i can have a small peice of chicken to make me feel better so i did, but when it comes to protein i am getting little to none and i know this is not good, im not diabetic but my hubby is type 1 so i checked my sugar one day when i was dizzy and it was 65 so i had to have a msll glass of juice

Thanks i guess its so hard right now cause of the holidays and i opened the sale cirrculars today and the coupon book had coupond for Arby's. Subway, Perkins, and Sweet tomatoes and steak and shake and i am like OMF that looks soooo good, i feel i am cheating on this liquid diet right now cause i have snuck a slice of deli ham with hardley any calories on it or fat, or a peice of chicken tender i baked last night, just one to satisfy myself...seems since i threw up the broth on the first day its hard for me to stomach that right now..LOL i know i will be able to have the things i love again but much smaller than i used to have, fast food was always a convienence, and i have spoiled my 7yr old with that and thats sad i have done that, nothing like telling your child no you cannot have that cookie its bad for you, BUT you eat it!!! the therapy i am goin to is a local support group with people who had had gastric and lap band so i hope it helps me out, my husband doesnt understand cause he doesnt have the issues i have

How is everyones support team at home? My husband started to question me last night and it sucked, i mean prolly because i wa slaying on the bed just talking about how much i miss food right now, this may sound strange but maybe this is why i am goin to a therapy session tomorrow, but i miss food, i feel like i lost my best friend, everything i see a food commercial i get sad and depressed and i want a cheeseburger so bad!!! or we went out with friends last night and they went to dinner and we ended up coming home cause i cant have anything there...then my husband kept asking me if this is what i want cause i will never have any of that again, then i start to qiestion and i need this done cause i am in such sore shape, i have way to many problems, but i love food....he made me angry

No i havent tried that, i have only had Atkins and EAS i bought unjury but i have to mix that with skim milk and i am only allowed 3 servings of a dairy that would wipe out my cottage cheese and or yogurt

Thats awesome you are doing well and back to work, as far as the liquids i am not even getting all liquids in during this pre-op phase sheesh i hate to see how i will be post op....but i am glad to see you are doing well

Never thought about freezing it, may have to try it, i think my main deal with the taste is the taste of the Vitamins in it, as soon as i smell a Vitamin or taste it, i get sick to my stomach, has always been like that, thats why i dont take a daily vitamin i would try and swallow it and i start to taste it and up it comes, weird like that i guess...LOL

Thats great hope all is well

I am having a rough time with the pre-op diet, day 3 on it and the first day i did nothing but throw up...im not to bad now but i called my Dr and they said if i am feeling sick to go ahead and have some chicken or turkey no more than 3oz so i had a bite of turkey and i felt better, im not getting what i need into me cause i just cannot handle to many of the Atkins shakes i have one in the morning but takes me a couple hours to drink it, i drink half and out back in the fridge for an hour later, then i attempt another at dinner, should have more but it grosses me out...