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6 Days Til Surgery, Scared About Pre-Opt Appointment

By geoblonde, August 21, 2012 in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A

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Posted August 21, 2012

My surgeon's office has gone out of their way to hurry me through the process of getting banded. My husband was banded in December, so I had just been through the whole process with him. Due to the nature of his career and needing him home to help with our children when I had surgery, I had a very narrow window of time available this year. I'm very grateful for all they have done to help me.

However...I was supposed to lose 8 pounds prior to surgery. Before I started my liquid died, I weaned my daughter...and immediately gained 15 pounds (I'm assuming due to shifting hormones and using 500 fewer calories a day). I'm one week into my liquid diet and was down to 2 pounds above my starting weight. Then, this evening I weighed myself and had gained 7 pounds (which is monthly bloating, I know).

Tomorrow I go for my pre-op appointment. My husband had gained ONE pound before starting his liquid diet and the scheduling lady freaked out about it. The nutritionist told me not to worry, that the surgeon wouldn't decline to do my surgery.

After all the hoops I've jumped through to get this done before next year, I'm terrified they will reject me for gaining weight. I figure, in my second week of liquid, I could probably get back to where I was a 2 pounds over my start weight, but that is still 10 pounds more than I'm supposed to weigh.

Anyone else have experience with not losing weight prior to surgery? Did it prevent you from proceeding?

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