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I am exactly one week from my surgery date and so nervous. I go for my pre-op this morning with my doctor and now I seem to have fifty million questions. Can anyone suggest liquids for the for couple of weeks,vitamins and any type of words of wisdom?:smile:

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Meesa! I just joined this group and I am exactly one week away from my surgery too! Monday 3/22 12 noon. I have waited so long for this, did tons of research, etc. so I feel I'm ready. But, like you, I am very nervous. I'll be checking back to this thread to see if there are any answers to your questions about liquids and words of wisdom!

Good luck! God bless!

Jeanine

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Im roughly 4hrs from being sleeved, but I can tell you I joined and was extremely nervous around a week ago, during the week thanks to this forum, meeting with anaesthetist and admission nurses at the hospital I have come very calm, Im anxious to just have it done, talk to as many people as you can and read the forum :thumbup: good luck look forward to your progress :)

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How exciting!!! I hope you all keep us posted. My surgery is the 25th and I am getting sooooooooooooooo excited. Best of luck to all of you.

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I went to preop this morning and had nutrition class. My nutritionist advised me to do a chewable Multivitamin like Centrum, complex B and Vitamin D as well as a Citrical.

Good luck to all of you. The 25th needs to hurry up and get here. I'm ready to get this show on the road!

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Being nervous is very normal. I did not do a liquid diet, so have no suggestions there.

My pre-op blood work showed I had a Vitamin D deficiency (18), so I took 10,000 IUI's of Bariatric Advantage Vitamin D (although a capsule, it's made for us so it dissolves before it hits our stomachs). I also used chewable Multivitamins, a sublingual B12, and my surgeon wrote me a prescription for solutab Prevacid (melts on your tongue). Check with your surgeon/nutritionist though because all of my Vitamins were based specifically on me.

Good luck and keep us posted!

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Apple juice and ice chips worked for me the first couple of weeks...protein was tough I didn't tolerate the stuff I liked pre op but I found a ready made refrigerated Protein nectar called Naked which I can't find any more. It was very high in Protein 30gms per 20 oz bottle. I'm on Long Island not so far away from the Bronx! and have a Trader Joe's close by they have come out with these various health nectar in the refrigerated section usually by the yogurt and milk etc. It's the Trader Joe brand but one of them is high protein like the Naked brand. It has a few carbs though but that did not matter to me because the carbs are from whole fruit not refined sugar. I'm telling you this because I couldn't tolerate any of the artificially sweetened clear protein liquids. You may feel differently.

Best wishes and prayers to you all!

Keep us updated...

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