Pre-op Questions

[Big_Mama 511]

@@barriej9 2-3 lbs a week is great! Keep that up and you'll be down 100+ lbs in a year! Congrats!

[Big_Mama 511]

[hillgirly 228]

@@tamg26k

I think the office has been great too. Dr. Ricks took out my gallbladder about 2 mos after VSG & that went well too. Everyone has been friendly & helpful.

I have not been to a meeting yet, though I've wanted to. Thursdays are usually busy here & it's rough to make the 6:30 meeting from North County after work. You? Maybe we can meet there one day

@@Big_Mama

Things have been going well and overall a lot less problems than I thought I would have. My tummy was always kind of sensitive so I was worried, but I've been pleasantly surprised at not being sick more

[Susan909 52]

I only have to be on a liquid diet the day before surgery (Dec. 3) my ins co does not do a psych eval.

[tamg26k 479]

@@hillgirly

I would love to attend a support group meeting. I think I might try to go to the next one in November.

[Susan909 52]

The group was helpful and Nice to talk to someone in the same boat so to speak,

[BLERDgirl 6,417]

When I initially met with my doctor I was given a binder that talked about the surgery, the process all the testing needed pre-op, recomendations for Protein post-op as well as soft foods for reintroducing food back in. I listed week to week what I should be eating at what stage.. They pages of different Proteins to try, a separate page of what Vitamins I needed post op. This binder became my bible of sorts. I used it to refer back to what pre-op testing I needed to have and to make sure I am eating the right things at the right time.

As far as the preop diet was concerned, they recommended reducing your calories. The first week I just cut back. I tried to increase my Protein intake and Water intake. I think I tried to stay under 1000 calories a day. The second week, I dropped that to 800 calories a day. I basically did Protein shakes and yogurt with one meal a day. The surgeon said it was good to try and reduce because there have been the rare occasion where surgery couldn't be preformed because the patient's liver was too fatty. Of course the day before surgery you are NPO to Clear liquids only after 9pm. I had my surgery performed laparoscopically. I don't know if it makes a difference if you are having surgery another way.

As for the psych appointment from what I saw that want to know f you are mentally prepared to do this. Can you put in the work involved in committing yourself to changing your eating habits. Are you willing to add exercise into your lifestyle and what kind of support you have. They want to make sure you don't think this surgery is some sort of magic wand that will take the fat away and understand the work involved in living a healthier lifestyle.

[Karess Haivala 8]

I feel so much better reading this thread! I have to do a 1200 calorie diet 2 weeks before, and then total liquids the two days before surgery. I have surgery 2 weeks from today. But about a month ago I started working with a program that had me drinking about 80 ounces of Water a day and lots of shakes. I do about 1000 calories a day to prep for surgery and I'm down about 21 pounds now. I was reading about all of these people doing the 2 weeks of liquid diet and I started to get freaked out that my dr. wasn't doing it right! LOL

[Big_Mama 511]

@@BLERDgirl thanks for the info! Seems like different doctors have diffent requirements. My Dr was telling me that he no longer requires the 2 week pre-op diet because the size of the liver doesn't change significantly during that short period of time.

@@Karess Haivala I'm glad you found this to be resourceful! I'm glad I posted the questions also! I'm new on here but everyone's been so helpful! I'm really glad I found this site!

Edited November 10, 2014 by Big_Mama

[4me4them 381]

Interesting how some folks have to some folks don't. I do. I did a blog post the evening of my psych eval and listed all the questions I could remember...check out my blog here on this site for the details...it really wasn't that bad... Good luck!

[raquel_c 23]

Hi! My psych Eval was just a conversation. We chatted and she asked a few questions but it was nothing to stress about. Good luck!

[Grandma2tweeties 108]

Just had psych testing today. Super simple and really just basically a conversation. Definitely nothing to stress over. Just basic questions to see if you understand fully what you're going to do and how to live life successfully. Anybody on this site is researching and learning definetlty will be fine!

[Pretty Black Dress 2]

My doctor didnt put me on a liquid diet either 2 weeks before he suggested that I have a high Protein low carbs diet

[Big_Mama 511]

Anyone here have surgery already without the two week pre-op diet? I'm wondering if the results, so far, are similar for people who did vs. didn't diet.