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OFFICIAL SLEEVER NOW!!!

Had a great first day, lots of fluids, got up and did some laps around the nurse's station, had some friends and family come visit. Going home in a few hours. :-)

Congrat???????? so glad you're doing good!!

THANKS SO MUCH!

I'm so ready to go home and start my new life. :-)

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Has anyone had there surgery with a slight cold???

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The hospital told me to only brush my teeth and take my meds with a sip of water...nothing else for 12 hrs before surgery. No gum, mints or anything the morning of. If I did have any of that, it would delay or cancel my surgery.

I am very happy for you @@FortKnox78 my surgery is Monday and it seems very far away i haven't had any problems with the liquid diet just fighting a cold that's trying to come. My surgeon told me to drink Thera flu i hope it works don't to push surgery back question your allowed to drink b4 surgery? I was told nothing after midnight the day b4

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Hey, I read about these Vitamins that you can get from a patch. They are supposed to be great for bariatric patients. I'm so darn excited. I ordered the multi and the B-12. A few less pills is a good thing!

http://www.patchmd.com/

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Ok March sleevers I'm at work and my co worker pulls me to the side and says please don't take offense to this but your suit today is super big today i love the suit it always looks great on you but today u look like you lost a good 15 20 pounds are you dieting?

I'm only on pre op i haven't weighed myself if feels great that someone notice the weight loss ????

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My surgery suppose to have been today 3/19 but my doctor reschedule me for tomorrow due to her assistant had a funeral to attend. I am ready but nervous

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Good luck tomorrow @@Lifeafter40 Patience.....

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My surgery suppose to have been today 3/19 but my doctor reschedule me for tomorrow due to her assistant had a funeral to attend. I am ready but nervous

Wow! good for you for taking it so well! I would have had a meltdown lol after all the waiting. I am scheduled for thd 30th. Just trying not to catch a cold of anything between now and then! Does anyone know if you can have low sodium regular V8 juice on your preop diet. I can't get ahold of my nutritionist. She said sugar free juice and vegatable broth and it meets those criteria.

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@@Chrystee Good luck!! Hope you recover quickly!!

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Had my first NSV today. I had a couple of people at work tell me that it looks like I am losing weight in my face. Hooray!!!

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I'm on my 3rd day of my pre Op diet. My sleeve will be done on the 30th of March. The liquid diet is going well, it's just seems like time is moving slow. Excited and scared, worried about gas pains after its done. Good luck with everyone being sleeved in March. Is anyone else being sleeved the 30th ?

I'm getting my sleeve on March 30 too! I just started my pre op liquid diet today. I feel like I'm doing mental calisthenics making sure I want to do this. Yes I do! I just want to have little or no complications. And it seems like each person is so different in their experiences. Hope your liquid diet goes by quickly.

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    • Alisa_S

      Saw my PCP & officially started my 6 month supervised diet 07/26/24. She just told me to eat less carbs & sugar, use the air fryer and not fry my foods in grease, and to try to walk 30 minutes 3 days a week & if I can't do that (and I cannot), to walk 10 minutes daily. Told me to walk fast enough that my heart rate is raised.  She didn't give me a number as far as calories though. A year or so ago I was doing low carb/sugar free and keeping my calories at 1800 or below. She said I should up my cals to 2000 at that time, so that's what I'm shooting for now.
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        I don't know how to update the ticker, but CONGRATULATIONS!!!

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