Sept date I am all set

[toler48 120]

Good Luck to you Kanaud!

[beachgirl2015 7]

I have to be there tomorrow at 530 am for surgery at 715 am. I am so nervous i can not sleep. Keep thinking everything over and making sure I have everything done. Good luck tomorrow everyone!

[toler48 120]

@@beachgirl2015

Good Luck to you too!

[nomoremeds 27]

Many blessings today Kanuad and toler48

[beachgirl2015 7]

@@toler48 @@kanaud how are you both feeling after yesterday? I am feeling very well with very little pain.

[emiko_oz 62]

How is everyone doing before and after Sept surgery ? I had mine Sept 11. I'm doing well. I love to share stories

[LoseItKacy 347]

I'm September 30.

We have the same date

It's crazy to think it's coming up so soon!

I'm September 30.

We have the same date

It's crazy to think it's coming up so soon!

[Smytty 93]

I am Sept. 24th one week today! I am ready. I have lost 14 pounds doing the liver shrink diet my surgeon has me on...let's do this!

Emiko_oz. I am very glad you're doing great post op! Any tips you can share with those of us that haven't had surgery yet?

[emiko_oz 62]

Try and walk daily - a few times a day. Losing 14 lbs is awesome !!! And After surgery do everything you can to get up and walk. If only for a few steps - keep moving you will feel so good. I've been walking and walking ( thankfully I have a couple dogs ) and I feel really good. Walking before surgery helps your body heal faster .... Good luck !!! I'm so excited to be part of this with everyone !!! I have my follow up w surgeon this afternoon - very exciting

[kanaud 70]

Doing better today, yesterday was rough. I don't do well with anasethsia so I knew going in recovery would suck. Gas pain was a killer. Feeling a little better today, up walking around.

[Radar 204]

I'm down a little over 15 pounds in 10 days. It makes me question whether I should just stick to the liquid diet until I lose all the weight, but I know as soon as I started eating again, it would all come back plus some. Today was the first time I've ever tested my blood sugar and gotten under 200! It's still high at 178, but it's lower than I've ever seen it since I've been testing in the last 2 years.

Yesterday was a lot easier for me in terms of making it through the liquid diet without feeling starving. I think that has a lot to do with the fact that I was SUPER busy at work and didn't have time to think about it.

I love my wife so much for cooking fresh chicken stock for me and I really like having a hot cup of green tea before bed. Last night I felt like I had enough energy to go to the gym and exercise, but I got home at 7:30, had to do homework with my daughter and feed her, and work from 9 to midnight remotely doing IT maintenance stuff so there was no time. No work tonight so I'll see how I feel.

My surgery is only 4 days away and the closer it gets the more real it feels. Unlike many of the people here who planned and worked for it for a six months to a year, from start to finish for me it's 2 months so I've had less time for it to sink in.

In the area of TMI.... I had to poo last night for the first time in about 4-5 days and it felt like I was passing rocks followed by Water but I felt a lot better afterwards.

Edited September 17, 2015 by Radar

[emiko_oz 62]

I didn't lose as much pre-op. My consultation was 8/19 and surgery 9/11. So I am like you - not much time to let it sink in !!! Good luck !!!

[pindoctor 49]

I am now 15 days out from surgery. I felt great during the 1.5 weeks I was out of work. I have returned to work and feel weak. I am getting my Protein in through Protein shakes and some food but I just feel weak now that I am trying to return to my life. I am consuming 600 cal/day and having problems getting in more. Any suggestions?

Oh and I am also getting adequate fluids in.

[emiko_oz 62]

Try and walk walk walk. Any spare time during work and before and after work. The fresh air will help so much. I've been tired too but I get up and walk and honestly I feel better than I ever thought

[Radar 204]

Quick correction: I initially weighed in at the hospital where I work and did my 2nd weigh in at home. It seems like my home scale is much kinder. I just weighed in on the samr scale I weighed in on the first time so I have only lost 12 pounds in 10 days, not 18. I knew it was too good to be true.