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[kevmasci 3]

Hi everybody, I am 35 years old and I have my band to bypass surgery scheduled for September 5th. I had the Lapband surgery done in 8/2009 and had decent luck with it until the band stopped holding the fills. So I am excited but very nervous for my upcoming surgery.

I am on day 3 of 14 liquid diet. Any suggestions on helping get through the next two weeks? Also any help with getting over this nervous feeling?

Thank you everybody

Edited August 27, 2015 by kevmasci

[Djmohr 6,965]

Welcome and good luck on your upcoming revision surgery!

I personally think the pre op diet is the hardest part but after the 3rd day I didn't even care anymore. Really good salty chicken broth is what carried me through.

I remember feeling so excited the days leading up to my surgery. When I would get those little butterflies I would mostly do other things to take my mind off of it. What worked the best to relax me was to take a hot sudsy bath while I put my favorite music on and spent a good 30 minutes practicing deep breathing excercises. It would literally calm me down in minutes. I also spent as much time as I could reading.

Good luck to you! I am sure you will do well!

[dhrguru 1,238]

Hi and welcome!

I chewed a lot of sugar free gum on the pre op diet. Ketosis will have your breath smelling funky, and the gum will give you a little burst of flavor. I also bought my broths/soups from places like Panera and au bon pain, they were so much better than anything canned.

Best of luck!!

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@@dhrguru Ketosis is something I did not think about! I woke up this morning with the worst taste in my mouth and couldn't figure out for the life of me what the heck it was - I brushed my teeth before bed! Ketosis explains it! Thank you for bringing that to my attention

@@kevmasci Hi! Welcome to BP and good luck on your revision! I don't know if you're allowed pudding on your diet, but sugar free rice pudding (Jell-O Brand) saves me on my pre-op diet! I though it would be gross but I was dead wrong and it has been one of my favorite things about this diet, and the unsweetened applesauce!

My surgery is next week and I am full of nerves, but I know that the rewards outweigh the risks so I start thinking positive and remind myself that I'm choosing to save my life and I calm down. I trust my surgeon, I trust his staff and I know I'm going to be ok. Keep your head up and know that we're all here for you xo

Edited August 27, 2015 by Nikikins

[Amber Evarts 0]

Hello my name is Amber I am 33 years old and am new to this I am trying to get the gastro bypass surgery done to better myself for my children I'm a single mom of 3 boys some who are very energetic and I would love to have more energy for them and stop having so much pain and less energy just a little nervous about the surgery looking for other people's input about it and there thoughts on this subject if anyone can help please let me know thank you

Hello my name is Amber I am 33 years old and am new to this I am trying to get the gastro bypass surgery done to better myself for my children I'm a single mom of 3 boys some who are very energetic and I would love to have more energy for them and stop having so much pain and less energy just a little nervous about the surgery looking for other people's input about it and there thoughts on this subject if anyone can help please let me know my starting weight was 265 I have to lose 26 lbs for the surgery I have already lost 18 lbs I'm down to 250 just by watching my calories thank you would like to get down to 150 or so

Edited September 13, 2015 by Amber Evarts