The 2 week countdown begins Friday the 15th .....

[amartyn1 74]

Well , very soon I will be able to join the rest of the revisioners .... On Friday July 15th I start my 2 week pre op diet . Time to say good bye to my dearly loved coffee, the rest I am fine with . This past Monday I had my final preop with the surgeon . That was fine , although he did have to attempt to make sure my band was empty which was not the most pleasant experience since we already knew the port has a lot of scar tissue, and as it was suspected there was no Fluid in my band . I am excited and cant wait for the 29th to get here . I am ready to start this next journey and be rid of this weight ! I have read the posts that the worst part of the recovery is the port area ... Would everyone agree with this ? what major life changes did you all have to over come for the first few weeks ? Was everyone able to get the 64-90 oz of Water in a day ? just trying to gear the next few weeks and plan accordingly thanks in advance for any comments !

[James Marusek 5,244]

The first few weeks after surgery your body will be in a major heal mode. So if you are unable to meet the Protein and Fluid requirement from the start, just keep working towards those daily goals and you should be able to get there.

Good luck on your revision. One of the individuals in our Bariatric Surgery Support Group had a band to RNY gastric bypass revision. He had to have it done because the band was eroding into his stomach and it was about to burst. He was pleased with he results of his revision. Because of his scar tissue, his pouch was made a little smaller than most. So his volume of food intake was a little more restricted. But he was happy.

I am 3 years post-op RNY and this short article describes my experiences. http://www.breadandbutterscience.com/Surgery.pdf