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Hello All,

My surgery date for the Roux en y gastric bypass is 11/1/18. My original surgery date was 10/11/18 in which I completed 11 days of my 3 week pre op diet ( which consists of 4 Protein Shakes a day, 2 Protein Bars, 1 small banana, up to 3 servings of sugar free Jello, low sodium broth, and of course clear liquids). Now when I first did the diet the first time I followed it very strictly and did not cheat at all. This is now my second time doing the pre op liquid diet which my doctor wants me to do 2 weeks instead of 3 this time around. I "cheated" and had Vietnamese Pho broth only the broth and I am freaking out that I really screwed my self. I haven't deviated from the diet except for that but I noticed my weight loss has plateaued since I did this. Just looking for advise on here since I am freaking my self out so much =(

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Probably just sodium causing a little Water retention. You'll be good.

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Thank you for responding to me. I just get really hard on myself... hopefully in the next few days more of the Water weight will come off.

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Don't be so hard on yourself, @MysteriousGal. Be proud of all of the victories you've had so far, all the things you've done right, and keep your eye on the prize... better health after your weight-loss surgery.

While being honest with yourself about "cheating" is a good thing, don't tear yourself down in the process. You'll experience more ups and downs in the coming months, so be kind to yourself. You need you. Be better to yourself, and remember, to pay forward by helping others here, too.

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Up your Water too. You are going to rock this. Don’t forget!!

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Why did your surgery date get changed, did your surgeon just want to torture you?

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My guess vacation or he wanted to attend a seminar that week. Maybe Mrs Surgeon wanted a Caribbean island cruise!

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But the Day will be Soon Here, and you should do Just Fine!

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On 10/28/2018 at 1:15 PM, Missouri-Lee's Summit said:

Don't be so hard on yourself, @MysteriousGal. Be proud of all of the victories you've had so far, all the things you've done right, and keep your eye on the prize... better health after your weight-loss surgery.

While being honest with yourself about "cheating" is a good thing, don't tear yourself down in the process. You'll experience more ups and downs in the coming months, so be kind to yourself. You need you. Be better to yourself, and remember, to pay forward by helping others here, too.

Thanks so much @Missouri-Lee's Summit. Honestly I am so happy I joined this site! I'm not normally one to be on forums and what not, but this site is amazing. Thank you for all the good advise, I need to work on not being so critical on myself.

Thanks again!

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20 hours ago, elcee said:

Why did your surgery date get changed, did your surgeon just want to torture you?

I work in a urgent care and ended up getting a very upper respiratory infection. My primary put me on steroids and antibiotics, apparently you cant take steroids 2 weeks before surgery since it affects the body's healing process. I even had my primary check the "DO NOT take these medications" list provided by my surgeon and it wasn't listed on there.

At the time it was devastating but the cold turned into pneumonia. So it was a really good thing they didn't do the surgery as planned since I was so sick. So literally when I work I wear a mask constantly since I can't bear to have my surgery pushed again.

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That was terrible timing, hope you are now well and ready to go

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So @Mysterious Gal, your surgery was supposed to be 11/01/18. Did you have it on time or were there still things to postpone it?

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