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2 minutes ago, Pennykay said:

August the 2nd here too! I am four days into my liquid diet. If I can I can try to help you be less confused. LOL any particular questions that you have?

Is applesauce an option? And i’m allowed hot cereals (grits and oatmeal) but plain .. i’m allowed to eat pudding, but why can’t i put small amount of cheese in the grits lol

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So what type of surgery is everyone planning on getting? And was it the surgery you were going to get and your Dr changed your mind???

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I knew I would do best with the RNY. My doctor tried to talk me into the sleeve. After the endoscopy he was shocked at how bad the Barrett’s, GERD, hiatal hernia was and agreed that the bypass was best for me!

Thanks for starting this thread @TinDe. My date with surgery is August 12, if insurance agrees. I’m a teacher so I’m concerned that the start of school is so close, and I hope I heal enough by that time. I’m more concerned about the insurance to tell you the truth.

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1 hour ago, Lem32 said:

So what type of surgery is everyone planning on getting? And was it the surgery you were going to get and your Dr changed your mind???

I also have Barrett's, GERD and a hiatal hernia (which they are supposed to repair during surgery) so really RNY was my only option. My biggest concerns are the dumping and the malabsorption of vitamins/meds.

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11 hours ago, Pennykay said:

My surgeon allows sugar free applesauce. I can’t have any cheese but I don’t know the reason. LOL. I have been putting a bit of non sugar sweetener and cinnamon on my oatmeal and it’s been pretty good. 🙂

I've heard about Torani sugar free syrups. I've tried some that I bought at Bed bath and beyond. Can't remember the name. Skinny Syrup or something. They're actually pretty good. I think they could jazz up anything!! The Torani brand has tons of flavors. I found this blog http://theworldaccordingtoeggface.blogspot.com/p/links-resources.html . There's a lot of info in there and some recipes that look really good!!

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6 hours ago, Lem32 said:

So what type of surgery is everyone planning on getting? And was it the surgery you were going to get and your Dr changed your mind???

I’m having the sleeve. I was originally interested in the RNY but he talked me out of it.

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So what type of surgery is everyone planning on getting? And was it the surgery you were going to get and your Dr changed your mind???
I am having RNY, which was what I was planning all along. I did have some second thoughts after seeing so many people have such great success with VSG. After talking with the surgeon, we decided on RNY.

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13 minutes ago, Going2bthin said:

Hi! I’m scheduled for gastric bypass on 8/2 and am on the liquid pre-op diet now. Nice to meet everyone!

Me too! How is your liquid diet going? Yesterday it was pretty good for me. Today for some reason I’m really hungry. I’m halfway there though!

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I’m August 11th!! Good luck! 🤩

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