July 2023 buddies

[Inspectorjh84 39]

Surgery in the Morning, about to give up the Water in one hour. Yikes...its' getting real!

[Rebecca.clark 9]

I’m 7/12 also! I’m doing my best to cope with the clear liquid diet

[Midwest Grateful 48]

9 hours ago, Inspectorjh84 said:

Surgery in the Morning, about to give up the Water in one hour. Yikes...its' getting real!

You got this. All the best!

[Midwest Grateful 48]

2 hours ago, Rebecca.clark said:

I’m 7/12 also! I’m doing my best to cope with the clear liquid diet

Just days away. Good for you! Hang in there!

[hnave 0]

@Midwest Grateful I am in middle TN too. I’m just north east of Nashville

[hnave 0]

@Faith23 I’m in middle TN too

[Rebgrat 0]

July 12th for me. The clear liquid diet is very challenging!

[Faith23 18]

On 7/5/2023 at 4:23 PM, Midwest Grateful said:

Welcome! My surgery is the 25th. I'm a bit anxious as well. Are you getting surgery in TN or OH area?

I’m in Tennessee too. Born and raised here. I wonder if we are close. Are you in middle eastern or western Tennessee?

59 minutes ago, hnave said:

@Faith23 I’m in middle TN too

I think we might be in the same town!!

[NYCxCoco 23]

day 5 and let me tell you all i’m sick of sleeping on my back 😂

[NYCxCoco 23]

day 5 and let me tell you all i’m sick of sleeping on my back 😂

[adelie21 11]

I had all my preop appointments yesterday with my surgeon and anesthesia so it looks like everything is cleared. I had to do chest X-ray and extra blood work today. The only thing that concerned me is the anesthesiologist did an EKG yesterday and mentioned that it looked like I might have had a heart attack. She wants me to talk to my PCP about it, she said it could be a lead not in the right place, something, or nothing. I feel like here I am, 43, and already potentially had a heart attack. That is scary to me and way to scare a person before they undergo major surgery. My perception of how important this surgery is has changed a bit. Now it is important as ever to have this surgery done and to be successful with its results. I am doing my preop diet and it is not so bad, but I am ready to chew something. So my surgery team said I could chew sugar free gum. So I am going to try that. So now it just 9 days until surgery.

I am taking my son on a road trip Saturday and Sunday and I am not sure how I am going to cope with no snack food on the trip. I normally munch on popcorn, or something while I drive. I guess I will just have to chew some gum. Chew chew chew. lol

[Sherry Bo Berry 1]

On 7/2/2023 at 10:38 AM, LibrarianErin said:

Hi, @Sherry Bo Berry! Welcome and thanks for sharing! We'll be surgery buddies - mine is July 12th, too. Travel and long walks are great whys! Reading forums like these and blogs or vlogs from other VSGers is a good way to get more prepared. I also recommend https://www.oursleevedlifepodcast.com/. You got this!

Thanks for the info, I still don't know what time my surgery is, I won't find that out until the night before, how about you?

[Sherry Bo Berry 1]

On 7/7/2023 at 6:57 AM, NYCxCoco said:

day 5 and let me tell you all i’m sick of sleeping on my back 😂

How are you doing? how long before you can sleep on your stomach? What are you using to track your liquids?

[Amanda Basdeo 0]

Hi!! I'm havin surgery July 21, 2023. Today is my 1st day starting the pre-op meals and this high Protein Meal Replacement shake is killing me! :(

[NYCxCoco 23]

5 hours ago, Sherry Bo berry said:

How are you doing? how long before you can sleep on your stomach? What are you using to track your liquids?

i guess not until my incisions are fully healed? not sure how long that takes. i’m doing okay trying to keep down 2 Protein Shakes and then other liquids in between. monday i start purée I’m looking forward to that !