surgery date sept 26 th

Lioness81970 · October 14, 2003

Lulu - you are going to Dr. Engstrand, right? If I remember correctly that is the doc you have. Well I can tell you that from meeting with Dr. Burhop the clinic has the same diet for all the lap band patients regardless of who is doing the surgery. It is 12 days full liquids and Clear Liquids 2 days pre-op. Apparantley they do this to help the liver shrink to give them room when they are performing the operation. I don't know how I am going to get through that because after surgery you are on ANOTHER 2 weeks of clear liquids, 1 week of full liquids and 1 week of mushy food. After that month then you can go onto regular foods. Have you met with the dietician yet for the final meeting? She will give you all that info when you do go. Hope that helps.

Lulu · October 14, 2003

Thanks, Carmen - that helps A LOT. Yes, I have Dr. Engstrand. My appt with the dietician is this Thursday.... which means full liquids from then until the 28th - two days from surgery. I don't think I'll have a problem with that; I'm so eager to do this right and I'm really psyched up for it. Trying really hard to look down the road to one year from now as opposed to just the next few weeks. Do you have a date yet?

Lioness81970 · October 14, 2003

Lulu - no I don't have a date as of yet. I have gone through everything and all the info has been submitted to my insurance company and now I am just waiting for the pre-approval. I know I will get it but just the waiting is the hard part. I was trying to get it done before the end of this month but I don't think that will happen anymore. But that's ok - November will be just fine. I will have a NEW meaning for Thanksgiving!!!! I will keep you posted though! Good luck and definately let us know how everything went!!!! Congratulations!!! :banana

4Emma&Erick · September 20, 2008

Hi - I am from Wisconsin and am having surgery in Green Bay on 9/24. Only 5 more days! I'm hoping all goes well and am extremely excited.

vsnowrn · September 27, 2008

Hello fellow Wisconsin friends!

I am about 4 1/2 weeks post op, had my surgery in Stevens Point with Dr Selwyn, he was great. I am doing well so far, down about 24 lbs, after about a 2 week stall, getting a fill next week so am excited to see if that improves my hungry, usually I keep it in check LOL Looking forward to hearing from some other people in Wisconsin, I go to the local support group in Stevens Point.

Veronica