Surgery in two days

[nieves0003 0]

Hi! everyone. My surgery is in 2 days. I started my process in May and have lost a total of 37lbs so far. My surgery is going to be done on an out patient basis. Is anyone else doing it with same day surgery???

Edited August 27, 2008 by nieves0003

[RestlessMonkey 7]

ME TOO! My surgery is Friday 8/29 and I'm HOPING to be outpatient. It will depend on how I'm doing, of course. My surgeon usually keeps everyone overnight but after seeing how well I did 8/11 on his first attempt to place the band, he said he "might" let me go home Friday evening. :w00t:

[SilverBand 0]

I wish!

My surgery is in 2 days as well! But my doc insists on an overnight stay. So, I will be staying. Are you doing a pre-op diet?

[scalingdown08 0]

I am scheduled for Sept 12 and expect to be same day urgery. I will start the preop diet This thurs. I figure if I have the will power to do that... it will tell me something about myself and maybe I'll have the confidence to do the rest.

[nieves0003 0]

My Dr. has you do Optifast 2 weeks prior to the surgery. I was wondering about the fatty liver thing. Did they start the surgery and found out about the fatty liver or can they tell before the surgery??

[jazma 16]

Hi! everyone. My surgery is in 2 days. I started my process in May and have lost a total of 37lbs so far. My surgery is going to be done on an out patient basis. Is anyone else doing it with same day surgery???

My surgery is also on 8-28 I started my process in May as well...

[RestlessMonkey 7]

Nieves, he couldn't tell. The ultrasound and chest x-ray show where my liver is but not how thick. It was too thick to him to move without lacerating it, or "opening me up" (glad he didnt do that!)

I had lost 15 pounds but NOT by following his preop diet so I'm doing what he said this time and have lost another 15. He said I was the only patient he ever had in over 1000 what he couldn't get the liver moved. (wonderful, huh? LOL) He did say it looked healthy, just thick.

There's a poster on a WW bulletin board I frequent who had the same thing happen to her but I do believe it's rare!

[FOR BILLY 0]

Monkey did doc say if there was any way to tell if there is a problem before procedure? Will a liver function test tell? anyone know?

[RestlessMonkey 7]

no. As I said he did chest x ray ultrasound...and i didn't say but they took 5 vials of blood and tested me for everything including, I think, beri beri LOL They also did an ekg (nothing to do w/my liver of course) they were very thorough. (this besides nutrition psych etc) Even if it showed it was fat until he gets in there he won't know HOW fat, WHERE, if he can move it, and so on. No way to tell. So follow your surgeon's diet, is the only advice I can give.

[MissBS 3]

Hi Neives. My surgery is scheduled for Sept. 12th too (we are in this together scalingdown08). Today was my seventh day of a three week pre-op diet. Not so bad for me. My surgury is out patient. I will be there for about 4 hours total. I am from Albuqerque New Mexico and having my procedure done in Houston Texas. The surgery is on Friday and I am staying in Texas until Sunday. Heck.... I have to be back at work on Tuesday - keep your fingers crossed for me

[Lanakila 1]

The only reason that I am staying overnight is so that they can monitor the effect of the anesthesia on my sleep apnea. Otherwise, I would be a same-day surgery.