Where are all the July Preops

Jill- Congrats!!! Preparing....ummmm. I wish I could say that I have been walking and eating right and all of those great things. I have not. I really need to. I am kind of on the bubble right now. I need to loose 15lbs before surgery so that I can have it lap. Good news, I have not gained any weight. So, I have decided that I will at least begin to walk and give up drinking sodas. I have also started to sample low fat, low carb, and low sugar foods. What are you doing to prepare?

Hi Tonia, Shamelessly, I haven't started doing anything to prepare. I just got my date last week so it's just now starting to become real to me. I can't WAIT to clean out my closet!!!! I really need to start walking and focus on changing my ways. I have heard that often your taste buds change after surgery. How much pre-op testing is required of you? Along with the normal pre-op tests, my doc is requiring a cardiac clearance. Jill

Hey Jill- Funny you should ask that. I posted in another forum asking what pretest were required for some of the post operatives. My surgeron is not requiring a lot. My pcp has done an EKG and blood work. My insurance did not require a pysch. test or nutritionist....so as of now, I have done no pretesting for the surgeon. However, I have an appointment a week before my surgery, so I am figuring I will be doing some testing at that time. I do not like that though, because if there is something wrong I would like to know earlier than a week. I do not want to risk having to postpone my surgery because of something we should know now. But on the other hand, I guess the information needs to be current. I am sure I am no help in this area. What pretest have you had?

Hi Tonia, I thought I had responded to you, but it doesn't look like it posted. I was required to do a psych eval and meet with a dietician before insurance would approve my surgery. Other than that, my surgeon requires cardiac clearance and the normal battery of pre-op tests like blood gasses and abdominal ultra sound, etc. I have that scheduled for June 7. I still need to hook up with a cardiologist and get that out of the way. I'm getting anxious to get this over with! LOL!!! I keep thinking about how much better I'm going to look and feel. I wish we could fast forward to Christmas!

Congrats Elaine!!!! So, what are you doing to prepare? I keep thinking that I need to be doing something. I was taste testing different foods. I even bought some of that carb count down milk. Attempted to eat it with my cereal one morning....and ummmmm. It was not working for me. I hope I can tolerate it in shakes and stuff. Tonia

Just got my surgery date for 7/2/04!!!! So excited and scared. Guess I should start selling my big ole clothes on ebay.....I have 4 closets full, and they must go!!! Ha!!

That sounds great K R! You are at a phase I aspire to be at. My community is getting ready to have a blockwide garage sale, and I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to sale all of my big ole clothes. Then I thought, well what if I need them.....gee the mind of a neurotic is just something. But I am working on letting go, and embrassing the new me. Not where you are yet but really looking forward to getting there! Congrats on your july 2 date!

Hi! i am having surgery on july 7. good luck. Jim Birge Decatur Alabama

Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey Jim! Congrats on you July 7th date! Please share with us how you are preparing for the big day! Tonia

He he he I cant wait....I would have done it sooner but Is a process!!! Woooooooooooooooo Hooooooooooooooooooooo! Talk about July celebrations!!!!! I can be emailed at [email protected] if anyone wants to chat with this (going to be ) Loooser!!!!!