Hi Gay...   I hope your liquid diet is going better for you now...  the first 3 days are pretty rough, but I've done liquid before, so I knew what to expect.  Once you get the carbs out of your system it seems to be much easier - for me anyway.   Fortunately, my only daughter still at home is 19, so she's kind of on her own for food right now... that way I don't have to cook for her or look at food and that really helps.  If you have to cook for your family that would make it much harder.  Feel free to write again if you need a cheerleader.  I'm pretty fired up right now and ready to go!   I wish you the best!  Teresa

Hi Marianne,

It was devastating, but I try to see the positive in everything and figured it wasn't my time... I totally wanted to eat my emotions, but thought, maybe it was a test to see if I was ready.. so I didn't! 

I'm not aloud broth, and I don't do tea or coffee! No ice tea but Crystal light is fine...

I find some days I only want 2 shakes! They didn't tell me I could do 3 shakes, but I know SEVERAL people who have had the surgery and did 3... so I just figured I'd see how I was and go from there it's been fine.

Ya I miss some foods, but nothing I haven't been able to resist.. I've been waiting for my surgery for 2 years, so I think I'm just sooo grateful! 

Support.. hmm That's a tough one.... My husband is super supportive and we have been together for 13 years! Almost 1/2 my life! We have 3 beautiful children, the oldest is 6, so she knows I am having surgery, but we haven't gone into details... the other two are too young...
The two other people who I am most close with is my mom and sister. I think they want to be supportive, but I think they are jealous.. so it comes off differently.
I also have a best friend who is on the waiting list for surgery, she is supportive, but she hasn't gotten her call yet.... so I feel bad talking to her about it... and that's about it for support, other than the wonderful people I have met on her - who are fantastic.

Take care,
B

Wow Barbara....I can't imagine having a date set and then being cancelled at the last minute.  It takes so much to get yourself emotionally psyched for a major event like that and then have it cancelled.  Anyway I'm glad that your date has been rescheduled for you and that you didn't have to wait for too long.  I am also on Optifast.  I'm on Day 14 and I've lost 24 lbs so far.  I have 4 shakes a day and I'm allowed some of the vegetables but not as many as you.  I can have broccoli, green pepper, cucumber, lettuce, and celery, up to 2 cups a day.    I can also have broth, clear tea/coffee, diet iced tea and crystal light.  Some days I'm fine on the 4 shakes plus drinks and can do without a lot of vegetables but some days I'm so hungry! 

So you're allowed to skip the 4th shake?  I didn't realize that.  Maybe I'll see if I can do 3 shakes a day for the last week that I'm on this.  I want to try to get as much weight off as I can while I feel like I'm starving myself.  Is there anything you're really missing or having a hard doing without?  For me, I keep thinking about pizza...I think that's what I miss the most.   Anything else I think I could turn down if it was put in front of me but not pizza. 

Are you finding that your family and friends are supportive of your decision?  My family and friends are supportive, thank goodness. 

Talk soon!
Marianne

Barbara are you on any special diet before surgery?  I'm on Day 14 of mine and I've lost 24 lbs.  Some days I'm having a hard time with it and others it doesn't bother me too much.  I must say that I'm getting to the point where I'm looking forward to everything being overwith. 
For some reason I didn't think OHIP pays for the sleeve.  I admit that I'm not that knowledgable about the sleeve simply because my surgeon and I really only talked about RNY which is what I'm having. 

Take care, talk soon!
Marianne

 Well, I started my liquid diet this morning. I am doing okay so far. I am having trouble getting in all of my water today. I am on track to get in all of my required protein in. I met with my surgeon yesterday and he thinks things are going to go well. He said he might be able to get me out the day after surgery and that I should not need any drains or caths since I am so healthy and young.  I know I have two weeks of the diet and its going to get very hard in a couple more days. The real test will be each night at dinner when I still have to cook for my family, but I can't have anything they are eating.