Hi - Congrats on getting to the "wind-up" part - the "pitch" being Monday! I'm also a Monday op person. I'm glad I followed advice and did liquids prior to starting the bowel prep - it's going much easier than I anticipated. I hope everyone else's "prep" day goes just as well! Hang in there! Just a matter of hours til we're losers!

I feel like I have indigestion as well as being sore at my incisions. Anyone else have pain at this point. This is the first day without pain medicine so I don't know if it is wise to stop the pain meds now.

Yes I found yesterday I could do my old route, just not quite as fast as preop... must be about 1.5 miles... Good to get back on my feet so quick. And same here, I can't wait to get back to the gym! We'll see what he says at the next doc appt on Tues. Keep up the good work! Renee

I'm sure every surgeon does things a bit different, but I have to admit I'm surprised that you weren't set up with a nutritionist who is familiar with gastric bypass surgery. My surgeon requires that you have a meeting with one BEFORE the surgery. You also meet with his nurse for guidelines on the entire process including dietary. Then to make sure you get it, they issue a 3 ring binder with everything starting pre-surgery and going through to the ongoing maintenance phases. Its really a great resource and I wish all surgeon's did something similar.

Hi Sheri I had my surgery this past Monday 9/11 and I was told to start including the protein powders into my diet already. I also was told to stay on strictly liquids for 2 weeks then move to puree. Seems like everyone does it slightly different. I'd wait til your follow up and see.