Good luck to you also.Take care and KIT if you can.. Cary

Hey Debi, I was pretty nauseus on day two but when I woke up this AM I felt so much better. I wasnt able to eat any jello or ice pops without getting sick and I only drank minimal amounts of water, what I was able to tolerate. But today, day 3, I am beginning phase 2, 3 meals a day of slimfast and all the ice pops I can handle. I only had to be on liquids 2 days prior but I did it 3 days and my liver was fine. I just had to limit my carbs to no more than 30. Good luck and best wishes. Jeff

Hello, I just wanted to stop in & wish everyone the very best with surgery! I wish you all a speedy recovery with minimal pain! Sending everyone God's blessings!!!!

Hi Debi, It was so great to hear from you again.. wow it sure sounds like you have been very busy these past four months getting ready for your surgery. I am so happy to know that you are ready & waiting for the19th to arrive. I was to have this surgery last year and had to go through the wringer myself.. that other surgeon insisted I needed pulmonary clearance, cardiologist clearance, psych evaluation, nutritionist visit, stomach ultrasound, vein ultrasound (venous doppler?).. and he also had me do an endoscopy & colonoscopy (oh JOY!! ).. plus four or five different bloodwork and chest x-ray. WHEW!! It was a good thing I had the colonoscopy because they did find polyps which were removed & tested, found to be pre-cancer. Now I have to go every year for a colonoscopy.. Anyhow, after I went through all those tests and had turned all my papers into the doctors office, I waited for my surgery date but they kept putting it off. In the meantime, I went to the hospital to have a biopsy done and when they tried to bring me around from general anesthesia.. I had trouble breathing on my own.. so I woke up and was still on life support.. talk about major FREAK OUT .. I was supposed to have gone home the next day and instead was in intensive care for four days. can you imagine? After being home two weeks I received a call from the surgeon informing me that he no longer was accepting my insurance. So I was left out in the cold.. back to square one.. and, of course, after my experience at the hospital I thought, "I guess it was not meant to be" and decided not to have the surgery after all. Then in May my health started getting worse, my lung capacity is very low and I was gasping for air whenever I walked a short distance and I realized I needed to lose the weight in order to live longer. I decided to have the surgery after all.. I felt that if things did not work out during the surgery then at least I had tried. And yes, at first I was really really scared and nervous.. but NOW I am SO CONFIDENT and happy. I am SO looking forward to the surgery and especially for the emergence of the new me that is somewhere inside this body. I did the same thing you did.. last Tuesday I went to the hospital for pre-op and had a nutritional class for a few hours and then had final labs done.. then I did the pre-admission and like you, all I have to do is walk in and get it done. How wonderful is that?? No stressfull paperwork to take care of surgery day. YIPPEE! To be honest with you Debi, I have not gone on the liquid diet.. I haven't got a clue as to what to eat.. yes.. they gave me a liquid diet but I do not drink milk.. I do not like protein shakes and have never tried protein powders (I believe they would be the same as protein shakes yukk). I don't like anything sugar free or crystal lite etc.. and do no like protein bars. But I plan to take this one day at a time. Luckily I LOVE water and lemon water (without sugar).. and after the surgery, I will get myself into new eating habits.. I have to get used to not eating and drinking at the same time (I find this very hard since I always always do this).. and I gotta get used to sipping.. still haven't mastered this either. I know, I sound like I'm whining, but I'm not. I know that this is not an easy way out as some people think it is.. I know I have to adjust to my new eating Lifestyle. I know I'll be fine.. just dear Lord, let me get past the surgery first and I will be right on with getting on with the rest of my life.. a much much healthier life. Getting back to the diet, in June, when I went to my new surgeon (who is totally awesome! he told me to lose weight or he wouldn't do the surgery.. I went on my own diet, just cutting down and stopped drinking soda's period.. just drink water all the time. When I went to his office last Thursday we found I had lost 28 pounds.. woohoo! The doctor was pleased.. and of course, I have been pigging out ever since.. ironic right? But tomorrow, I plan to be really good ****il evening when I plan to go to my favorite restaurant for my "last supper syndrome" dinner). Tuesday I plan to be really good and not eat much.. even though my surgeon did not put me on laxatives .. he just told me to not eat after midnight. . You have your cupboards full of liquid foods for your first weeks after the surgery.. that GREAT.. PLEASE Debi, can you sort give me a list (if you can) of the things you have ready for after your surgery? I went to the store the other day and was clueless.. only bought a six pack of Yoplait light (peach & strawberry).. and a box of protein snacks.. I would really appreciate it if you could help me with this. Okay.. I wrote a longer novel than the one before.. My goodness did I have a lot to talk about!! Please keep in touch and let me know how your surgery went and fill me in on your progress. I will do the same here. Good luck with your surgery, may you have a smooth and full recovery and may you be one of the BIGGEST LOSERS ever! You have my prayers and may God Bless you. Warm regards, Esther

Hi Ester, It was good to hear from you. In answer to your questions I am very prepared. BUT I have been at this since May. M y first round of labs showed I had hyperthyroidism so I had to start on Synthroid and my doctor wanted me on that for 6 weeks before we rechecked the level. Thank God it came down. Then I had to have a sleep study done and was found to have sleep apnea so now I am on a CPAP machine. Then had to go see a pulmonoligist because I flunked the pulmonary test. My next set of labs showed my liver enzymes were high so I had to have a liver ultrasound. As you see I've been through the wringer. But my doctor is very insistant that he won't do surgery until he checks everything out. That makes me feel better anyway. I went on Friday and got my last lab drawn and filled out the pre admission papers for the hospital so all I have to do is walk in and get it done!! This is now day 8 of the liquid diet. I've had a couple of bad moments through it (even cried a couple of times cause I wanted something to chew) but it's almost over now. 2 more days and guess what I have now lost 15#'s. I am feeling so much better already. I know what you mean about Last supper syndrome. I love seafood so we went to this place in Oklahoma called Crabtown and pigged out!!! It was so good. I better stop thinking about it or I will get myself all teary eyed again. I can't really say I've been hungry just really wanted to eat something instead of drinking it. My cabinets and fridge are stocked for the next two week liquid diet after surgery so I guess I am ready as I ever will be. It's good that you have so much left to do these last two days it will keep you busy and time will fly. How's the liquid diet going? I know you can do it if I can do it for 8 days. Sounds as if you have a good support system with your daughters having WLS in the past. Good for you!!! Well if we don't chat again before Wednesday, Good luck and keep in touch. We will make it through this together. Best Wishes Debi