Sept. 15th

Bic, Perry and Pinkey, just checking to to see how you all are doing. I'm drinking my drinks and sucking on sugar free lifesavers. 10 days and counting..........

Sandy, I hope everything goes well for your ***** you have an idea which type of WLS you are interested. I know my DR said I was eligable for any since I have a bmi of 41.2 and it was up to me which I felt the most comfortable with. Do alot of research and figure out which YOU feel you can live with long term and discuss that particular one with him/her first to see what their thoughts are on it.

Have a good one!

I am doing alright.  Getting more and more anxious.  Here I am awake at 3 am, after sleeping for 3 hours and cant fall back asleep now ughhh. 

Sandy, I as well hope all goes well for your daughter in law.  I had no clue which surgery I wanted or was best for me.  I have a 58 BMI and when I went to the informational seminar,  I had kind of thought about having the Gastric Sleeve done.   But I decided that I would let my surgeon make the decision which was best for me since he knew my health status and which would work best for me.  In this case, RNY was the best decision for me to lose the most amount of weight with.  He told me the sleeve would not allow me to lose enough weight and I would end up with a 2nd surgery to continue to lose the rest, which insurance would not pay for, and the lapband would not allow me to lose enough weight either.  Most definitely do your research, but also let your surgeon help you make the decision, because they really do know best. 

Hi Susan, just trying to hang in there. Tomorrow is my last day to enjoy any kind of solid food at all, then it's seven days of all-liquid. I think I'm going to go insane. I had to run some errands this morning and I could barely drive for being distracted by all the fast food joints and billboards advertising food. 

Thanks for mentioning the sugar free lifesavers--I hadn't thought about that. I'm at a point where I never want to see SF jello or popsicles again. Broth helps, and thank God for that. 

I've gone from freaking out about the surgery (and being afraid of it) to wanting it asap. I am so *over* having hunger impulses rule my life that it now outweighs my fear of the surgery. AAAGH!

(Thanks for letting me vent!)

Perry in Nashville

How's it going Perry?  I feel for you , thankfully I'm aloud one meal and the rest liquid. The only problem is that all I think about is WHAT I should have for that meal. I think I'm more obsesed about food than I was before.

I was having upper stomach/chest pains last night and kept saying that I shouldn't be having that kind of pain since my reflux isn't as bad as it was. Duh... guess who found out what true hunger  pains feel like. I always thought skinny people were making it up when they said their stomachs would hurt when they were hungry as I thought I was hungry ALL of the time and I never had pains.

Hang in there, we only have a week to go...HOLY CRAP  

I as well right at the moment feel like I am more obsessed with food than anything else.  I have been getting in my "lasts", that I can never have again for instance bacon, enchiladas, all the fattening chinese food that I like, some chocolate deserts I have not had for a long time, etc.  My very last fattening meal will be Friday night for my son's birthday which will consist of homemade pizzas and cake.  Prior though, I never really had a problem with overeating, the majority of my weight has come from healh issues I have dealt with over the years which has piled on the weight.  I plan to stick to my doctors recommendations of what foods I can have and what foods I cannot have post op.  I am bound and determined to lose this weight, because of the medical issues I have that I am so worried about coming back to haunt me in the future with regaining weight. 

Yes, only 1 week left!! Come this time next week, I will be sitting in the hotel sitting on the pot all day then off to the hospital at midnight for check in lol.  I cant wait!  NOT!    Oh, wait, let me make that clear lmao, I cant wait for surgery, I can wait all day and forever to sit on the pot lmao.  If I do not talk to any of you prior to the 15th, best best best of luck to you all!!!!

Holy crap is right, Susan!  It's hard to believe it'll be a week from today. It can't come too soon for me. I'm dreading this final week of all liquid, but I'm determined to do it. After a rough weekend, I have a bit of peace this morning, and I'm grateful for it.

It's funny to eventually realize what real huger feels like. I've just been experiencing that, too, and it drives home the need I have for this procedure.  I don't want to be ruled by food any more!

Good luck to everybody!

Perry in Nashville

My Sugery Date is also on September 15th!!! I am also on a liquid diet, Ughh. I have to be on the slim fast low carb. And it is making me sick. I had my pre-op testing and all done on Thursday the 4th. I wonder why some of us have to go weeks, and some like myself only 10 days and then some just a couple days? I know my nut said that this was to shrink my liver so it would be easier to get out of the way while in surgery. So I have been so scared  to go off the liquids afraid they would get in there and then have to end up opening me up due to me not following the doctors directions. But it isn't that I want to really eat. It is just that I am staying sick at my stomach due to the slim fast. I guess I need to call my nut Tomorrow and see what I must do. But only a week whoooo whoo!!! I hope each and everyone of you have very great surgery and recover well. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

~Amanda~

Also how do you all get the pretty profiles and little messures of your weight and all. I want to make mine cute to!

Hello everybody...I, too, have Sept. 15th as my surgery date. And I haven't been to bed all night...anxiety is setting in. I am surprised how many of you have to have a liquid diet this week. I can eat all the way up to dinner on Sunday, but now I'm thinking I shouldn't. I don't have a time yet...they call on Friday. I am also eating my favorites before they go "bye bye" - and my last meal will be Chinese, too! I am trying to keep focused on the healthy eating Ive been doing and not go too crazy. I've lost 22 lbs. so far but can put that back on soooo quickly. It's the losing that is horrible. OK - I feel better just saying it's happening soon. I joined the forum for the support - best of luck to everyone!!! 

Bic, I did the same thing between the seminar and my first Dr appointment, and I gained 10lbs. It was just so overwhelming to think I would never again eat certain foods that I had to get them in just one more time, which actually ended up being more like 10 more times . Half of my excess weight is from medications I was put on for pain control and the other half is just form some good old fashion pigging out. It does seem alot harder to lose the medication weight than the food weight, I just hope this is going to help with that.

Perry, I'll be drinking right along with you, it seems to be getting easier as I go along. I'm kind of nervous about letting my stomach determine when I eat, what if I read the signals wrong and it's really my brain up to its old habits. I think I'll do better with set times and set amounts of food so I don't have to guess, but that isn't really going to teach me control is it. I don't know, I think I'm over thinking this and just starting to freak out because it is getting so close and becoming kind of "in your face". Maybe I'm just nuts and it should be my brain getting fixed. LOL

Amanda, glad to hear you're one of us. I'm using the sf carnation breakfast drink and they aren't too bad.  I don't understand why each Dr has a different pre-op diet either, you would think there would be a standard they would each follow. As for the avatar if you go to the "user setting" on the top left (it's right beside the first post in a thread) it will give you the page to add an avatar picture and your signature. 

I'll be keeping good thoughts for all of you!

I'm scheduled on the 15th too! Good luck to everyone! I have been on the "juice" (Optifast) since last Monday with only 5 days left to go!

Good Luck!

Lonnie