Hello Everyone.

So I live in chilliwack, and my doctor was more than pleased to give me a referral to Dr. Nguyen and Dr. Sampath.  My MD sent me for a whole bunch of blood tests and an EKG.  What should I be doing now?  Does this take a long time between getting a contact from Dr. N and Dr. S's office?  Is there anything I can do that can prepare me before I meet them?

Sorry for the questions, I am fairly new to this procedure.  I know about the different bariatric surgeries, but I don't know how do things right to get to the surgery date.  I currently weight 301 lbs.
Cheers!!

Niki

hI kAREN,

here are the recipies:

creamy carrot soup w/ ginger

Nutrition Info

• Calories: 85.2
• Fat: 1.1g
• Carbohydrates: 15.8g
• Protein: 3.7g

Ingredients

8 cups sliced carrots
1 med onion diced
2 stalks celery diced
1 med apple peeled cored and diced
3 cloves garlic minced
1 Tblsp groung ginger
900 ml chicken broth
3 C water
3 C 1% milk

Directions

mix first ingredients and bring to a boil. lower heat and simmer 20 min.
purree in blender a little at a time till all complete. Add milk to puree as needed once completely blended add any left over milk.
Return to heat on low till hot enough to serve.

Serving Size: 11 - 1 cup servings

Number of Servings: 11

creamy Cauliflower soup

Nutrition Info

• Calories: 79.5
• Fat: 1.1g
• Carbohydrates: 13.3g
• Protein: 5.1g

Ingredients

8 cups cleaned and chopped cauliflower
1 stalk celery diced
1 med onion diced
1 med potato peeled and diced
2 cloves garlic minced
2 bay leaves whole
2 cups water
900 ml chicken broth
3 cups 1% milk

Directions

Take first 8 ingredients and put in pot. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 20min.
Remove from heat, Remove bay leaves and purree a little at a time adding milk as needed to all soup is pureed. Add balance of milk and return to heat till hot enough to serve.

Serving Size: 10 - 1 C servings

Number of Servings: 10
 I'll get the tomato one to you later.
Linda

Hi Linda,

Sounds good! I am only 24 days away from surgery and 9 days away from pre-op diet....I can't even wrap my head around the post-op part of it yet!

I would love your recipes if you wouldn't mind....I will give it a go as I would rather have home made soups than canned.

How much have you lost to date since your surgery day?

Congrats!

Take care,

Karen 

Woo hoo!

YAY!!!!