We Live in Marshfield and Dr Wengert is the surgeon.Lon has to have the RNY because of his health issus and will need for the weight to comeoff quickly.  We do have support groups that meet 2x / month, and we have gone to a couple.

Hmm, after smoothies and just plain (with Splenda), I had to think  for a minute.

MIddle Eastern cuisine has several variations on Yogurt Soup.  These are usually chilled and all run thru the food processor.  Consider this:

Chilled Cucumber Soup
1 large seedless cucumber, peeled
1/3 cup Fage
1 Tbsp dried Dill
1 clove Garlic
Salt and Pepper

That's a rough recipe more or less "to taste"  I've seen a few chilled soups in my magazines (Cooking Light, Eating Well, Vegetarian Times)  lately or just Google "Yogurt Soup"

Hi Sylvia, goo job on the 34lbs lost.  They did but me on sof diet with the protein drinks for 2 weeks, my insurance company wanted to see if I could stick with it.  I was all set to have the lapband but then the Dr and I had a heart to heart and because my blood pressure, back and knees were so bad I needed a major weight lost and the band to get the 100 or so pounds off it would have taken me about 1 year, so I'm going for my cut.  What is Bipancreatic-duodenidal?
I tried the Carnation Instant Breakfast and mixed it with skim milk and ice it was a WINNER.

I have or had 3weeks til my surgery date and I get a call from the Bariatric center that they recieved a note from Dr Groh that he wants me to go through the Life skill training  before I can have surgery also have to have another visit with him. I just can't believe this. First he tells me that he recommends it to me and that I could start it and finish after surgery, now I can't have the surgery til I go thru this, all I could do is cry, still having a hard time trying to comes to terms with it. 3 weeks! to go
I do intend on staying on my preop diet, but I also intend on calling Dr groh tomorrow to find out exactly why he change this on me now. Has anyone else gone thru this with him....

I had RNY with a BMI of over 60 so that is why I had to be on the full liquid.

I just got home from my 2 week follow up and between June 18th (the day I started the liquid diet and today), I lost 34 pounds.  That is almost a pound a day.  I had a lot of fluids with the IVs, plus the surgical gases which bloat you up.  Additionally, I ran fevers in the hospital and could not pee on my own for 4 days.  I'm happy with the loss after all that.

I have now graduated to the puree diet for 1 week and then soft foods and then normal.  I see the nurse in 4 weeks, the dietitican the day after that, and Dr. Chaing in 2 months. 

I went in with the thought of the lapband but with my BMI, he recommended the RNY which I decided to go with.  He asked me about the Bipancreatic-duodendial switch but 10% more weight loss wasn't worth the effects to me so I went with the RNY.

Sylvia