Im so happy to have found you guys!

i've been so nervous about surgery because  my BMI is 67, I feel so much better no that I've read that people as large as I am have had surgey safely. Did anyone gain weight preop? Kim

Hey mommyof5, I'm a mom of 5 also!  I'm pre-op also - just doing the paper chase right now - from what I've heard from people who have had it done where I'm going, it may be around Oct. for me!  Yours is soon! Lori

Your children are wonderful, mine range from 28yo to almost 4yo, the 3 oldest are girls the 2 youngest are boys, I also have 2 grandchildren a girl 7 and a boy 5, they live in Kansas City Mo, they moved there about a year ago, they are flying in to Seattle tomarrow for the first time in a year, Im so excited, I put off my surgery til after they go home. Im hoping with them here I will be busy enough to stay on my preop liq diet. I see my doctor on Friday. Keep me up on how your process is going. Kim ps. I lived in Harvey Illinois in the 70's, my youngest son, a kinship adoption,  was born in Dwight Illinois.

There are a lot of doctors *****quire a good faith effort by their patience to lose weight.  Not mine.  I ate myself sick about 1 month out and then really had no desire to eat much leading up to surgery.  There are many of us who have had no complications at all and a few who have had some but have bounced back.

Welcome Kim! My DR told me if I gained he would not do the surgery. That alone was enough to make me start working hard to reach my goal. I had one last night of pigging out before I started my 3 weeks liquid diet. (The DR required 2 weeks I decided to start early). It's not worth eating everything in sight before surgery because believe it or not you will get to eat it again if you choose too. I made up my mind the day I was approved for this surgery that I would not fail, I would be a success and work my tool as best I could. You can do this! It's all for a better you. Best wishes as you begin your journey!

I'm sure there are people that gain pre-op, but my surgeon gave me a firm warning:  If I showed up the day of surgery and had gained weight than he would cancel the surgery.  I didn't fool around at all.  I did the two week pre-op diet and knew the more I lost the better for him to move around my fatty liver.  Good luck!