Surgery scheduled for friday july 15th

 Exciting to be so close to your surgery date. Just need to get a net for those butterflies in the tummy. My surgery is scheduled for August 1st, so i still have a couple weeks before i'm in your shoes. 

How are you doing on your liquid diet phase? 

Wishing that times passes quickly so your surgery date is behind you, and everything goes smoothly. 

All the best, 
Alex

Liquid diet? am i supposed to be on a liquid diet?!? they didnt tell me anything about that...they told me a modified atkins style diet...then liquids day before along with bowel prep(mag citrate) YUM

 Perhaps my surgeon's advice differs from yours. Dr. Greenbaum insists a 2 week liquid diet prior to surgery to reduce the size of the liver and provide greater space in the chest cavity for the procedure. I suspect this is not manditory, if you were not made aware of such a regimine. 

The clear liquid the day before was a stressed neccesity, to ensure a clean passage. 

I wish you the best of luck. And have fun with the magnesium citrate, fun! ;) 

Alex

August 1st is my birthday....nice!

 Good luck Steve - and hang on - you're about to go for the ride of your life!

Good Luck Steve! Hope you have an uneventful recovery.

Good Luck!! Let us know how you're doing after surgery!

Lisa

Wow Lisa, your before/after pics are awesome!  I am post DS 15 days, starting weight 255. 
You look incredible.  If i may, did you have any reconstructive surgeries to complete your journey?

Why thank you!
I did have an extended tummy tuck and breast augmentation in Jan of this year. But none of the pics in my signature are my afters... take a look at my plastics pics on my profile. My arms and legs are still bad, but I'm not ready for more surgery, any won't likely be in the near future!

Congrats on your DS!!!!!!! Hope things are going well with you and that you take the time to heal!

Lisa

Good luck Steve :-)