Thank you Pam.  It is nice to know that the people at the office are really nice.  That always helps.  Good luck with your surgery,I hope everything goes great for you. 

Sunny

Has anyone done surgery with Dr. Hamdi at Orange Regional Medical Center or Dr. Cerebona in Westchester.  If so what was your experience like and if you have any other names to suggest it would be much appreciated.  I live in Middletown, NY and do not want to travel too far mainly for post op follow up, nutrition and support groups. 

Are the vitamin supplement requirements the same for the sleeve as gastric?  If so, you only take one multivitamin and one iron pill, per day? 

Hello friends!

Just going to update my list of blogs....

If you have one or know of someone who does OR have some that you like to follow ....PLEASE share!

It is fun to read others experiences and helps us to be motivated too!

Thanks for sharing,

Lisa

The one thing I have found out from this board is that every Dr. has a different diet plan pre op as well as post op. For example I was on liquids for a month after my surgery. I read other people that were eating food a week or two after surgery.

Your best bet is to follow the nutrition guidelines from your doctors office. They should provide you with the right guidance. That being said I'll tell you that my wife whipped up a special broth combination. She used College Inn but she added alot of stuff and strained it out to give it more flavor.

Diet Sugar free Jello...I ate it plain.

I drank Diet Snapple Ice Tea (Lemon or Peach). Also drank Crystal Lite.

This was my first six week diet plan (office utilizes the same paln for both sleeve & RNY):

Week 1 & 2
  - Broth, Diet Jello & Water
  - High Protein Liquid Supplement ( < 10 grams of Carbohydrates)
  - Goal: 60 Grams of protein per day
 
Week 3 & 4
  Add in (For 1 - 2 meals per day):
    - Low fat/nonfat yogurt
    - Low fat/nonfat cottage cheese
    - Low fat/nonfat ricotta cheese

Week 5
 Add in Soft Protein Foods (for 1 - 2 meals per day):
    - String Cheese, Baby bell, Laughing cow
    - Re-fried beans
    - Lentil, Split pea or black bean soup
    - Miso or egg drop soup
    - Tofu

Week 6:
 Add in (for 1 - 2 meals per day):
    - Chicken (soft, moist, fresh, canned, or thinly sliced deli. No BBQ or Fried)
    - Turkey  (soft, moist, fresh, canned, or thinly sliced deli. No BBQ or Fried)
    - Fish (soft, moist, fresh, canned or shellfish)
    - Egg (soft boiled, poached or scrambled) & if there is room 1/2 slice of toast
    - Small amounts of nonfat or low fat dressings to moisten food

Daily:
    - 50 - 60 ounces of water
    - 8 ounces of Crystal Light, Fruit2O, Diet Snapple or any low calorie/non-carbonated beverage
    - one cup of decaf tea or coffee (you can use splenda, sweet-n-low, nutra sweet, low fat milk.