Pre-Surgery advice
I'm having my rny on Tuesday ....may 3 ( wow) that's in 4 days.. I sent you a friend request and I'm going to buy a digital food scale, a scale for myself to weigh on and putting Chapstick in my bag now... Thanks for asking the question .
Banded 6/9/09 HW 242 LW 142 Revision 198 m 1 loss 16 lbs 182. M 2 loss 4 lbs 178. M3 loss 6 lbs 174.m4 loss 4 lbs 168. M5 gain 2 lbs 170. M6 loss 7 lbs 163 M7 loss 5 lbs 159 M8 loss 1 lb 158 M9 loss 0 M10 155 loss 3 M11 154 loss 1 M12 loss 2 152 M13 loss 3 149 M16, 17 0 loss M 18 loss 4 lbs 145 (18 months 53 lbs)
Good luck on your journey!!
The OH is a great forum to keep real.
But be prepared to hear it all - the good (yeay!!! ) the bad (you messed up ) the smart and the stupid. It is the internet. Don't take things too personal. If you do something stupid (most of us did at the beginning - or even long term) be prepared to be called on that. A first few weeks post op - doing stupid things may hurt you or even kill you. We hate that. Really do. So we try to remind new people about that.
Sometimes being nice is not helpful. Read posts... Use search on OH... And when reading posts - consider the course - like how long the person is since WLS, how sucesful they were - are...
Plus - first few months - when we are rappidly losing weight - some of us got hormons... Like bad "pms" hormonal...
- Cold feet before WLS are very common
- Regrets post op are common
- Stalls - when you don't lose weight even though you following the plan - are common
- Surgeons are typically good cutters - but some of their nutritional / vitamins recommendation are not correct. We live the life post op, they are Not.
- Not everything that Will happen long term post op WLS is related to it
- Keep cool - if you get upset - walk away from the computer...
- Be happy...
Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG
"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"
"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."
In preparation for my liquid diet phase, my nutritionist told me I could have soup. So, in the weeks beforehand, I made a pot a week, then froze servings in quart size ziplocs in the freezer. I had enough frozen to have one for lunch and one for dinner each day for the 12 days prior to my clear liquids only days. I made I think a total of 7 different kinds. I didn't feel deprived during my pre-op liquid diet.
For my two pre-op liquid days, I froze homemade chicken broth. It didn't have much flavor but when I added a spoonful of chicken soup flavored protein powder to it, it tasted GREAT!
I bought tasting spoons and forks at World Market to get used to eating slower and with smaller bites and they feel normal to me now.
HW: 333 Consult Weight: 318 SW: 293
"Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right" -Henry Ford
I just got my surgery date over the weekend, and we're having surgery on the same day!!!
I am pretty new here, but I can tell these folks are pretty awesome, and damn funny too :) I hope to spend a long time here learning how to be the best I can be at this :)
Welcome!
Height 5'5" HW 260 SW 251 CW 141.6 (2/27/18)
RNY 5-16-16 Pre-Op 9lbs, M1-18.5lbs, M2-18.1lbs, M3-14.8lbs, M4-10.4lbs, M5-9.2lbs, M6-7lbs, M7-6.2lbs, M8-8.8lbs,M9-7.8lbs, M10-1 lb, M11-.6lbs, M12-4.4lbs
We will have to keep in touch. I had my pre-surgery appt. today, was set up with barriatric vitamins, calcium w/ vitamin D, and protein shakes. My final appt. prior to surgery is next Monday with the anesthesiologist. I'm am so excited and little scared for surgery on the 16th.
Are you on a liquid diet prior to surgery? I am, only protein shakes, water, broth and SF jello until surgery.
Buy plenty of Ziplock freezer bags...in fact, you might even buy stock in the company...LOL! You will be doing a lot of cooking but will not be able to eat it all so a freezer will come in real handy. I bought a 7 cubic ft chest freezer right after surgery. It's filled to the top...sure makes it easy for my healthy meal planning. Pick up some small 2oz measuring cups and a few 1/4 cup measuring spoon/cup combo. I have found my food processor has had a lot of use ever since my pre-op supervised weight loss classes, and still does!
67 yrs old, 4'10", BMI 31.8 (51.8 at start), HW 256.4 (8/4/15), SW 217.4, CW 152.8 (4/30/18), GW 125.0, RNY 12/4/15 Dr. RoseMarie Jones, Breast Cancer DX 2/16, Bi-lateral mastectomy 8/9/16.
Sugar free popsicles were the best for wanting to drink after eating. They gave me the moisture I needed until I could have water. Walk walk walk, I had so much pain in my shoulder from the glasses used in surgery. I highly suggest supportive underwear, I have a larger abdomen and walking was painful on my incisions, but supportive undies made a huge difference! Don't push yourself too much, listen to your body. Good luck!
