Pre-op diet is horrific!

(deactivated member)
on 10/20/16 6:12 pm

GOOD LUCK!!!

kathos
on 10/26/16 11:48 am

RNY on 11/08/16

most facilities have a program for writing off bills if you cannot afford it. You would be surprised at how much the income limit is. I am elegible for 100% write off at my hospital so my surgery will be free!!

Stepladder
on 10/14/16 6:44 pm

RNY on 10/21/16

I have vanilla and rice/almond milk shakes, unjury chicken broth with some milk, tomato juice and water. Seems like I am always thirsty. Your fighting head hunger. This may be hard but we can do it.

My surgery is the 21st. All set ready to go. Then I get a bill for thousands of dollars saying all the Psychiatric visits are my responsibility. Provider billed medical insurance they denied. Finally got to bill behavioral health insurance and they denied. I could cry. I am not going to stop having the surgery. But sure wish these bills would disappear. Any suggestion, words of comfort ?

(deactivated member)
on 10/15/16 7:45 am

Fight the insurance companies. They bully you but you can win!

(deactivated member)
on 10/15/16 4:07 am

The pre-op diet is miserable but completely needed. My surgeon explained the need for the diet fully, to avoid open surgery was my main motivation. The diet is supposed to reduce liver fat and make it easier to do the surgery lap. And the liquid part well, You know, clears the rout so to speak. lol You might consider googling open vs. lap RNY and see if actually viewing the results make it any easier. I am 6 weeks out and it does get easier. Just stick with it! Good Luck!

selhard
on 10/15/16 4:25 am - MN

RNY on 11/26/12

...jumping in to quickly add not all WLS Centers require a special pre-op diet. Mine didn't.

(deactivated member)
on 10/15/16 7:43 am

Thanks!

JaxLiving
on 10/15/16 6:26 am - Spanish Fort, AL

RNY on 05/27/16

My pre-op diet was all liquids, as well -- no veggies allowed! BUT I could have soup. Good luck! I promise this will all be worth it! The pre-op diet and the first three weeks or so, were the worst for me, but then everything starts to get better and you see the scales move, and the energy level increase! It's a great feeling! You can do this!!!

SW:223, CW: 134.2; GW: 125, RNY: 5/27/16

Laura in Texas
on 10/15/16 6:32 am

RNY on 09/17/08

I had to do two weeks of shakes only. Honestly, for me it was the worse part of the whole entire process. Even worse than recovering from surgery. My surgery was a few days after Hurricane Ike hit our city hard. My first thought was, if my surgery is postponed and I have to repeat this stupid liquid diet I will blow my brains out . Thankfully my surgery went on as scheduled.