Advice for the pre-ops?

Hi everyone,

Since a few of us are close to teh surgery date, i was wondering if any of the recent post-ops have any advice for the rest of us. It can be from planning, preping for surgery, hospital tips and tricks to liquid/food options. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you.

My best advice is just breathe, you are about a week from the biggest change in your life, the pre-op is nothing, make sure if you have insurance through work or a spouse you bring your card, you may want to call the insurance company and see if they cover semi-private rooms, as they are much better 2 to a room, then 4. And after its all done patience, the weight didnt come on overnight and it will not come off overnight, but have patience, I started optifast nov, had surgery booked for jan, and there were complications, started optifast again in march, had vsg on april 11th, since nov till till now I am down 72lbs, so this is going to be life changing. That being said it is still not  easy, after the surgery you are gonna have that OMG what did I do moment, this was a mistake but it will pass as soon as you hit a scale. Good luck, and welcome to your new healthier life

 

Steven

I'm currently 2 months out from surgery and on my 'I wish I had of' list:
-got into some sort of a workout routine pre-op
-educated my family better (my husband does a lot of the cooking)
-taken the full 6 (or 4/as per surgeon) off to adjust to eating differently and, of course, heal
-not packed so much for the hospital
-do NOT get over focused on the scale. You will go through plateaus...mine lasted 4 weeks!

Really happy that I really educated myself beforehand and started therapy to deal with my relationship toward food as well as how to deal with changes in my family dynamic (suddenly high energy wife is frustrating to chilled out hubby).

Hi
I am one week post op. I think in my case the exercise and eat as healthy as possible before the operation is what helped me.drank lots of water the day before surgery, this helped me to urinate soon. Keep my mind occupied the day before of surgery.
Good luck