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Day 2 Liquid Diet - Today was pretty uneventful. I had my 4 shakes again with 20 oz of water in between without much issue. I was hungry just before each shake but as soon as I drank it, the hunger we...

Day 1 Liquid Diet - So yesterday started day 1 of my liquid diet. I had decided that daily, since I was allowed 4 shakes, I would have one at 9am, one at 1pm, one at 5pm and the last at 9pm. after eac...

Liquid Diet Day 1...Nausea?? - I've had my 3rd shake of the day out of the 4 I'm allowed. I've had about 45 oz of water so far and I thought I was ok. Until about an hour ago. It's almost 8pm and this is the fir...

Fitbit Shopping advice? - So I was looking around online for this Fitbit thing everyone's always talking about. I would like to get one, but I'm so lost on these things. I'm seeing Fitbit Flex, Fitbit One, ...

Thank you so much for that. I know that the last 2 months of diet...

Liquid Diet Starts Tomorrow - Tomorrow, Monday September 22, 2014 I start my pre-op liquid diet. I'm allowed to have 4 protein shakes per day as well as 64 oz of water per day. I've never done something like th...

October Surgeries Where Are You? (VSG) - I don't even know if I'm allowed to post this here, but I wanted to let you all know I started an October 2014 Sleevers group here on OH. The link to it is in  my signature. If it'...

Bariatric Vitamin Shipment came by surprise today! - The doorbell rang this afternoon and when I opened it, there was this big beautiful cardboard box full of bariatric vitamins! I had spoken to my NUT recently about the Bariatric A...

You're so right! I started buying mainly healthy groceries about a...

Answer on the No Red Dye the day before surgery! - So I emailed my NUT yesterday about the NO RED DYES requirement on the day before surgery...I was dying to know why!! I got a response about it today so I thought I'd update you al...

Liquid Pre-Op diet almost here! - So on Monday September 22, I start my 2 week liquid pre-op diet. I'm nervous about this not because I have 2 teenagers (ages 15 and 17) and it's close to impossible to not have som...

Pre-Op liquid diet and Anniversary - Well, my preop liquid diet starts one week from tomorrow. Excited but at the same time I'm nervous. Question: my anniversary is on Wednesday, about 5 days prior to my liquid diet.....

Pre-Op diet question: Nothing red in color? - I'm to drink 3-5 protein shakes per day and 64 oz of water per day for 2 weeks. And then, the day before surgery, clear liquids only. I noticed on the preop instructions, for the d...

Approved!!!!! - I got my surgery date last week, but the surgeon's office was sure to tell me that Insurance hadn't yet approved it, but that it should be good to go. I was super excited, and let ...

Surgery Scheduled!! - I'm ecstatic! I called the surgeon's office yesterday and they gave me my surgery date! October 7, 2014!! Just under 5 weeks away! I'm excited, because I've been wanting this for a...

Finally Got My Date!!! - I just called the surgeon's office and found out I've been scheduled for October 7th!! I went through an excited, relieved, worried, terrified, then back to excited emotional roll...

Preop - I've been working on preop requirements for a couple of months now. I didn't have a nutritionist requirement, but did need the psychological evaluation, labs, barium swallow, ekg, ...

Is this New Mexico forum still active at all? - I'm fairly new to OH and I live near Albuquerque, NM. I'm trying to connect with others who have had or are going to be having WLS and was wondering if there's a support group in t...

Anxiously Awaiting Approval! - So I've completed all of my bloodwork, psychological evaluation, got clearance from my pcp for surgery, and now I play the waiting game. I'm hoping to get approved and have my surg...

Any Dr. Acosta VSG'ers from New Mexico either pre- - I'm hoping to get a surgery date in the next couple of months and was wondering about possibly connecting with anyone who's gone to or is going to be going to Del Sol who are from ...

What kinds of foods will I need to avoid after VSG - Hi, I'm in the middle of my pre-op requirements, had my psychological evaluation last week, going tomorrow to get my blood work etc done. I'm hoping that I'll be able to have my sl...

I would love to win these! I love trying new things, and am getting...

Brand new here and excited! - I'm new to the OH community and excited!  I asked my P/C for a referral for a prior auth for bariatric surgery consultation back in April and it was approved within a few days. I ...