What a great idea!Putting this powder in yogurt. I am going to do that.

Well Sherry, Tomorrow is your great day. Try your best to get some rest tonight. I can imagine it being hard to sleep due to excitement. You have come so far and you are just beginning the great part. I have said a prayer for you and I pray you have a remarkable recovery. Keep us posted as soon as you can. God Bless. Necole

Hi ladies! Yes, 24 hours from now all of us will be done with surgery and sitting on the other side!!!. It has been a rough few days but the hunger is getting easier with time. I am praying that everyone does well in surgery tomorrow and that we all post back here by the end of the week. Just a short time from now and we'll all be big losers! I started packing my bag for the hospital and getting everything ready. I shower also tonight but with Hibicleans soap they gave me at the clinic. I do the Hibicleans again in the morning for another shower. My surgery isn't until 12:30pm tomorrow, so I plan to stay up late this evening so that I can fill up my tummy just before the midnight deadline for fluids. I woke up at 6am this morning with a rumbling tummy os I hope to avoid that again. I do have to take one more dose of antibiotics tonight and then antidepressant in the morning with a sip of water. We leave home at 8am for the hospital since they want me there early in case he gets through the srugeries before mine more quickly. Let's all stay connected and take care everyone! Sherry

Well. I am the trouble maker as usual and I am gonna disagree with everybody. My surgery was the day before yours. I can get down maybe 1/2 and egg, or an ounce of cheese, or 1/8 cup of refired beans, or maybe one slice of thin thin thin meat at a "meal". None of these choices have more than 10 grams of protein in them. A one-cup protein shake has 27 grams of protein in it. The cold liquid ALWAYS sits well in my pouch, and I can get them down no matter how I am feeling. If I ate something really dense, or my pouch is feeling cranky, the amount of protein in the food that will go in is almost not measurable. Skipping a "meal" of the 4 tablespoons of food I can manage to get down seems to me that it makes VERY little difference in my total protein count for the day. My docs instructions are to eat "AT MOST 3 meals a day" (emphasis mine) which seems to imply permission to skip meals. If I am drinking protein instead, it raises my odds to get enough protein in for the day. I am already a know-it-all, though. So accept this as my humble opinion only.

Not true. I thought the same thing call your dictir and let them know you are self pay and get a price. My Dr. in Pa is about 13 thousand for RNY. That 1/2 off. Plus remember everytime you need a fill on your band or adjustment you will have to fly back. If you get a chance just call and talk to the person in charge of billing. I think you will be surprized. Good Luck, Laureen