Surgery date March 6, 2017

leeann73
on 1/30/17 3:53 pm

Hello everyone. I met Dr. Bhajani today at 2pm. My surgery is booked 5 weeks from today - March 6th and I start my opti fast on February 20th for two weeks. He asked me some questions about my past health, medical conditions, did a quick exam, and then went through the procedure and the risks. He asked if there was some reason the RNY could not be done did I want the Sleeve ... I said yes - I really just want the RNY but I would hate to wake up from all of that and have nothing - he said if there was scar tissue from previous surgeries, that can present an issue ... hope it doesn't but I am not going to worry about it ....

well ... here we go - this just got real and I am SCARED ...

skinny_gigi
on 1/30/17 4:10 pm

Super happy for you! Congrats!

RNY March 1, 2017 with Dr. Reed.

LauraLeafFan
on 1/30/17 4:30 pm

So excited for you!! Feels great to have a surgery date after this amazing journey!!

kayohtee
on 1/30/17 5:03 pm

So excited for you!!! I can't wait to be in the same situation :)

TWH- Referral: June 20 2016.

Orientation: Nov 02 2016 Social Work: Feb 02 2017 Nutrition Class: Feb 14 2017 Nurse Practitioner: Feb 17 2017 Nutritionist: March 7 2017 Psychologist: March 8 2017 Meet the Surgeon: April 7 2017 Surgery: June 5 2017

TDotDana
on 1/30/17 9:07 pm - Toronto, Canada

RNY on 01/23/17

Congrats - and don't be scared - just breath :)

HW - 283lbs (1991)** LW - 206lbs (2014)**CW 265lbs **Slimband - March 8, 2013 ** 275lbs @ Preop Diet** 261lbs on surgery day**Referral TWH - Feb'16**Orientation TWH - May 11/16**Psychologist TWH (Dr Wnuk) - June 24/16 ** Social Work (Anna Wallwork) - July 20/16 **Nurse (Wei Wang) - July 25/16 ** Nutrition Class (Lorraine Gougeon) - Aug 15/16 Endoscopy TWH - Aug 18/16 Dietician (Laura Scott) - Sept 15/16 Surgeon Dr Okrainek Nov 18/16 ** PreOP @ TWN Jan 9/17 *** RNY & Lap Band Removal Surgery @ TWH Jan 23/17 w/ Dr Urbach

Manda32
on 1/31/17 1:30 pm

Don't be scared! Realize this is what you've been wanting for a long time! I'm so happy for you!

Wayne H.
on 1/31/17 1:47 pm

RNY on 02/08/17

Its funny that those of us in Ottawa are asked to do the Optifast for 3 weeks, and you folks for 2 weeks.

What's up with that ;-)

I'd be done Opti today if not for the 3rd week still ahead of me, LOL

leeann73
on 2/1/17 5:24 am

Dagwood - here is some positive thoughts for you ... on 3 weeks of Opti you will lose that much more before surgery AND your liver will be in much better shape for the surgery. A lady in the waiting room in Guelph was saying that when she initially went for her surgery and they tried to lift her liver, it still had too much fat in it, even after 2 weeks of opt, and they closed her up and couldn't do the surgery ... she had to start opti all over again and rebook the surgery and pre-op ... SO - 3 weeks, while I am sure is painful ... is that much more better for you. YOU CAN DO THIS