Day 1 of Opti - feeling a bit overwhelmed
I am really glad you are able to take the trip. Things may seem overwhelming now, but once the weight starts coming off, believe me, you will be so relieved! It's going to be a great time in your life. Relax and enjoy it!
Barb
Referred May 2016, Orientation July 4, 2016, Pre-Nutrition Class March 31, 2017, Nurse April 10, 2017, Blood work/ECG April 13, 2017, Ultra-sound April 27, 2017, Psychologist May 30, 2017, Colonoscopy and Gastroscopy June 5, 2017, Internist June 13, 2017, Dietician June 14, 2017, 2nd Round of blood work August 2, 2017, Surgeon September 6, 2017, Surgery September 12, 2017 - St. Joe's Hamilton - No Opti
Height 5"4" HW 231 SW222 CW141
PreOp-9 lbs M1-20lbs M2-11lbs M3-13lbs M4-7lbs M5-8lbs M6-7lbs M7-5lbs M8-5lbs M9-2lbs M10-0lbs M11 - 0lbs M12 - 0lbs
Im a week in to opti. The vanilla is terrible, the texture is more chalky or grainy or something. But both are much better if I use my blender than trying to hand shake it so don't fall prey to ever having vanilla by hand shake lol. I have used pineapple coconu****er squeezie as well as berry and pomegranate to make it more tolerable. The chocolate I love with coconut extract and the peppermint is good too. Good luck, opti is a hard road and it sounds like with everything else your stamina is probably a little run down.
HW: 285 SW: 260 CW: 134 Dr. Grantcharov, St. Michael's
Referral: May 2017 Orientation: June 5/17 Nurse: Aug. 17/17 Doctor/Dietician/SW finished by Dec. 11/17 Surgical Ed. Class: Dec. 18/17 Surgeon: Jan. 9/18 Surgery: February 26, 2018!!
Someone suggested adding some cocoa powder to the vanilla (it's unsweetened and 10cals per tbsp) I swear it's like a different drink. It's almost nice.
I feel tired already and I think it's just my body getting used to the limited number of calories I'm taking in. It's going to be a long few weeks - although I'm thankful it's only 2 weeks for me, any longer would have been so much worse.
Referral to Sudbury: April 28th 2017, Orientation: July 19th 2017, 1:1's: Dec 14th 2017, Follow up with NP: Jan 9th OTN: Jan 18th, Pre-Op: Feb 12th, Surgery: Feb 27th - 2 weeks of Opti. Hospital: St. Joseph's TO with Dr Sullivan.
Height: 5'11, age 38. SW: 323lb CW:196lb
