Hi kConnie: I'm waiting on my surgery and my brother has had his for 2 years now. His doc told him t hat the stomach would stretch to the size of a small softball or a little bigger than a baseball. He's been 2 years now as I said and his typical meal is like 1/2 sandwich and 1/2 banana and one of those 6oz cans of regular coke. Yes I said regular coke. He doesn't drink a 6pak anymore but has one of those small ones about 2X a week. He can eat a child's burger instead of a regular one. AT the steakhouse, he and his wife will share a dinner and we all know how much food they put on those plates. Yes, you will grieve for a while over not eating the things you love in the amounts you love, but you'll be losing weight and that will make it worth while. He went from 367 to 185 in 10 months and now is a flight attendant for Southwest airlines. He is active and healthy and still has chocolate or ice cream or cokes, once in a while not everyday like before. He eats more vegetables and leans meats and he never really like fish before but has found that it sits on his stomach better. He says the most important thing to him while his pouch was stretching to it's new size was to chew chew chew. He also says as long as you concentrate on getting your protein first, then your green stuff, THEN your carbs you'll do fine. Hope this helps. If you'd like to email him, about specifics, email me at [email protected] and I'll give you his edress. Andrea

Thank you so much Lori. It helps a lot just knowing what to expect!

Hello and welcome Mitzi! Glad you found this place. I just had my first consult May 5, but not at the LivLite program. I am going to St Vincents in Carmel, IN. There were about 30 patients *(total of about 70 people including friends & family of prospective WLS patients). We all sat in a large room (in big butt chairs...a perk of being at a bariatric surgeons office ). After everyone was checked in (weight, height and measurements taken in private) we all met in teh room and teh surgeon was brought in. Imagine a doc explaining the history of WLS and process, risks, and then she asked about any questions people had. One I forgot to ask was how long before I could return to work. Then each person had the opportunity to meet her in private for a quick overview of our hx, and she said a letter of medical necessity would be in teh mail within a week. That was really all. I had a psych eval the same day too, as this is usually recommended by insurers before an approval is given. She has a psychologist in her office because of this. I am still waiting on my approval. I called to check on my status Friday, and they said tehy never received it! Sneaky jerks, they should know I am not that easy to get rid of! So I refaxed it to them. Good luck! Lori

Hi,nurses! I am an RN(21 yrs) in NICU 7pm-7am. Two of my friends at work have had the RNY. They are 4 and 8 months out. One has lost 100 pounds and the other 70. I am scheduled for 1st appointment in August- It took almost a year to get in. My PCP insists on this guy due to success rate and decreased mortality rate...I am ready now and I am sick of roller coaster blood sugars,yeast infections and hypertension. I am afraid of being hungry post op. After all, I would not have gotten this big if I did not love food. How am I going to mentally change over the long hall....? Will I be sad over the loss? I am normally a very positive person but people in my life say things like-I heard you can out eat that pouch and get big again- Is that really possible with the RNY? Can the stomach return to the size of a football? I really want this and I am smart enough to find support-esp. with fellow nurses...

Hello everyone... This is my first post, just found the nursing forum... Wanted to ask a question. I have my 1st consult with the Liv Lite program, and wondering what to expect at the visit. (you know as nurses we want to have all our ducks in a row!!)