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Hi all! Hope you’re having a great start to the weekend!

I have RNY in exactly 1 month and start my liquid diet of OptiFast in 10 days. My surgeon told me to get a sugar free fiber supplement to take with each shake, so I picked up Sugar-Fre

I got my surgery date today!!! January 8th with Dr. Amy Neville at the Ottawa Civic Hospital. I start my liquid diet over Christmas which sucks, but I am so so sooooo excited.

This time last year I was shopping for a winter coat at Walmart, a

I just got back from my ‘Meet the Surgeon’ appointment with Dr. Amy Neville. She is SO sweet! She said I am the perfect candidate for surgery and am all set to have surgery in 5 weeks. She also said there is a high chance I will have to do Optifast

Anyone know if the Blender Bottle is worth the buy? Sometimes I can’t be bothered to use my Magic Bullet to mix protein shakes. I start Optifast soon as a pre-op diet and thought I could use it to mix them. They’re on sale for $8.99 CAD on Amazon.

Hey everyone! Hope you’re having a great weekend.

was just curious if any of you had Amy Neville as a surgeon, or have met her?

I FINALLY meet the surgeon on Tuesday, and I’m SO excited! I felt like this process was going so slowly

Hey everyone

I finally see the surgeon next week and plan on picking up Optifast. I have heard the vanilla is not the best. Should I stick to just chocolate? Or maybe 2 chocolate and 1 vanilla?

What did you prefer? I plan on

My impatient a** finally got a surgeon appointment! December 5th :) it’s with Amy Neville at the Ottawa Weight Managment Clinic.

Pointless post, but I’m super excited!

I have been taking benedryl (about 5-6 of them....I know) to fall asleep every night for the last year. I have pretty bad insomnia.

Two weeks ago I stopped taking them and switched to a very low dose of seroquel (25mg) to sleep. I have noticed

I am diagnosed with insomnia and mild sleep apnea (which is being treated with a cpap). I have bad anxiety which causes me to take upwards of 5 hours to fall asleep.

I turn all my electronics off. All my lights off. I use white noise. I even b

I’m so happy! For the longest time my Walmart didn’t carry premier protein! (I’m in Ottawa, Canada). Pointless post, but I’m excited. Now I don’t have to order it or get a Costco membership :P

Ehere do you guys buy your premier protei

According to my ResMed machine, I consistently only have 1 breathing event per hour. Is this even considered sleep apnea if I only have 1 event an hour?

Hi everyone! Hope you’re all having a wonderful weekend.

I’m 24 years old and have never had surgery. I’m deathly afraid of being put under. Hospitals and doctors offices give me very bad anxiety. Not sure why...

I know I will be

Today I went shopping with my mother and grandmother. While shopping, I picked up an XXL shirt in Walmart. I knew it was too small, but my mother felt the need to say in a rude tone “OH, you’re too big for that.” I know I am very big...but commen

Hello!

I got a ResMed AirSense10 with a nasal mask. What is a normal leak rate? Mine is 6 litres/ 202oz per minute. Is that acceptable? I would ask my clinic but it is the weekend.

Hi all,

I just got home from my sleep a few hours ago. It was quite possibly the worst sleep EVER. The tech who set me up was very sweet though. She was a polish lady in her 40’s. We talked about surgery and she even gave me some of her favou

Hi all...

I am currently waiting on a ‘Meet The Surgeon’ date at the civic. Anyone remember how long you waited for the call?

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! Here are some questions!

Do you celebrate Thanksgiving?

Is Thanksgiving a difficult time for you when it comes to food?

What are you eating for dinner? Any good recipes for post-op folks?

I

Hi all,

I’m currently waiting on a ‘meet the surgeon’ appointment. I wanted to know if any of you were only on opti for 2 weeks instead of 3. I’m asking because money is tight and if I can oay $200 instead of $300, it would be a lot ea

Hi all,

I have finished all my appointments and how I’m just waiting to meet the surgeon and do a sleep study this month.

My doctor told me the sleep study results take too long, and I will probably have to rent a cpap machine to be

Hi all,

I am curious to know what made you finally decide to get surgery?

did your doctor recommend it?

Did someone close to you get it?

Where were you and what were you doing when you made the choice to look into WLS.</

Hey everyone, hope you’re having a smooth week!

I don’t know about anyone else, but I’m always on YouTube. When I was first looking into WLS, I struggled to find detailed videos of peoples experiences.

Im wondering what you guys t

I found out my vitamin D is at 25nmol/L, and I need to get it between 75-250nmol/L in the next 8 weeks. My dietitan told me to have 7000ui of vitamin D. Anyone else have this problem? How long did it take to get your vitamin D up?

I JUST posted something about being impatient about waiting for a Sleep Clinic appointment. I was reffered a month ago and still heard nothing. Yesterday I called just to ask how much longer it would be before they called. The woman on the phone said "

Hope everyone is having a great week.

I had 3 appointments in a row today to meet with my doctor, dietitan, etc, and I'm surprised at how fast I am going. My dietitan says she will approve me for surgery at my next visit (in 3 weeks) and that

Hey everyone, hope you all had a good weekend!

I was curious about eating baby food after surgery. You know, those organic squeeze packs? Or those easy digestible puffs and crackers they have. Obviously I would not be using these as full meals