From: LisaRN <ladiesassie2@...>
Subject: Re: [AstronomicallyStunningVSGer] One Week
To: AstronomicallyStunningVSGer@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, June 8, 2008, 8:42 PM

Good luck to u too Becky. I hope u get over ur cold soon...but better have it now than at surgery time.. I think it will help u get started on that pre-op diet too...take care and do ur best...thats all u can ask of urself.. LisaRN My groups: Nurses Online --- On Sun, 6/8/08, Becky Gosky <mountainmamacandles @yahoo.com> wrote: From: Becky Gosky <mountainmamacandles @yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [AstronomicallyStun ningVSGer] One Week To: AstronomicallyStunn ingVSGer@ yahoogroups. com Date: Sunday, June 8, 2008, 6:30 PM Hi, EbonyAngel,   I have my surgery 6/26 and I start my liquid diet tomorrow morning.  I am not sure how it will go, but I do know it will be hard and it will be temporary!  I have to keep thinking that way.  I have been freaking out a little, too, about the surgery.  I thought by this point and all that I went through to get to this point I would only feel excitement and be ecstatic, but I am mostly scared.  But, I hope this is what I am supposed to do and I will proceed as if that is true.   I have gained about 10 pounds recently, too, because of these feelings, but I got a bad cold three days ago and haven't felt much like eating.  I joked with my husband that on the days before my liquid fast I should be living it up food-wise, but I am stuck here at home drinking soup (thus basically starting my pre-op diet early)!  Oh well!  Such is life.   Best of luck to you and please keep us posted!   ----- Original Message ---- From: ebonyangelgirl <ebonyangelgirl@ yahoo.com> To: AstronomicallyStunn ingVSGer@ yahoogroups. com Sent: Sunday, June 8, 2008 5:14:47 PM Subject: [AstronomicallyStun ningVSGer] One Week Well everyone, I'm counting down my last week before surgery. I had an enormous food funeral that lasted a month and a half. I was doing well but I freaked and got soo terrified. Anyway last Monday I started my own liquid diet. Which turned into mostly liquid and one meal a day. Reason? I gained 11 pounds since my last weigh in a month and a half ago. So I contacted my nutritionist and asked her what I should do. She said to do four protein shakes a day and 10-15 minutes of exercise a day. So thats where I am today. Trying to go through my last minute checklist to see if I have everything in order. So I restart preop as 471. Hopefully will get back down to 460 for surgery and take off from there. Anyone else having surgery soon? Lets talk!