I am going through St. Mary's. I just got the letter on Friday
evening after the office closed, so I haven't scheduled anything yet
with the surgeon. At this point, next week wouldn't be soon enough.
I've tried to call the office this morning, but they aren't answering
the phone, so I'm assuming that they are closed today.

My husband is an awful cook. He can burned grilled cheese pretty well
and tomato soup. Mac and Cheese usually turns out ok, but anything
beyond that is just asking for trouble. Maybe he can handle the
skillet meals while I'm in the hospital. Probably my best bet is I
find out when my surgery is scheduled I'll just take a few days and
just cook up a bunch of meals for him and my 2 sons and hopefully that
will suffice until I feel like cooking again.

I have a house full of boys and dogs right now, so it's really hard to
think. I'll re-read your post again when things calm down and I'll
probably have more questions then

Thanks
Judy

--- In GastricBypassVanderburghIN@yahoogroups.com, D'Ann Christian
<hazyseptember@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Judy,
> that is great news!! I'm so excited for you. Do you have a date
yet? What doctor is doing it?
> I did do some freezing but not as much as I thought I would do.
I found that I could chew the food to a pureed state just as well and
I got to enjoy it more that way too. I did buy everything on the
list. (are you going through St. Marys?) I bought sugar free pudding
and jello, low fat cream soups. and the low fat, low sugar yogurt.
Do you have your protein powder yet? Tuna was a life saver and the
canned chicken too. I would just mix a little of one of those and put
a drop of light mayo in it and make a "tuna salad". When I wanted
some thing hot I would eat cream of wheat or the low fat creamy soups.
It was still hot out then and I loved to eat the sugar free
popsicles, well, still do. I figured that would add to my water
intake. Crystal Light or the other brands that have the packettes you
add to your bottle water, they are great. Walmart has lots of
different flavors. One of my favorite is a cranberry flavor. I did
eat some cottage cheese and eggs.
> Some days a scrambled egg just tasted awesome, esp, if I got my
husband to make it for me.
> I have some of those 3 ounce snack cups from Tupperware and I
would eat my meals out of it. If I had extra, I would just fill up
another cup for the next meal.
> As for my family, I did buy frozen meals that were easy to
prepare. That was for when my husband was working. If it was his
night off, he cooked. He's a great cook. But I did but like the
skillet meals or frozen lasagna for them. It didn't bother me to
throw one of those in the oven or microwave for them. Also, my kids
probably ate more tv dinners that I would like to admit for those
first few weeks after my surgery.
> Well, I guess you are having a Merry Christmas with that good news.
> keep us informed and ask any questions you want!
> D'Ann
>
> Oh, and if it were me, I'd be eating those things I won't be able
to have later. Like the sweets! I have found a sugar pumpkin pie
recipe that I really like. And I'm trying out the brown sugar Splenda
today on ham.
>
>
> Judy <jdpeters@...> wrote:
> After the 8 months, 2 denials and a Level 2 appeal..
Anthem finally
> approved me for surgery! I got the news yesterday. I'm pretty
> excited and a little scared.
>
> Any help on what to do to prepare for surgery and the foods I'll need
> to be eating will be greatly appreciated. My friend that had the
> surgery said she froze a potato soup in ice trays and that was her
> meal for the first few weeks besides all the shakes and such.
>
> I'm very curious to know what you did D'Ann, and how you prepared for
> your family. I was thinking of precooking a bunch of meals and
> freezing them so I won't have to deal with that for awhile. I'd hate
> for them to eat out all the time and get bigger while I'm losing.
>
> Judy
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> D'Ann Christian
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