armynurseb

Laura, I just had my lapband placed last week on monday and they give you a better list of what to do each week so do not worry. I just finished my total clear liquid week and I was on my menses so I gained weight instead of lost so I will be doing another week of clear liquids it says that you can if you want to lose more weight... next week I will add more directed.. the procuredure went great but we had a day when everyone also did not get to have surgery cause someone said we could have sips of water NONONONONONONONONONONO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!not the day of surgery. good luck. Armynurseb.

you can set up surgery for any time m-f you want, if it is set for a monday the they do the preop test same day as surgery if any other day then the day beofre surgery, yo stay in town for a total of 72 hours. and once paper turned in you start preop diet a week unless you have ahigh bmi then the dietian will review that with you before surgery and they must recieve payment a least 1 week before surgery too. you can also call them they are great at answering questions by phone. emailing questions is a little slow on responses. i have surgery scheduled for monday june 5 and counting down. I would be will to answer other questions you have. armynurseb

:rolleyes:Hello June Bansters I have surgery set for June 5, 2006 with Dr Ortiz and can not wait . I strat my preop diet tommorrow. I went to walmart and got the whey protien powder that the nutristionist recommended. anyone else having surgery around this time? any ideas or suggestions on how to make the preop diet more interesting? Armynurseb