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I called my doctor and he let me come in after 6 days instead of two weeks. He said it is more based on progress (ie off pain meds, walking easily) than a specific time.

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Stay out of the kitchen as much as possible.

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Drink lots of Water and if you have a family to cook for, pass the responsibility onto someone else if you can. The hardest part for me was cooking and knowing I couldn't eat!!!

You can do it!! Best of luck :)

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I just keep thinking that this is shrinking my liver and will help my surgeon preform a successful surgery with minimal complications and that this is only for a very short time in the scheme of things. Plus it's a head start on all the weight I need to lose.

It's tough, I know. Hang in there! You can do it and in a few days your hunger will be more manageable (and it helps to avoid food situations if at all possible - easy to say, hard to do with Christmas this week). :(

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Vitamin Water Zero kept my electrolytes in balance and helped with headaches. I drank at least 2 bottles a day. By day four or five my hunger and bad mood subsided a bit. I also went ot bed early....lol

You've got this!

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Get as creative as you can. Use s/f Torani syrups to change the flavors of your shakes, munch on ice chips, enjoy different flavors of s/f Jello.< /p>

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I've been looking too, I found that Amazon has some good deals on the Isopure (well it seems like good deals so far)

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I'm on my pre-op too. My date is Jan 7th. I got my Isopure from Bariatric Choice. I got a 20.00 off coupon from refer a friend. So far everyday that goes by seems to get easier. I started mine 2 days early so I will be doing 16 days Pre-op diet... all I can say is

... We Can Doooooo eeeeet!

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