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Some are not as bad as others. I used Cytomax and they were ok, I also use Muscle Milk lite chocolate and strawberry, and Elite whey powder chocolate. For me they have to be cold. So when I use the powders I make them in the blender and use crushed ice it is like a milk shake. If you have not started walking now try it even if it is short distances.
That way it will be easier for you to walk around after your surgery. DO not lay in bed all day you do not want to get a blood clot. Plus every time the doctor came up to see me I was walking up and down the halls doing my laps and he did not make me stay a second night .

Get started now it is good for your heart, your lungs, your overall body muscles. Remember you are doing this for you and the more you walk the better you will feel. Take it at your own pace, this week I started walking down the block and then to the other end of the block, I was home for the first day after surgery. Now at day 6 after surgery I am walking around the block 3 times and will try and do that multiple times a day. I am still off from work so I want to make it a part of my routine when I do go back to work next Wednesday. The pounds will come off the more you walk and your muscles will stay strong. You can do it. I know you have depression but being in the sun will be good for that smelling the fresh air. Your neighbors will be good to see you and they will be impressed that you are out in the neighborhood and getting healthier.

I wish you the best of luck we are going through this together. I am also being sleeved on the 18th and am a little nervous like everyone going into surgery. I am on week 2 of 3 weeks of a pure protien shake diet to get my liver as small as possible, and to get my body and mind ready for the surgery. I have been trying to walking every day or every other day to get my more weight off and to build up my lung capacity. I am 5'11 360 at the start of this, I have a doctors appt this morning so I will figure out what I weigh when I go in. We can do this we just have to be positive and diligent.