just breathe

Hi everyone! I'm finally feeling well enough to check in today. It's been a very tiring road and I'm struggling to drink enough. 64 oz?! Holy cow, I've been drinking since 7:30 this morning and have managed to get 4 oz protien drink, 12 oz of Water and about 7 oz of Soup. I find it difficult to stay up and around for long periods of time, but at least yesterday and today I wasn't sleeping all day. No 'pain', except I can clearly feel hunger in my chest. The first couple days were terrible. I literally felt like I was getting kicked out of the hospital 4 hours after the surgery was over, I couldn't stay awake and the nurse told my husband to get me dressed and she'd get a chair (to push us out the door). What??? I came home, slept, tried to eat ice chips, and just pushed through it. I'm happy to have not napped yesterday and today, but I'm still so tired. It must be the lack of intake, but I just can't get more down. The good news is that I went from ice chips (day 1) to 6 oz water (day 2) to maybe 20 oz yesterday. Those Protein shakes are just nasty. My doc said not to use a blender (creates extra air), so hand blending (while very tired) causes clumps. Either way, because I can't drink fast enough, the whole thing starts to expand. So disguisting! Can I go to an ensure (premixed drink) or something like that? When I get enough energy, I'll go to the store and investigate... Anyway, I hope you're all doing well and I look forward to hearing your updates! Also, I'm no pro on these forums. If you're meeting somewhere else, I'd love to know where.

Me too, me too! 8.1 is Thursday! It came so fast and so slow, all at the same time. 2 weeks of this packaged powder stuff and I'm a little over it at this point. I wish I could be clucking or oinking with eggs and bacon, but I'm not so lucky! Powdered drinks, soups and one scrumptious protein bar per day. Tomorrow is my last day of that, then wed. is clear liquids only. I'm really excited, not really scared. I've had a few previous surgeries, including a C-section twin birth and an emergency appendectomy, so I'm just happy to have a little prep time for this one. For those who haven't experienced surgery before, it will go by very quickly, so you won't really have the opportunity to be nervous. By the time you tell the anesthesiologist you're nervous, the next thing you'll know is waking up post surgery, amazed at how easy it was. Best of luck to everyone!

I'm in the same boat - surgery Thursday for both the sleeve and hernia repair. I can't wait! Good luck to you, it will be here in the blink of an eye!

August 1st, whoohoo! I don't know if I'm counting down more to be done with the pre-op diet or to the surgery. lol. At least I feel like after the surgery I won't care about/want to eat. It is interesting, though, to be on a strict diet and knowing the end date, rather than trying to diet to get to a weight goal. Somehow, that makes it easier to follow and to remain positive. 4 more days, people!!!