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I just had surgery on Friday and my diet wasn't as restrictive as I've seen others be. I was encouraged by my surgeon to have clear liquids the day before surgery, but the main thing I couldn't do was have a huge food funeral the day before surgery. He advised to not have large meals the week before surgery and definitely not a steak dinner the night before because it's a pain to do the surgery with food still in someone's stomach. I would talk with your surgical team and see if they have any suggestions on what colors of gelatin not to eat. Every surgical team seems to be different on what they do or don't want their patients to do.

Hi all. I joined the site today. I've been lurking for a while during the months up to my surgery. My gastric bypass surgery was two days ago and this is my first day home. I really don't catalogue things online, but I realized that there was such good support out there and I could give as much as I am getting if I chose to do so. This first day home has been interesting. I'm having a hard time dealing with any type of stimulus after the surgery. I was put into recovery for 7 hours after my surgery on Friday without pain meds while they waited for a room to open up. During that time my boyfriend was given no information on what was wrong or what we were waiting for. I was awake the entire time listening to people come in and out of recovery and I learned a lot about how ambivalent nurses can be. After I was moved to my shared room upstairs I was put with a lady who had her tv on very loud, who continuously talked to the tv, and when she wasn't talking to the tv her phone was ringing and she was on it. I lasted about an hour before I asked that they move me to another room. I spent the time in my hospital room with the door shut and silence whenever possible. Now that I'm at home I still am having problems with too much stimuli. I'm hoping that a few days of rest and quiet will ease that. I tried the