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@Crafty - I was allowed to drive 2 weeks after surgery... But I cheated and drove to store a bit over a week after and totally regretted it as it knocked me out the entire day after I got home.
What my doctor recommended was to buy a small portable massager and massage incision sites when laying down and that help break down the scar tissue (which is the reason for the pain).
Hope advice helps!

@Crafty - I was allowed to drive 2 weeks after surgery... But I cheated and drove to store a bit over a week after and totally regretted it as it knocked me out the entire day after I got home.
What my doctor recommended was to buy a small portable massager and massage incision sites when laying down and that help break down the scar tissue (which is the reason for the pain).
Hope advice helps!

Thank you all of your words of encouragement. I stuck by it and am now waiting for this night to be over so I can check into the hospital first thing tomorrow.

And I can't take one more Protein shake! All I can think of is food... On day 13 of liquid diet and I only cheated once (which I felt super guilty) and was a HUGE mistake. If you are on your 2 week liquid only diet, don't cheat as it will make it so much harder to continue after and will trick your mind into thinking one bite or two a day until surgery is ok.
If you are near the end of your diet how are you coping? I have to check into hospital at 6am on Friday and although I'm not ready for surgery I AM so ready for the hunger pangs to be gone.

Keep busy! That's how I'm getting my mind off food and surgery. Good luck! I'm 2 days away too, 1/16/15 can't come soon enough.

OMG! I was born in Tijuana, no joke. I grew up in San Diego from the age of two and moved to San Francisco about 15 years ago... Enjoy San Diego, it's beautiful. Take a walk around seaport village, check out the amazing malls and walk on the beach, oh and don't miss the sunsets from Sunset Cliffs.
Want to hear something crazy too? I just went to Alaska last year (on a cruise of course) and I thought it was beautiful and the people who live there so brave (for living there year round).
Wow, shakes and a salad, I am so jealous. I'm on a 75 gram Protein liquid ONLY diet. It sucks but the 11 pounds I've dropped in 8 days is so worth it.
Congrats and good luck. We both need strength, support and determination. WE CAN DO THIS!

Eas Advantage has a caramel café flavor that I find goes down really easily. The Premier Protein vanilla shakes are pretty good as well!