I am one week post-op today and I can tell you that adhering faithfully to the pre-op liquid diet will do wonders for you overall satiety and mood during both your clear and full liquid stages. I was not given a pre-op liquid diet, but rather just a ceiling of 1,000 calories for two weeks, so I ate the toughest-textured foods I could find that would keep me under 1,000 to keep satisfied. Then, when I made the personal choice to go to liquids for my final three days before surgery, it was extremely hard, albeit easier because I was staring surgery day right in the face. I had hunger by day 3 post-op, but liquids (even clear liquids) were and still are very satisfying, and I credit that to having done a few days of liquid before surgery. It got my body desensitized to the lack of chewing sensation.
I know pre-op is totally brutal, and there is no way around that, but my only regret so far is that I did not do liquids for the entire two weeks. I think things would've been even easier for me right now had that happened. In addition, the surgeon said my liver was still quite a bit fatty, despite having adhered to 1,000 calories during pre-op, and liquid certainly keeps that risk down even better than solid food of the same calorie content, for a bit of extra encouragement. I would stay the course, and part of what helped me during pre-op was watching the scale drop precipitously...I lost 20 lbs (some glycogen/water obviously) during the two weeks and it got me very enthusiastic about following everything to the letter.
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