healthychange32

Im in norristown pa and monday i get the bypass in einstein hospital TOGETHER WE CAN!

You need to stop thinking of your post op eating plan as a "diet"....it's not! it's a prescription. It's not something you can cheat on. Most of your stomach has been removed and what's left is being held together with staples. It's not had time to heal and that's the reason you're not supposed to eat solid food. If your stomach leaks food and stomach acid into your abdomen it will cause an abscess and can very quickly become life threatening......so eating solid food too soon is like not taking a prescribed medication that is necessary in order for you to heal..........With this surgery it's hard to picture what your insides look like because you don't have a big incision on the outside.....all you have are the little incisions that look mostly healed. But those are not the incisions you need to be worried about. The whole length of your stomach has a huge staple line that is red and swollen....if you haven't watched a video of the actual surgery I encourage you to go to YouTube and watch the actual surgery so you can have a clear picture of what was done to you. So perhaps next time you feel hungry you'll be able to make a better choice.
In the meantime you need to check in with your surgeon's office and let them know what you ate and how you're feeling so they can determine if anything needs to be done....
I wish you the best. Good luck.

Your staples could rip, causing a leak.
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I cheated the very 1st 2days of my pre op liquid diet and just ate healthy salads after with Water Protein shakes stop everything else now i have 4 days left to surgery and feel like im gonna die if i dont have and i quote "real food" because its not real food its unhealthy but DAMN they are hard to stop! Feel like cheating hungry as i type this ugh i guess they forget how hard preop really was and become so meany i will say lol
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When I got to my room - I took off the oxygen and had my nurse remove the catheter. You just take a deep breath land its gone--no pain. I hate the oxygen tubes in nose-I can't breathe right with that fresh air coming through my nose. LOL

I just met with my surgeon and he said that I will have a urinary catheter placed while I'm anesthetized. My question is, will the catheter be uncomfortable or painful when I regain consciousness? What about having it removed?
Thanks in advance!

And when you're posting on a public forum, you can't ask people to answer the way you'de like them to so your fee fees don't get hurt.

During my two week pre-op diet (1,000 calorie low fat), I had to attend a wedding. I gave it up that night. I had two drinks (vodka and club), three shrimp from the shrimp cocktail platter during cocktail hour, half of my filet mignon and some of the fancy potatoes and two mini canoli from the dessert table. (This was on Friday, my surgery was on Tuesday). If I it weren't the wedding of a dear friend's son, I wouldn't have splurged (or even gone, but we had RSVP'd before I got my surgery date). But everything was fine. We are human. We are going to slip up. We just need to get right back on track.

Trued an normal sized meal and it hurt. I've been cutting down sizes, eating slower, not drinking with meals, but I backslid and it did not feel good
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It seems as if it can't be admitted in these groups and forums we are all human and make mistakes. If anyone isn't afraid that has messed up pls post how many days before and with what. No judgement here pls! We all know what we should be doing tx
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I'm in York. I know there are a few more PA folks out there on the boards!

I Am near Altoona and Johnstown.

I am in East Norriton and have been going to Einstein in Abington

I'm in Allentown so about 45 mins away:-)

Shout Out to all my PA peeps. Wishing you all a great weekend.

My surgery is set for November 7th! I'm so nervous!!!
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Omg congratulations I'm November 9th started my pre op diet today

The liquid diet pre op is help shrink the liver and also gives Water weight loss so it is easier to work around. The liquid post op is to get your stomach used to intake.
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I just do not understand how chewing food effects the liver. I mean i can eat low fat low sugar low carb but why does everything have to be liquid?
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It is to shrink your liver. My surgeon does not require one. I am just on a well balanced pre op diet until my surgery in December.
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I am going through bariatric classes to get ready for surgery and our bariatric team told us it was to shrink our liver before surgery. They are very strict about it.

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Idk even know where to start...i know the kitchen scale and Protein shakes along with the Vitamins are coming this weekend thats about it...????
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I have had a terrible time sleeping. Finally had to get a prescription because I was not sleeping for days! Hopefully it will level out. Our bodies are going through so many changes, I guess it just doesn't know what to do.
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Could be hormones. If you're still on pain meds, it could be those.
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