LynnScott

I can finally do cottage cheese and even string cheese

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Hi, I am doing good! Walking every couple of house, now I am able to drink Water (YAY) and keep my lips moisturized! :-)

Did the swallow test this morning, everything is fine.

Getting my pain medication every three hours.

Hi everyone! We are about to head to the hospital!
Much success to everyone else having surgery today.
:-)

Hi everyone! We are about to head to the hospital!
Much success to everyone else having surgery today.
:-)

Thinking of you and hope you have a successful surgery!! Keep us updates!! Mine is at 7:30am 2morrow!!
:-)

Drink a lot of Water. It will help.

Drink a lot of Water. It will help.

Good bc I am surprised I am so calm.
I told my doc I will need something to calm me down a littler b4 surgery. I stress out when a needle is involved w things, I am sure Wednesday morning I will be stressed and ready to get everything completed! :-)

Yes, complete fluids since Sunday. I am doing good, I am ok w only shakes as I tried to lose the weight on my own w a weight loss program at a hospital (I did not want the surgery so I tried this first. it was expensive and insurance did not reimburse anything). The good thing is it prepared me to only have shakes for a while and my insurance approved me right away with only one meeting with the nutritionist instead of once a month for six months.

I am drinking my Water when I get hungry and that always helps a lot!

How are you doing? When is your surgery?

Yes, this is still tricky for me too. I agree with sharing a plate. That helps. Another thing I do is say I'll start with this and see if I'm still hungry. Or I'll say I had a big breakfast/lunch and my eyes were bigger than my stomach. We can't change how servers react, I think we have to develop a technique/dialog that works for us.

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You have to own it -- you say:
Thank you, the potatoes are very good, but I'm on a special physician prescribed diet right now and can only eat a bit at a time.
I would have mentioned to the manager that the waitress was asking about the food in a way that made you uncomfortable so retraining could be done.
My line, even now 11 months out, is Oh my, everything is delicious but I just can't eat another bite. Can I have a to-go box? With a really big smile.
Only you can make yourself feel uncomfortable or awkward about your surgery. 99.5% of the people I know and don't know, have no idea I had surgery. If anyone asks about the way I eat, I just say I'm on a medically supervised weight loss program for health issues. Period. If anyone asks more, I repeat the same answer to make it clear that the discussion of this topic is over or go to - How Bout those Phillies?

Quads! :-)

Good luck everyone!!

I have to be at the hospital at 6am for surgery @ 7:30am. I am cleaning the house and packing my lil suitcase. My doc said I will be in hospital 2 nights.

My surgery is in two days and I am not nervous. thought I would be.

My surgery is in two days and I am not nervous. thought I would be.