Alisa_S
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On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
Soooo I am coming to a realization
of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food!When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to.Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time.Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.
And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life.
I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating.How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void?Wow. Now I'm sad.
