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Just curious. I have hardly any sick days, and I want to work straight up until the day before my surgery (money GOOD). Has anyone worked all the way through the liquid diet?

I'm wondering if I negotiate with the nutritionist to start a high-protein, low-carb diet now that I won't have to go through the liquid diet until a day or two before surgery (just to clear out my guts--been through major surgery before).

My work requires I walk a mile every day plus I'm on my feet a lot and have to be high-energy (I interact with a lot of people all day). If I can't do that, then I shouldn't be at work. I would hate that.

Advice? Thank you!!!

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Well I haven't started it, but I to plan to work through my liquid phase. Luckily I only have to do one week of liquids. But I have a feeling it is going to be so hard not to be able to eat anything.

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I don't work but I am a stay at home mom to 3 kids ages 9, 3 and 3 months. My dh works 12 hours a day. I worry about having the energy to keep up with them while on the liquid diet.< /p>

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I definitely worked all the way up until the day before surgery through my pre-op liquid diet. I found that it was actually easier to deal with the lack of solid food while busy at work than it was when I was at home. I didn't experience any real lack of energy either.

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Sorry, I lost my job 2 weeks before my liquid diet. I'm glad, though, because for the first few days, I was weak and had a terrible headache (I didn't wean myself off caffeine before and went cold turkey).

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I worked until Friday and had surgery on Monday. I went back to work 2 days after surgery. It really wasn't that hard. But I didn't have any difficulties either.

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I worked, yes I felt a bit tired mid afternoon but to have taken time off just because off being on a liquid diet would have been ridiculous.

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