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My surgery is next week on the 24th May. I Need to go to the store and get stocked up on foods ( drinks I can use) would love ideas on the best ones to get and what protien drinks taste good, thanks in advance for all you help. I have not been on a liquid diet before, my doctor did not start me on one before surgery.

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i had to buy shakes for my pre op diet from my doctor. After surgey I have been drinking carnation sugar free drinks with 1% milk. Each packet has 5 grams of Protein and 1 cup of 1% milk has 8 grams of protein. I tried both ensure and the special k drinks and had a hard time with the taste of each. Good luck.

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Thank you, I guess I was hoping to find one that tasted like a milkshake LOL

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The first three days after surgery I was on a clear liquid diet, which consist of, apple, cranberry, and grape juices, clear broth, I made chicken broth before hand and froze it in the baggies, sugar free popsicles and sugar free Jello. This is all I could have the first three days after surgery. I actually did not have much of an appetite those first three days. After the three day clear liquid diet, I then progressed to full liquid. This is the stage where I began my Protein Shakes. I use an inexpensive brand from Walmart, Body Fortress, its not bad. I wish you the best of luck on your new journey.

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Thank you so much, your info is very helpful. I think I am lucky to have found this forum, I hope your journey is also fruitful :)

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I got my Protein Powder from my doctors office prior to surgery. Since then I heard people talking about the Premier Protein shakes that you see advertised on this forum. I think they taste like chocolate milk and they fill me up.

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I'm four days post op and on the liquid diet with Protein Shakes. This is very challenging for me but Im committed. cant wait till I can eat some mushies--yogurt or hummus or Beans. I have an appointment next week with my dr but wondering: How long do I have to do the liquid diet?? Two weeks???

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I am to new to answer that question but my doc is keeping me on it for two weeks. :)

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A tip that may help with the Protein shakes - my dietician suggested buying some sugar free coffee syrups (like the Torrani that come in 100s of flavors) and add a little to a vanilla Protein shake if the shakes alone get dull to you. Don't add too much - the chemical that makes them sugar free can cause diarrhea - but enough for flavor helps with the blandness that can come along. I have to do 2 weeks of full liquids, which is basically just Protein drinks or Tomato soup!

As far as other foods - for the full liquid portion most dieticians allow yogurt as long as there are no chunks or seeds (vanilla, honey, coffee flavor, etc). Tomato Soup (but watch the calorie count in that - I purchased Campbells plain Tomato over Cream of Tomato and saved myself 120 calories per serving). Also, Carnation Instant Breakfast mixed with Skim or 1% milk is allowed on my plan.

Keep in mind, every plan is different though. Good luck! :)

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thank you Jen that was great :)

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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.
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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.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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