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Day 1

Today is the first day of my pre-op diet. Needless to say I am starving!! To top it all off I have a wedding to go to at 3. I'm praying that The Lord gives me the strength to stay on my plan.

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    • kbush
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      I just got home from the wedding. I am so proud of myself!! I had a piece of chicken breast and a bottle of water. I left before they served cake.

    • aviva1979
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      I am 6:30am in thurs too! Meanwhile my husband just committed the ultimate atrocity. He brought McDonalds home and then fell asleep so there was a quarter pounder in my living room. There was 4 seco

    • Royalrags
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      I just got surgery on Tuesday and my pre op made a huge difference in how I am handling my post op eating!! I am happy I had those two (some days excruciating ) weeks of Liquid protein Only... Focus

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    I hate how I look so much so I refuse to take photic. My belly is huge I mean hugely swollen I guess from swelling and gas but its huge!!! And one else experiencing that ? I know it will go down eventually but my belly is bigger now than it was with macaroni and cheese in it lol

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    LOL!!!! My stomach is huge too! Much larger than pre op! Hoping it goes down very soon.

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    I'm pretty swollen too - tho it is now swollen in lumps around the incisions vs uniformly swollen.

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    I hate how I look so much so I refuse to take photic. My belly is huge I mean hugely swollen I guess from swelling and gas but its huge!!! And one else experiencing that ? I know it will go down eventually but my belly is bigger now than it was with macaroni and cheese in it lol

    Hahahahaha!! Mac &cheese. Yes, the top of my tummy is swollen

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    Hahahahaha!! Mac &cheese. Yes' date=' the top of my tummy is swollen[/quote']

    It's time for dinner! Gerber pears! Yummy

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    I'm pretty swollen too - tho it is now swollen in lumps around the incisions vs uniformly swollen.

    Mine too.

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    Has anyone been able to sleep more than 4 hours straight??? I want to get a full 8 hours!!!

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    My sleep has been intermittent all night. The most I am sleeping is 3 hours at a time. I agree, 8 hours straight would be awesome!

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    I've been on 3 hr intervals. Thank goodness for DVR service, bc there's not much to watch in the middle of the night.

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    I skipped the pain meds last night in favor of Tylenol PM and slept 9 hrs last night!

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    I skipped the pain meds last night in favor of Tylenol PM and slept 9 hrs last night!

    Smarty pants!!!

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    Hahaha

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    My incisions itch.... I think I will only have 1 really visible scar and that's the big one.

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    My incisions itch.... I think I will only have 1 really visible scar and that's the big one.

    Ditto

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    How many incisions do you have?? I have 5 visible and the 6th one is in my belly button.

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