Today is the 2nd day of my 10 day liquid diet before my suregery, May 5th. I know it has to be done, I am not even fighting it. I know if I shrink up my liver before hand, my scar will be smaller, and my surgeon will have an easier time and hopefully less pain. It is no brainer, yes it will be tough, but I quit smoking 4 years ago and that was a lot worse.

But I seriously just need to vent, the WHOLE office smells like smoked BBQ ribs, I can hear my co-workers chewing on the bones and moaning how good they taste. I don't even like ribs, but they sure sound good compared to this watered down tomato soup I am eating!!!!! Did I also mention, my hand to God, there is a bake sale going on all day to help those in Japan. I kid you not, cookies, brownies, bunt cakes, fudge, ect!!!!! If I go to the ice machine, I can see the baked goods, sigh...

OK, I am done whining, only 8 more days to go...

Stick with it, it will be worth it.

funny this is truely funny. I know that it is not to you. Your will power will be tested my friends every day and the closer to surgery you will be tested even more.. I truely know your pain. My sister in law got snowed out of her house ,and had to stay at our house and she ate non-stop.. First she ate two plates of food, then choclate cover raisens, then fiddle faddle, then cheese nips, then ice cream..OMG I was ready to get my gun out and shoot her. The only thing I got that night was mmm sooo good chicken broth. I was soo glad when the snow stop falling.. Donuts were my temptation at work. It seemed like everyone brought donuts all that week..geeez You have to put all that behind you and keep on trucking forward. When you get tempted always remember what you are doing this for and walk away. You will make it I promise you!!!

Not fair!!!!!!!!!

I only had to do one day of clear liquids. The two weeks leading into my surgery I had to do low fat, NO CARBS. I never could have done two weeks of liquids prior to the surgery but now that I am post op, liquids aren't that bad.......hang in there. I think your MD may be overly cautious with the liquids so long before the surgery.

Funny...keep the goal in sight! Fight those urges and you will be glad you did when you look in the mirror in a few months.

Stay strong,

Dr. JSA

it's amazing what we find tempting when we can't it eat. I told my coworkers over and over to stop offering me food, it took them a while but they did. the first few days when i was doing the diet i wouldn't eat with them... once i was more stable i found myself able to sit with them most of the time... keep strong, you can do it.

Thanks for letting me vent and the support, day 3 is much better for me.

Best-Steven

I had to do a low carb pre op diet of one week so not as bad as your 2 week liquid diet. After surgery I would call my folks to talk to them and they would start describing the food they were eating and would make lip smacking yummy sounds. I had to tell them to stop it. Its almost like if you have a sore arm someone is going to come up and smack that arm kind of thing.

Keep positive and you will have started you journey downwards from the pre op diet. So that is a bonus!

LOL that is funny... during week 2 after my surgery, i was asking my friend what he ate cuz I was living vicariously through him and the funny thing was, it didn't sound appetizing!!

Wow I really feel for ya, but at least its only 10 days. I havn't started my pre op diet yet, but my doc says that I have to do the diet for 4 to 6 weeks because of my size.I'm also a smoker so I'll be dealing with that too. I'm already cringing at the thought. lol But like a few others have stated, it will be worth it in the end. It's the begining of a life changing journry. Just keep a good attitude and you will do great! Good luck with everything.