I'm just trying to get together a shopping list so I'll be ready to go when I do finally get my surgery date. Please share your lists and please share if there was anything you purchased but found out you didn't need or anything you wished you would have gotten. Thanks.

I bought some chicken broth (I found way too salty after)

bullion cubes

s/f Jello

Protein powder

reuseable Water bottles

decafe tea

splenda

That's about it as far as groceries...I had two weeks to gather the full liquids and I needed to get out of the house by then so that's it. I did send hubby to store for chap stick...should have bought that.

From reading great advice on this forum I made a list of these items & gathered in preparation........ :-)

bariatric Protein powder (I like the fusion chocolate mousse) & some pre-made Protein drinks for quick & easy grabs

GasX (sounds like the gas afterwards for a few days is quite painful)

Nexium (ditto on the acid)

liquid Tylenol (to use after the dr's liquid painkiller has finished it's job)

lots of gatorade, s/f Jello, Water bottles

chewable bariatric Vitamins (again the Fusion isn't bad...the mixed berry looks a bit intimidating but is relatively easy to chew up and swallow...my dr advised 2 of those a day for always after.)

pill crusher (this is a cool little thing I found at WM which crushes any non-chewable pills you have to take)

low cal/lactose free yogurt

of course my chapstick!

that's all I can remember at the moment! Best of luck! I go in tomorrow morning............(feels like the first day of school when you were a kid!)