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On my third day of preop liquids for two weeks and I wanna know how long this lack of energy lasts? I feel tired and weak and just want to sleep all day. I work 12 hour days on the weekends and am exhausted from that alone. I work in a restaurant as a shift leader so I'm always on my feet.

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I was extremely irritable and weak for about 5-7 days on my post op. I was on 2 weeks liquid pre-op. I found that Muscle Milk was my best option for days that I had things to do and couldn't stay in bed all day.

You have an extra hurdle of working in a restaurant in which you have to smell foor for 12 hours but it does get better!!

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Thank you for replying. I was worried a bit. I'm jot even hungry or anything, it's just this lack of energy, it's really bothering me. Hopefully it will go away soon. Thank u!

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I can't say I've had more than usual irritability. However, I did when I started dieting in February and went low-carb. My doctor made me lose 40 pounds before I could even schedule surgery.

However, I've been on the pre-op diet for four weeks (my surgery is in 10 hours) and have had no energy whatsoever. I commented in other thread that I had gotten very dizzy and light headed while working out two weeks ago. When I came home I got the chills and threw up. I called the NUT and the DR and they said to stop working out. I wish they would have said "go have a piece of chicken!" lol Going to the gym was a way to stay busy and not think about food!

I'm a teacher so I was on the pre-op diet for 2 weeks in school and 2 weeks out of school. I didn't feel too bad while I was still working because I had a schedule and routine (and was working out 3x week). The last two weeks I've just want to sleep all day. It's normal for me to develop a wacky sleeping schedule during the summer, like staying up super late and sleeping in. However, it's not normal for me to sleep 12 hours every night and spend the day on the couch. It's been very tough to get anything done lately. I'm glad I'm not the only one because it was starting to make me worry that I wouldn't have the energy later to keep up with everything my DR wants me to do.

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Thanks Beth. Hang In there. I'm trying to be strong. It's 330 am and I just took a hot shower to help me sleep. I keep getting low blood sugars (I have type 1 ) and no matter how little insulin I take, it still drops. shakes only hold me up for an hour or two so I ate some bread to keep ur up through the night do I don't collapse like I almost did yesterday. I'm scared now. ;( working 12 hour days doesn't help either.

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I think my energy picked up around day 5. Hang on there. It does get better.

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