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What should I invest in before surgery, and what all should I pack? What will I need afterwards? I need to make a big list.

I still have aprox 3 mos.

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Also want to read more on this.

I know to have stock for transition diets first weeks after,

I know to set up in home to be comfortable in one spot, and to get to the bathroom, Kitchen in readiness.

The doc should ask you to get clean with certain soap I think day or so before surgery ?

Pillow can help you roll out of bed, real comfy stuff you'd wear.

Laptop or a book, you'll pay for use of a television too.

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You really won't need much at all, but there is a great topic about this in this thread. I think it's called the Official What you Will Need for your surgery... Helped me a lot in deciding what to bring.

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I don't have my date yet but here is my list, after reading and talking to several people that have had surgery:

For hospital

sleep mask

ear plugs (to get some sleep)

Ipod with earbuds (if you like sleeping with music)

phone and charger

laptop/ kindle or something else if you will be in the hospital more than 1 day

small firm pillow (for holding against stomach and for car rid home)

dry mouth spray (Biotene)

Gas-X strips

chapstick (important for after surgery)

baby wipes

face wash

toothbrush and paste

lotion

deodorant

journal to write things down

wear comfortable loose clothes to the hospital then just leave in what you came in...including soft slippers then there is no packing clothes :)

For home:

wedge pillow for the bed

belly band to help support stomach

heating pad

Gas X strips

flexible ice pack

comfy loose pj pants

comfy bras with no underwire

medicine cups (I ordered 100 on Amazon for cheap, to help with sipping....line up 4 for every hour with liquids)

espresso spoons (also bought on amazon, they are like baby silverware, for helping take smaller bites)

baby warming bowl

electric mug warmer (to keep broth or warm beverages warm)

liquid tylenol

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SarahG0417 You've made my day this morning, thanks,

in part I'd been aware yet now have added to my Amazon cart saved is,

Gas X strips

medicine cups (I ordered 100 on Amazon for cheap, to help with sipping....line up 4 for every hour with liquids)

espresso spoons (also bought on amazon, they are like baby silverware, for helping take smaller bites)

liquid tylenol

dry mouth spray (Biotene)

baby wipes

also, I see that Jello shot cups are cheaper than the medicine cups and may add a value when measuring food or Protein stuff. And I saw a sippi cup that was in the mix items, I wonder, this seems a solution maybe that I can not drink like that ? hmmmm.

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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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