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Just waiting to hear what time surgery will be tomorrow. Eeeeeek! Bundle of nerves, trying to get things done around the house. Questioning if this is what I should be doing... I know it is the right thing, but last minute doubts are creeping in my head. Only Clear Liquids today, that is fine, I don't think I could keep anything else down.

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Did you find out the time of your surgery yet? My surgery isn't until June 21st, but since I'm the first case of the day I already know that my surgery is @7:30 am. I can't imagine having to wait until the day before to find out your time. Everything will be fine, it's normal to have last minute jitters before surgery. I'm sure you are making the right decision. Good luck tomorrow!

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10 am tomorrow. Took my first dose of magnesium citrate 2 hours ago.... Nothing yet. ;-)

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10 am tomorrow. Took my first dose of magnesium citrate 2 hours ago.... Nothing yet. ;-)

Curious how you make out with that stuff. I was told to drink one bottle, wait, and stake out a bathroom. :-)

You said you took your 'first dose'? How much did they ask you to drink?

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I had to drink half a bottle at 3pm, then the other half at 7.

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I had to drink half a bottle at 3pm' date=' then the other half at 7.[/quote']

Thanks! Good luck!

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Good luck & speedy recovery

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You will do awesome !! We're all here for you so let us know how it went and how your doing after you feel up to it!

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Good luck!

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Thanks everyone. Don't think I will be getting much sleep tonight. Ugh.

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10 am tomorrow. Took my first dose of magnesium citrate 2 hours ago.... Nothing yet. ;-)

What is the magnesium citrate for and why did they ask u to stay in the bathroom? I hope to have surgery next month and this is the first I'm hearing about this.

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What is the magnesium citrate for and why did they ask u to stay in the bathroom? I hope to have surgery next month and this is the first I'm hearing about this.

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Its called a bowel prep where you drink this stuff that cleans you out so they say stay near a bathroom. My surgery is Monday and I got a prescription from my surgeon. I have to drink mine Sunday morning between 8am and 12pm and I can only have Clear liquids.

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In the end, bowel prep wasn't that bad. Maybe because I have been eating mostly liquids for 2 weeks. Some flush able wipes were the best idea, toilet paper hurt.

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3.5 hours till I check in!

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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
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      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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        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.

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