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reinangel    78

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Hey guys...new here.?im having surgery on Tuesday ...October the eighth...start of a new life....excited but also nervous...anything must be better then this god awful pre operative diet to clear your liver. Dear lord I've been on it for 12 days. Tomorrow I start the broth and clear liquids...I feel like having fast food before it's too late. Lol..Help

mine is Tuesday as well. My pre op was only 4 days. but i spent the entire month of sept saying goodbye to food. I honestly dont miss it. i said my goodbyes and i feel strangely at ease with it.

right now.. i cant sleep at all im too excited nervous scared anxious

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debbiedenise    33

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mine is Tuesday as well. My pre op was only 4 days. but i spent the entire month of sept saying goodbye to food. I honestly dont miss it. i said my goodbyes and i feel strangely at ease with it.

right now.. i cant sleep at all im too excited nervous scared anxious

Tomorrow is the big day for me ...I get to be on the losers bench. Everyone please say prayers for me.

Hugs. ..

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debbiedenise    33

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mine is Tuesday as well. My pre op was only 4 days. but i spent the entire month of sept saying goodbye to food. I honestly dont miss it. i said my goodbyes and i feel strangely at ease with it.

right now.. i cant sleep at all im too excited nervous scared anxious

Tomorrow is the big day for me ...I get to be on the losers bench. Everyone please say prayers for me.

Hugs. ..

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IwannaBaLoser    60

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Tomorrow is the big day for me ...I get to be on the losers bench. Everyone please say prayers for me.

Hugs. ..

Prayers for you. It isn't easy. But will see you on the bench.

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IwannaBaLoser    60

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Tomorrow is the big day for me ...I get to be on the losers bench. Everyone please say prayers for me.

Hugs. ..

Prayers for you. It isn't easy. But will see you on the bench.

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charisse    2

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I had my surgery On Friday. I was on morphine for pain for a day and a half. Now Im taking children's liquid Tylenol and managing my pain quite well. My surgeon said my liver ws fatty but he still had room to work, Thank God! I was on Opti fast for 14 days and was allowed greens, but admittedly I did cheat with chips, gummies, chilli and one day a chicken burger with fries (I was disobedient I know). I lost about 7 LBS. Anyway i had no complications and Im feeling great. You will be surprised how full u get on such a little bit of food

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charisse    2

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I had my surgery On Friday. I was on morphine for pain for a day and a half. Now Im taking children's liquid Tylenol and managing my pain quite well. My surgeon said my liver ws fatty but he still had room to work, Thank God! I was on Opti fast for 14 days and was allowed greens, but admittedly I did cheat with chips, gummies, chilli and one day a chicken burger with fries (I was disobedient I know). I lost about 7 LBS. Anyway i had no complications and Im feeling great. You will be surprised how full u get on such a little bit of food

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DevilBlueDress    189

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I had my surgery On Friday. I was on morphine for pain for a day and a half. Now Im taking children's liquid Tylenol and managing my pain quite well. My surgeon said my liver ws fatty but he still had room to work' date=' Thank God! I was on Opti fast for 14 days and was allowed greens, but admittedly I did cheat with chips, gummies, chilli and one day a chicken burger with fries (I was disobedient I know). I lost about 7 LBS. Anyway i had no complications and Im feeling great. You will be surprised how full u get on such a little bit of food[/quote']

Wow, I'm glad you are doing fine now. Please don't take this the wrong way, but why did you cheat on the pre- op diet? I really don't understand. If I had cheated and something went wrong, I'd endlessly beat myself up because I could have done it differently. I'm not holding myself up as perfect, but I followed my pre-op diet to the letter and the same post- op. Again, I'm really glad you are doing fine.

Molly 10/2/13

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DevilBlueDress    189

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I had my surgery On Friday. I was on morphine for pain for a day and a half. Now Im taking children's liquid Tylenol and managing my pain quite well. My surgeon said my liver ws fatty but he still had room to work' date=' Thank God! I was on Opti fast for 14 days and was allowed greens, but admittedly I did cheat with chips, gummies, chilli and one day a chicken burger with fries (I was disobedient I know). I lost about 7 LBS. Anyway i had no complications and Im feeling great. You will be surprised how full u get on such a little bit of food[/quote']

Wow, I'm glad you are doing fine now. Please don't take this the wrong way, but why did you cheat on the pre- op diet? I really don't understand. If I had cheated and something went wrong, I'd endlessly beat myself up because I could have done it differently. I'm not holding myself up as perfect, but I followed my pre-op diet to the letter and the same post- op. Again, I'm really glad you are doing fine.

Molly 10/2/13

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Mid West    99

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What was your pre-op diet? Mine was low fat, normal food, sticking to around 1000 cals a day. Didn't measure cals and may have had one or two more bowls of muesli than necessary but everything I've eaten has been low fat, zero sugar and no alcohol. I had one meal out on Friday night which didn't exactly meet the low fat requirements but still avoided chips (fries), alcohol and sugar. Thinking about doing a liquid diet (Complan/Soup etc) for the next 4 days leading up to the surgery, just to make up for any deviations on the pre-op and also to cleanse my system.

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Mid West    99

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What was your pre-op diet? Mine was low fat, normal food, sticking to around 1000 cals a day. Didn't measure cals and may have had one or two more bowls of muesli than necessary but everything I've eaten has been low fat, zero sugar and no alcohol. I had one meal out on Friday night which didn't exactly meet the low fat requirements but still avoided chips (fries), alcohol and sugar. Thinking about doing a liquid diet (Complan/Soup etc) for the next 4 days leading up to the surgery, just to make up for any deviations on the pre-op and also to cleanse my system.

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DevilBlueDress    189

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My pre-op diet was 3 Slimfast shakes (meals) and two Protein Shakes (snacks) plus broth, Water, a little juice (4-8 oz) a day. I could also have Decaf tea, sf Jello and sf popsicles. The last day before surgery I followed that diet through lunch, then had Clear liquids until 4 hours pre-op.

Molly 10/2/13

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DevilBlueDress    189

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My pre-op diet was 3 Slimfast shakes (meals) and two Protein shakes (snacks) plus broth, Water, a little juice (4-8 oz) a day. I could also have Decaf tea, sf Jello and sf popsicles. The last day before surgery I followed that diet through lunch, then had Clear Liquids until 4 hours pre-op.

Molly 10/2/13

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ginalariccia81    3

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Excited to have someone else with this same date. We will have to compare and contrast. Lol....my pre op diet was so sever with only 4 juice box shakes a day and 1 bar....there were 3 out of if the ten days I didn't even do the shakes. I just didn't eat and drank water..I think that's why I cracked with the mcdonalds run...today is the start of my all liquids...again. Not eating and drinking Water.< /p>

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ginalariccia81    3

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Excited to have someone else with this same date. We will have to compare and contrast. Lol....my pre op diet was so sever with only 4 juice box shakes a day and 1 bar....there were 3 out of if the ten days I didn't even do the shakes. I just didn't eat and drank water..I think that's why I cracked with the mcdonalds run...today is the start of my all liquids...again. Not eating and drinking Water.< /p>

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