My surgery is a week from Thursday, and I am trying to decide whether or not I should work or take the day before surgery off to relax. Would love to hear what others did...

For the people who ate stuff....were you on an all liquid diet then took the day off?

I was only on liquids the day before surgery. No 2 weeks for me and I had no bowel prep.

The day before I did housework and laundry. I was exhausted when I went to bed but was so excited that I was up ALL night! When I got to the hospital I was so tired that I kept falling asleep during all of the preparations the nurses were doing.

I had my surgery 2 hours away from where I lived, reason why I decided to book a room with the hospital hotel. I had to do the mag flush and being on the road was the last thing I needed.

So yeah, I used those 24hrs before surgery to relax. Glad I did so. Resting my mind and body before such a major surgery helped a lot.

Nada I pack my stuff and was hungry with the liquid diet lolz

It was Easter Sunday, my surgeon told me to eat light and take the laxative @ 6 pm. I stayed home all day just tinkering around the house, I did not want to chance it having Easter dinner with my family. I had to be in the hospital @ 6 a.m. so I went to bed early. It was a quiet and relazing day for me.

I worked a half day, just to be busy. Then I scheduled a mani/pedi for the afternoon. That evening was all about the cleansing. They told me it would only take an hour or two, but four hours later I was still running to the bathroom! Was totally worth it!!

My surgery was on a Monday. I went to church Sunday and watched the Hallmark and Lifetime channel movies the day before. Got up early and went to the hospital Monday morning at 5:30am for the surgery! Nothing adventuresome. Now I did have a big dinner the day before my liver shrink diet! I started my diet on a Monday and it was Easter Sunday the day before. I had a huge meal!! Lol. Glad to day I did excellent on the liver shrink diet and lost 16 pounds. I'm now 21 weeks out today and I've lost a total of 76.5 pounds! Good Luck!

Three days preop. I start the clear liquid tomorrow.... I have been doing pretty well on the 6 day liquid protein, though I did crack on Friday and ate a can of low fat mushroom soup, drank a bunch of juice, and ate one crouton... Hope that won't be an issue...

Three days preop. I start the clear liquid tomorrow.... I have been doing pretty well on the 6 day liquid protein' date=' though I did crack on Friday and ate a can of low fat mushroom soup, drank a bunch of juice, and ate one crouton... Hope that won't be an issue...[/quote']

You made me chuckle...I had to reread your post. You wrote, 'I did crack on Friday' I immediately envisioned the rock form of cocaine and you smoking a crack pipe. I even wondered why get the surgery since the crack gonna kill you soon. I needed a good laugh! Good luck with your surgery

You made me chuckle...I had to reread your post. You wrote' date=' 'I did crack on Friday' I immediately envisioned the rock form of cocaine and you smoking a crack pipe. I even wondered why get the surgery since the crack gonna kill you soon. I needed a good laugh! Good luck with your surgery[/quote']

LMBO!!!

You made me chuckle...I had to reread your post. You wrote, 'I did crack on Friday' I immediately envisioned the rock form of cocaine and you smoking a crack pipe. I even wondered why get the surgery since the crack gonna kill you soon. I needed a good laugh! Good luck with your surgery

Hilarious rofl! to your defense I read the post the same way but then I reread it!

After I wrote it and hit send, I read the same thing too! I promise... No crack here. But that one crouton did taste pretty darn great. B-) <note to self, reread before you hit send.>