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crissymcclendon    12

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Im having my RNY April 8th and will be on 12 day pre-op diet does anyone have any tips for that time?

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caseyann24    22

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Im having my RNY April 8th and will be on 12 day pre-op diet does anyone have any tips for that time?

Congrats on getting your date!! I am exactly one week post op. the pre op diet sucked not going to lie. BUT it does get easier after the first 3-5 days. For me I just kind of looked at it as though I was already eating like I would post op. it's more mind over matter. Good Luck!!

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crissymcclendon    12

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Yeah I imagine its going to suck I start preop diet 3/27/14 he wants me on it for 12 days yikes...I am worried bout that lol how your recovery?

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caseyann24    22

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Yeah I imagine its going to suck I start preop diet 3/27/14 he wants me on it for 12 days yikes...I am worried bout that lol how your recovery?

Recovery is going very well actually. Haven't had any trouble with nausea or keeping things down. Well so far anyway (fingers crossed). I'm having some back pain along with abdominal. I'm just a little concerned because I had an incident where my 2 year old daughter kind of jumped off the stairs into my arms, I had no choice but to catch her. I hope I didn't cause a hernia. I can't tell if it's just normal post op pain or if it's something like a hernia. I have my post op appointment on the 28th so we'll see.

Otherwise I feel like it's going great! I have no regrets!

The good thing about the pre op diet is it means your super close to your surgery date!

Are you excited or nervous?

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crissymcclendon    12

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Im extremely excited when I got the call that I was approved I have a whole bunch of feelings like it just got real! Im really good with pain and etc I had gallbladder out already and I hear that is much worse so im feeling pretty confident that things wont be so bad. Do you know how much you have droped or are you waiting?

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caseyann24    22

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Im extremely excited when I got the call that I was approved I have a whole bunch of feelings like it just got real! Im really good with pain and etc I had gallbladder out already and I hear that is much worse so im feeling pretty confident that things wont be so bad. Do you know how much you have droped or are you waiting?

I had my gall bladder out at the same time as my RNY. I wonder if it's a longer healing process that way. Still haven't figured that out. Lol

I weighted myself the day after I can home to see how much I gained from surgery (I heard 10+pounds of Water etc.) but to my surprise I was exactly what I was the last time I weighed myself. Which was about 5 days before surgery. I'll weigh myself on Friday. I don't want to get to obsessed with the scale. It can be evil, I hope I can just focus on sticking to the plan.

Don't get me wrong, I'm anxious to get on the scale. Lol

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Karl 15    10

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My date is April 3 I'm so ready to get the journey started. I've been on the pre op diet for a week so far and counting down

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crissymcclendon    12

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How you doing on the preop???

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Karl 15    10

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I'm not going to lie it's tuff mostly because of favorite smells. Not hungry it's head hunger just be strong and focus on the prize. Start setting small goals now it'll help later

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crissymcclendon    12

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Yeah im def ready! I start preop diet next thurs..mine is for 12days. Im sure ill do fine already preparing

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Swhitton85    66

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Im having my RNY April 8th and will be on 12 day pre-op diet does anyone have any tips for that time?

I'm having my surgery April 8th as well. Excited but nervous at the same time

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crissymcclendon    12

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Same here! Are you on preop diet I am day two..its not bad yet..lol

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Swhitton85    66

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I started today, but my surgeon doesn't require a pre op diet like most others. He told me no more carbs (breads, rice, potatoes, Pasta & corn) from now on. So I started today. What do u have to do?

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crissymcclendon    12

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Im on

Breakfast protien shake

Morn snack water/sugar frww liquid

lunch 3oz lean protien and 2 cups raw veggie or 1 cup steamed and Water

Afternoon snack protien and water

dinner same as lunch

Evening snack protien and fluids

Extra protien if needed

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Swhitton85    66

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Sounds like yours is a lot harder then mine. Did they say how many days u will be staying in hospital?

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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

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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.

        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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