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April 2nd is my day!!! I'm on day 7 of the pre op diet...I cannot wait to start my new life...any suggestions from anyone are welcome!

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April 2nd is my day!!! I'm on day 7 of the pre op diet...I cannot wait to start my new life...any suggestions from anyone are welcome!

I'm April 2nd to pm me I need someone to talk to

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I'm looking for any advice too I started my prep today and it's been horrible so far has made me moodie I know it's all for a good cause but I hate feeling hungry

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I'm set up for April 2nd too! As I finish up with my winter clothes, they are going to Goodwill. They won't fit next winter!

I'd love to communicate with another who is sleeved on 4/2; that would be awesome.

Let's talk any time.

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I'm 4th April so if anyone wants to chat please do

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April 2nd Sleeve_Suggestions

@@Nik1115

wow, i hear april 2nd is the best day in the world to have surgery!!! ;)

you are probably going through a bunch of mixed emotional feelings like many of us did

being excited, scared, nervous, and back again

suggestions..............

follow allll the rules you've learned from the board

and your doc and NUT too !!!!!

we are all wise beyond our years :lol:

but we are not surgeons/docs/nuts

we will support you - give you advice - but the final word should come from your doc/nut

(even though we're frequently smarter ;)

be as prepared "mentally" as you can for having a "little" pain/discomfort after surgery

maybe normal post op issues of gas/vomitting etc

for the gas - walk as soon as possible in the hospital

keep walking - that helps get rid of the gas

if you are in pain - don't be shy about taking pain meds

you might be tired for awhile when you get home

get as much rest as you can, and then nap ;)

keep drinking, sipping - very important

you can't afford to get dehydrated

remember that you didn't wake up one morning and you were heavy

you won't wake up one morning and be skinny either

god grant me patience just hurry up about it!!!!

take things slow

expect the worse, and hope for the best!!!!

all that being said - many/me had great recoveries

hardly any issues

many people returned to work within a few days, or a week

never compare your weight loss/time period or anything with others

"the one thing we all have in common is that we're all different"!!!!

good luck wednesday :)

speedy recovery

kathy

Edited by proudgrammy

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I am April 2nd as well. Lots of different feelings going on in my head. It feels a bit surreal at this point!

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April 2nd for me too!!!! Now if I can get through the next few days without anything happening. (Was scheduled in January and my son was diagnosed with diabetes the day after by preop bloodwork)

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Wow looks like April 2nd is going to be a good day!!! How's everyone doing with their pre op diet? I'm allowed 4 Protein Shakes a day, sugar free Jello and popsicles and a 1/2 cup of non starchy veggies. The first few days were rough but now I'm in the home stretch ...only 2 days of work left and my journey begins!

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I haven't been given a pre-op diet but I have been doing 2 shakes a day with a small meal at supper. It hasn't been bad because I've had a bad cold for over a week now with very little appetite.

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Oh I've heard of some not having to be on a pre op diet...guess its the surgeons call.

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I am scheduled for surgery on April 4th and am on my 2nd week of my pre-op diet. The surgery jitters are starting to kick in but I am very excited!

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I am on April 1st ! Good luck to us all ,,,,

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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.

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