NPO, no sips, no chips, no nothing!

[ChavaBling 145]

sorry, accidentally posted twice.

Edited May 20, 2014 by ChavaBling

[ChavaBling 145]

Hey sleever friends! I am 2 days, 18 hours away from my surgery. I just had all of my pre-op appointments & admissions stuff yesterday (I was at the hospital for 5 hours. At least now I know where everything is, LOL)

So... my surgery is at 10 AM on Friday. The last sip of Water I will take is at 7 AM, when I take 1 dose of Emend (anti-nausea) and a Xanax (because). My doctor has ordered nothing by mouth (NPO) until 6 am the following day (Saturday). No Water, no juice, no cough drops for the sore throat, NO ICE CHIPS! NADA! I know that I won't get physically dehydrated, because of IV fluids, but I know I'm going to be nauseous and 24 hours just seems excessive (I'm Jewish and I can't even get through the whole day on Yom Kippur without water). She's my doctor, and I've committed to 100% compliance with what she orders, but...it is just hard when I hear about so many different surgeons allowing people to at least SUCK ON A DING DANG ICE CHIP!

Does anyone/has anyone else had the same orders and how did you deal? My options in the hospital post-op are glycerin swabs and SF gum. That's kind of funny too, because my first surgeon (Dr. Baggs at Kaiser Richmond) said, "No gum, ever again", but my current surgeon has no problem whatsoever with gum.

Is this, like, not an exact science? Why so many different rules from different doctors? Thanks for listening.

[pjpanda 129]

Not sure but at least you get iv fluids!! I have almost the same orders although not 24 hours. my surgery is tomorrow at 2:30 pm, the last time I get food or Water is before midnight tonight. No sips or anything else. My plan is to stay up as late as I can tonight and sleep as late as I can (although no later then 11:30 as check in is at 12:30.) to avoid the temptation to drink.

I think the difference is different surgeons' beliefs about nutrition/surgery needs. For example: I've heard a lot about a pre-op liquid diet but my surgeon doesn't require it before hand.

[ready2getgoing 41]

Mine will be the same - next Tuesday the 27th. The day of surgery NPO until the next morning when they do a scan to ensure no leaks,

[DarbiMolly 188]

I am scheduled for June 30 and my facilitator said I will go 2 days without. I can have Ice chips to suck on but I can't swallow. They suggest to bring lip balm for dry lips.

[LumpySpacePrincess 594]

I had the same orders, but a lovely nurse that was watching me for recovery gave me these moist lemon mouth swabs to wet my mouth with. They don't have enough moisture for you to swallow, but they give a little dry mouth relief.

I can't get through Yom Kippur without Water either. Tish b'Av is even worse since its in the middle of summer. Oy!

[par1959 470]

I think you'll get past it. Remember once sleeve you just start not just a new chapter , but a new book on your life. Take you time and make it a best seller.

[LindafromFlorida 1,542]

Most people here were not allowed gum or mints or cough drops because trust me if you swallowed it you would ummmm suffer terribly! 1 month post sleeve I did not chew a small piece of crockpot chicken thoroughly enough and I thought I was having a heart attack when it lodged at my breast area inside. Scared me to death. So personally I cannot imagine what gum might do to my insides if I swallowed it after surgery. Having spent 24 hrs. in the hospital, I had surgery at 3pm, and I wanted and had sips of Water the next morning and did fine. I had the sticks for my mouth too. Surgery was 10 times easier than expected. My husband and I have never had a minute of nausea. A lot of people do, but not everyone. At 6 months post op, we still eat slowly and carefully. You will be fine. Sometimes we think the worst, we are a little scared of the surgery, but it has been great, just take one day at a time and don't worry so much! Best wishes!

[ChavaBling 145]

Awww you guys thank you so much for the encouragement! I am trying to be as positive as possible! It's getting close and I am trying not to let the nerves take over

[ChavaBling 145]

Tish b'Av is even worse since its in the middle of summer. Oy!

LOL, luckily the Bay Area is quite delicious in July/Aug. It's actually sometimes the hottest in Sept/Oct, so HHD's can be rough...I don't know how our cantor does it!! By Neilah he can sound quite croaky!

[LipstickLady 25,682]

It's not even 24 hours. It sucks but it's worth it. I would bet you a nurse will give you ice chips or a mouth swab but trust me, even if they do not, you WILL live and while you will be miserable, you *CAN* do it.

[thesuse2000 698]

Hi there - my date is June 16th and I just met with my surgeon last week and learned about the same thing. I assume we shouldn't feel too thirsty, as you mentioned, because of the IV fluids. Fingers crossed!

[MKCMom 17]

I was NPO for about 36 hours and I was really worried about how I would survive it, but it was not nearly as bad as I expected. I woke up from surgery nauseated, but once that calmed down I was fine until after my leak test.

[jajmj 40]

One week from today. Pre-op physical with PCP was yesterday. liquid diet started Sunday.......so far I haven't bitten anyone's head off. SO FAR!! ????. Not sleeping the best. The excitement it keeping my mind racing. Anyone who has had theirs - thoughts and feedback?

[elfnow 277]

I totally had the same thing, except they didn't tell me ahead of time!! LOL maybe the anticipation is worse? You can and WILL get through it! Then you'll drink that contrast dye for your leak test like it's freaking nectar of the gods!! Hahaha