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John.L    25

John.L
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Am on my second month of "pre-op" diet and no date set yet. I still have a mandatory 4# left to lose. Had to cut out all bars and my once daily Protein food for more nasty shakes. Getting discouraged a bit. Have to make weight by Monday so he will schedule me. God give me strength.

You can do this! You are so close! You still have 5 days before your weigh-in. It may be a miserable 5 days but if you eat right (and cheat the scale a bit by avoiding fluids and stuff the day before), you can totally do that! Make sure to post back on Monday with your success and due date!

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NoDramaLlama    38

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Day 11. I have been feeling much better since about Day 4. This liquid-only thing feels like my new normal now. Except for one moment yesterday in an airport when a 15 year old sat down next to me, opened a bag of McDonald's and pulled out a large order of fries. I realized..I'm not that strong. Rather than tackle her or sit there with a stream of drool coming out of the corner of my mouth...I moved across the gate area out of smell's reach. Disaster averted.

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Huggies123    28

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I'm laughing so much at these posts (tackling children for mcdonalds or hitting your own mother with a brick for a cheeseburger). Lol omg these made my day!! Just proves we all go thru these same emotions to get where we need to be. Thank you for posting!!

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Ddelrio    1

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I know this is a little gross....TMI, but I need to know...Is anyone else constipated from the Pre-op liquid diet? I've been doing 2 Protein Shakes a day and a small dinner (4oz. lean meat and greens), and I cannot use the restroom. It is killing me! Do you think I could take anything to make me go?

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astalsby    31

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I know this is a little gross....TMI, but I need to know...Is anyone else constipated from the Pre-op liquid diet? I've been doing 2 Protein shakes a day and a small dinner (4oz. lean meat and greens), and I cannot use the restroom. It is killing me! Do you think I could take anything to make me go?

I am the exact opposite. I am kinda worried tomorrow when I can start eating real food. Not sure I am wanting to give up liquids. I have lost weight and it feels great!

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invalidID    14

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I have taken to smelling my kid's food. I try to tell myself it is just a wonderful smell...not food. It's just a weird room freshener that happens to smell like pizza or bacon or potato Soup. (I have to admit my only cheat was taking my daughter's soup spoon and dumping out the soup and liking the back of it.) My kiddos have quickly adjusted to their crazy mom sniffing their food.

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Urbanlamb    56

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I'm on day four...poor kid at work, he's the youngest here. I growled at him yesterday, and today whenever he needs to talk to me, he does it with so much hesitiation, and with a very soft voice and a lot of 'please' and 'only if you are ok with it' and 'if it's ok with you'.

I'm ready to smack him today. :lol:

I truly, really, do feel bad for the poor kid...normally, I'm a really sweet person and he's not sure how to handle this change in my demeanor.

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almosthome    91

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@@Ddelrio - I've had a similar problem and plan to take generic colace if I go more than 24 hours without any action.

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missamoo83    2

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I had that problem but I wasn't eating enough Protein. Now I go like every three days.

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Lexibelle    18

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I think I may just have to call this thread home for the next few weeks, if that's okay. I'm at the end of my food week and facing 3 weeks of liquids. My first 2 weeks didn't go so well. I hated the taste of the powder so much I was just not 'eating', which isn't healthy and resulted in feeling even worse.

Has anyone found a reasonably priced powder that doesn't taste horrible? I've tried 3 so far and had absolutely no luck. I broke down and got a case of Premier Protein, which my surgeon isn't a fan of, but at least I can stomach it. Trouble is, I'm getting very tired of chocolate and don't like the vanilla. It'd probably help if I didn't totally hate the taste of sucralose.

I just ordered some packets of powders?utm_source=BariatricPal&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_campaign=CommentLink" target="_ad" data-id="1" >unjury in hopes that it's as good as people say. The next one is Syntrax - I gotta find something!

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Timothy Gibson    2

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looking for menu suggestions for pre op diet..... please help just started yesterday...........

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alwaysvegas    702

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looking for menu suggestions for pre op diet..... please help just started yesterday...........

Did your doctor provide a list of liquids that you can and cannot have? That makes a difference on the recipes.

Also, check out the recipe sub-form here.

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jamesd22    1

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Day one down. 13 more to go.

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    • Aunty Mamo

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      Iʻm roughly 6 weeks post-op this morning and have begun to feel like a normal human, with a normal human body again. I started introducing solid foods and pill forms of medications/supplements a couple of weeks ago and it's really amazing to eat meals with my family again, despite the fact that my portions are so much smaller than theirs. 
      I live on the island of Oʻahu and spend a lot of time in the water- for exercise, for play,  and for spiritual & mental health. The day I had my month out appointment with my surgeon, I packed all my gear in my truck, anticipating his permission to get back in the ocean. The minute I walked out of that hospital I drove straight to the shore and got in that water. Hallelujah! My appointment was at 10 am. I didn't get home until after 5 pm. 
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      My general disposition lately is hopeful and motivated. The only thing that bugs me on a daily basis still is the way those supplements make my house smell. So stink! But I just bought a smell proof bag online that other people use to put their pot in. My house doesn't stink anymore. 
       
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    • BeanitoDiego

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      Oh yeah, something I wanted to rant about, a billing dispute that cropped up 3 months ago.
      Surgery was in August of 2023. A bill shows up for over $7,000 in January. WTF? I asks myself. I know that I jumped through all of the insurance hoops and verified this and triple checked that, as did the surgeon's office. All was set, and I paid all of the known costs before surgery.
      A looong story short, is that an assistant surgeon that was in the process of accepting money from my insurance company touched me while I was under anesthesia. That is what the bill was for. But hey, guess what? Some federal legislation was enacted last year to help patients out when they cannot consent to being touched by someone out of their insurance network. These types of bills fall under something called, "surprise billing," and you don't have to put up with it.
      https://www.cms.gov/nosurprises
      I had to make a lot of phone calls to both the surgeon's office and the insurance company and explain my rights and what the maximum out of pocket costs were that I could be liable for. Also had to remind them that it isn't my place to be taking care of all of this and that I was going to escalate things if they could not play nice with one another.
      Quick ending is that I don't have to pay that $7,000+. Advocate, advocate, advocate for yourself no matter how long it takes and learn more about this law if you are ever hit with a surprise bill.
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    • BeanitoDiego

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      Some days I feel like an infiltrator... I'm participating in society as a "thin" person. They have no idea that I haven't always been one of them! 🤣
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    • ChunkCat

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      Thank you everyone for your well wishes! I totally forgot I wrote an update here... I'm one week post op today. I gained 15 lbs in water weight overnight because they had to give me tons of fluids to bring my BP up after surgery! I stayed one night in the hospital. Everything has been fine except I seem to have picked up a bug while I was there and I've been running a low grade fever, coughing, and a sore throat. So I've been hydrating well and sleeping a ton. So far the Covid tests are negative.
      I haven't been able to advance my diet past purees. Everything I eat other than tofu makes me choke and feels like trying to swallow rocks. They warned me it would get worse before it gets better, so lets hope this is all normal. I have my follow up on Monday so we'll see. Living on shakes and soup again is not fun. I had enough of them the first time!! LOL 
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    • BeanitoDiego

      BeanitoDiego

      Still purging all of the larger clothing. This morning, a shirt that I ADORED wearing ended up on top. Hard to let it go, but it was also hard to let go of those habits that also no longer serve my highest good. Onward and upward!
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