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Day 3 of liquids & Surgery tomorrow.

Dotti

By Dotti, in Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums

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meps413    46

meps413
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Don't worry about not being able to sleep, you'll spend enough time sleeping tomorrow! My biggest concern the night before surgery was how I was supposed to provide a urine sample when I got to the hospital, after not bring able to drink for so long, lol. Just get whatever rest you can, and good luck!!

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HalloweenBaby24    447

HalloweenBaby24
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Lucky you!

I have to leave my house at 4:30am.

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McButterpants    2,846

McButterpants
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Best of luck to you! Relax today...it will be here before you know it!

After a 2 week pre-op diet, my surgeon gave me the OK to have a real meal the night before. We couldn't believe it. The only restrictions were to not overdue on red meat and no all you can eat buffets (we were in Las Vegas). We thought he was joking! It was a great meal, but not because of the food...it was awesome because we just enjoyed being together. We didn't know what was going to happen the next day, we didn't know if there going to be complications, we didn't know what to expect.

You're going to do great - say "goodbye" to your old lifestyle and hello to a new you tomorrow!

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Dotti    28

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Boston is really different. They give us 2 days of liquids and protien drinks then the day before surgery is just clear. And clear up to 4 hrs before surgery. When I wanted to do this years back it was 3 weeks of CLEARS I'm like whatt? Lol and jeez 4am? How far are you from the hospital. I'd much rather 4am lol

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beautysleeve559    69

beautysleeve559
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Good luck to you tomorrow praying you have a speedy recovery! !!

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HalloweenBaby24    447

HalloweenBaby24
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I didn't have to do a liquid diet.< /p>

Today (the day before) I'm on nothing but Clear Liquids and a nice fat 10oz bottle of nasty liquid laxative :/

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HalloweenBaby24    447

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I was told to take mine at 10am.

I'm not aloud to have anything after midnight. My husband isn't making today easy either.. "I had two cheese burgers, fries a smoothie and I'm still hungry" as he eats a pudding cup with one reserved on the side.

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blondebomb    580

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I was a ball of nerves or anxiety I was like you couldnt wait to get thru the last night before. I took a ativan it was just enough to help me relax an rest ..I was supposed to have surgery at 11 and I didnt get in there till 4! I was soo hungry! you will do fine. dont over think it like I did. an after I woke up in postop an rolled to my room It was about 4 hrs later I got up an tried to walk. it wasnt much but every hr till I was out for the night I walked for a few minutes. then I woke up about 5 in the morning an decided I needed to get up an walk the halls. Is someone going with you? keep us posted when you can! :)

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Katcloudshepherd    630

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I'm so happy that this liquid diet is ending. But I know I won't be able to sleep tonight :( how do you get through the night before surgery? Should I double my Ativan haha

Good luck on your surgery. I hope it is routine and with no complications. Hoping you have an easy recovery as well. I didn't sleep before surgery but I made up for it after.

Blessings,

Kathleen

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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. LeighaTR

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        I hope your surgery on Wednesday goes well. You will be able to do all sorts of new things as you find your new normal after surgery. I don't know this from experience yet, but I am seeing a lot of positive things from people who have had it done. Best of luck!

    • Alisa_S

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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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      Officially here for a long time, not just a good time💪
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