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Same to you : ) prayers for all you guys who will be going for surgery this week now it's time to put what we have learned into ACTION GOOD LUCK

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H I everyone! Had my surgery yesterday morning went pretty well in pain was worse yesterday. Eating chips so for. My gallbladder was taken out he said I had alot old scar tissue but I t never bothered me at

I will be eating sitting up drinking for the first time today. I hope everyone os feeling OK after their sugeriesbthus week ! The worse was getting my period the day before my period ugh z!

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My surgery is Feb 20th. I have a 3 day preop diet

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Surgery is Feb 16th. Surgeon approved FMLA paperwork for 4 weeks!!! I only am hoping for 2 weeks. I really hope she will sign me off at my 10 day appointment assuming no complications. :-(

I have short term disability pay at work, but I have so many project to attend to--- even 2 weeks will be rough. :-(

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My surgery is Tuesday 24th, and I am going back to work that following Monday.....if I don't have any major complications. I do not have any more time to take off. So I am hoping that I can sit at work (I'm and admin), instead of fighting off my 3 year old that is very "mommy" when I am home :)

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I'm day 2 at hospital I improving staring to walk but my oxygen level gets in 80 do I have to wear9 oxygen. Might have to wear it home

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@ Tall Girl 74....my surgery is the 24th too. I have an appt. On the 26th and I hope I can make it. Best of luck and I will check back in with you to see how everything went. Are you on a liquid fiet yet? Have you done any of your Pre-Op tests at this time?

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I'm on day 2 of pre-op diet and I'm hungry. I went to bed early last night so I could ignore my growling stomach. Surgery 2-25. How's everyone else's prepping going?

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Chrissy bug my doctor it takes about 2 weeks to get over the fatigue. Your low on potassium and feel lifeless tired and lathargic. My Dr requires v8 juice, Tomato juice or Tomato Soup. They are all high in Potassium . I heard less painful than drinking Water. I'm on day three after surgery I am still in the hospital but will be coming home tomorrow. Will start my potassium regimen once released.

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That explains why I recovered so fast. I was already on a potassium regimen for almost 2 yrs preop. And Tomato Soup is one of my favorite things. Lol. I don't want to brag, but I was back to my high pace lifestyle last weekend, minus the housework. Lost another 2lbs since surgery too.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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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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