And I can't take one more Protein shake! All I can think of is food... On day 13 of liquid diet and I only cheated once (which I felt super guilty) and was a HUGE mistake. If you are on your 2 week liquid only diet, don't cheat as it will make it so much harder to continue after and will trick your mind into thinking one bite or two a day until surgery is ok.

If you are near the end of your diet how are you coping? I have to check into hospital at 6am on Friday and although I'm not ready for surgery I AM so ready for the hunger pangs to be gone.

Hang in there it's almost over!

Thanks! I received these Bariwise fruit drinks that are amazing, especially the cran-grape, have 15 grams protein and are sugar free. I am so ready for surgery... 2 more night.

You're so close!

I check in on Monday morning, and I feel the same can't drink another shake. In fact I got sick to my stomach yesterday when I tried. Today has been a little better.

Good luck.

I hated the pre-op diet also, but it had so many wonderful benefits in addition to shrinking the liver:

• I lost 25lbs between two week pre-op and two week post-op
• It completely reset my palate. I actually don't need foods to be very salty, sweet, or fatty for me to enjoy them.
• I appreciated the transition to purees. Those foods were so good and filling.
• I learned that I needed much less food than I thought to live a healthy life.
• I realized that I could control my food and not have it control me. Some days I didn't feel like this at all...but in the end...yeah, the pre-op helped tremendously.
• The hunger pre-op and post-op was night and day. I remember being really hungry the day of surgery, but couldn't care less about food for weeks after.

Your mileage may vary of course, but hang in there! This is just a blip on the radar of your life and sticking the plan will help you in the long run as you've already stated!

Best of luck on your journey!

Thank you all of your words of encouragement. I stuck by it and am now waiting for this night to be over so I can check into the hospital first thing tomorrow.

@@kjnunezz were in the same boat, today was all liquids for me and I made it. I am laying in bed and waiting to wake up at 5 to get to the hospital @ 6am for surgery at 7:30am

Good Luck!

How was your surgery? How are you feeling on post-op day #5?