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Good luck, everybody. Don't forget to message me about the secret FB group for JULY ONLY!

I'm in liquid diet until my surgery date July 29 ????

I'm the 29th too! What state are you in.., I'm in FL
whete in florida? I'm in Tallahassee.

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Good luck, everybody. Don't forget to message me about the secret FB group for JULY ONLY!

I'm in liquid diet until my surgery date July 29 ????

I'm the 29th too! What state are you in.., I'm in FL
whete in florida? I'm in Tallahassee.

Naples :)

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Good luck, everybody. Don't forget to message me about the secret FB group for JULY ONLY!

I'm in liquid diet until my surgery date July 29 ????

I'm the 29th too! What state are you in.., I'm in FL
whete in florida? I'm in Tallahassee.
Naples :)
I'm in NJ

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Wow! Things just got real. I have been scheduled to report to the hospital tomorrow at 11 am. I just received the phone call to confirm and now it's 6 a.m! I had planned such a leisurely morning to get ready and be there by 11. I am happy it is earlier, less being grumpy with no liquids after midnight. Getting excited!

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Surgery went well. Had some internal bleeding last night that caused a good-sized hematoma on the right side of my belly. They gave me two bags of plasma and everything is looking better. Moved to a regular room today and they took away the morphine pump. We had to cut the pain pill in 4 pieces and take with Jello. It was tough to get them down!

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Any sleevers scheduled for July 30th?

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I just got home and I am a little sore. The surgery went well. The staff at Norwood Hospital were fantastic. Once the Doc gave me the ok on my barium swallow test I GULPED ice Water. The water came right back up it wasn't really gross or painful but it was unpleasant so please remember to sip that first cold drink of water.

I did a lot of walking on the floor and it really does help with the post surgery gas pains.

I had great plans I was going to make 3 or 4 shakes and get all my Protein in today, I am rethinking that now my Doc even said to me "take it easy don't worry about getting all your protein and supplements in today" I think I am just going to sip water and see how I feel throughout the day.

Good health and best wishes to all

Jay

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My surgery is Monday 7/27. This is day 7 of my clear liquid diet. I feel terrible and I'm starving. As of Monday I've lost 12lbs. I definitely feel lighter not having any food in my body but I also don't have any energy. I know this is all for a reason (to shrink my liver for surgery) and I'm glad I'm already losing but wow, I really underestimated how hard this would be. I'm nervously excited for my surgery. Less than 4 days to go!

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My surgery is Monday 7/27. This is day 7 of my clear liquid diet. I feel terrible and I'm starving. As of Monday I've lost 12lbs. I definitely feel lighter not having any food in my body but I also don't have any energy. I know this is all for a reason (to shrink my liver for surgery) and I'm glad I'm already losing but wow, I really underestimated how hard this would be. I'm nervously excited for my surgery. Less than 4 days to go!

Yay 4 days to go! I also feel terrible and I'm only on day 2. I feel sloshy with liquids but still hungry. Ugh!

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My surgery is tomorrow.still waiting for the call to let me know what time...wish me luck....I have been having second thoughts about this...only because I will be down for 4 hours never been down that long...

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My surgery is tomorrow.still waiting for the call to let me know what time...wish me luck....I have been having second thoughts about this...only because I will be down for 4 hours never been down that long...

you'll do fine ... It won't feel like a long surgery. Even the time in pre-op seemed to go fast!

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You will close your eyes. Then open them. Good luck and keep us updated

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Outside is spot on that's exactly what will happen u will do fine

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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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        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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