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lindseymb    6

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Tomorrow is the big day. Getting very nervous. I tried to wear myself out today by deep cleaning my house so I would sleep tonight but I still don't think it's happening.

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tracey022216    45

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Congratulations mine is Monday.. I'm nervous

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Angie74    170

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mine is Tuesday, keep me posted guys on how yours goes? what r u guys packing for the hospital?

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tracey022216    45

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Angie ChapStick cpap gas strips acts dry mouth spray...shapoo soap teeth stuff. IPad..and a prayer..lol..

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tracey022216    45

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So the dry mouth spray I only get one cup ice and two sips of Water if my tummy can hand my brother friend told him to take and he said don't leave with out it mouth is so dry and the spray keeps it moist with out having to swallow..

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Elode    8,093

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Good luck tomorrow!

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tracey022216    45

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Monday is coming fast...my aniexty level hit..

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lindseymb    6

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Made it home about 3 hours ago. Stomach is pretty sore after long ride home. Finding it difficult to sip anything due to stomach spasms or cramps with every sip. I tried Water, juice, cream Soup, nectar Protein Drinks. It is much better today than yesterday. You will want to be up and walking as soon as you can after. They wouldn't let me stand for a while because I was dizzy and the gas pains were so bad I was in tears rocking on the side of the. Take the pain meds whenever you can and keep the hallways hot!

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lindseymb    6

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Chap stick, deodorant, tooth brush and paste, dry Shampoo, comb and change of clothes to wear home. I just stayed in gown while there because everyone wants to see your belly. I just put some undies underneath.

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Angie74    170

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So the dry mouth spray I only get one cup ice and two sips of Water if my tummy can hand my brother friend told him to take and he said don't leave with out it mouth is so dry and the spray keeps it moist with out having to swallow..

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I've never heard if dry mouth spray where do u get something like that?

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amandastearns    79

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Sadly, I wasn't able to use my gas x strips or any dry mouth spray. The hospital had a mouth rise that was so wonderful and I would suggest to ask for that pre op. Also Chapstick was wonderful.

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tracey022216    45

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So the dry mouth spray I only get one cup ice and two sips of Water if my tummy can hand my brother friend told him to take and he said don't leave with out it mouth is so dry and the spray keeps it moist with out having to swallow..

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I've never heard if dry mouth spray where do u get something like that?

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Any drug store.. It's for dry mouth. Works great also of your meds give you dry mouth and you swallow nothing just gives you moistness.

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    • 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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    • 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.

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