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ttgill    13

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Hi! I am from SC and I am all ready for my sleeve surgery. I am 5 days into my 2wk diet and my surgery is set for March 9. 1pm I am so excited but a little nervous of the unknown changes that will occur. Anybody have any tips on the "no food, only liquids" the day before surgery?

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Proud2BMe    1,016

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Welcome and good luck! You will do fine. It's not that hard to follow the liquid diet. I had a 2 week pre-op diet but only the second week was liquid only. I had no problems with it. You probably won't as well. Just realize that every time you feel like eating that you drink something or eat broth, sugar free Jello or a sugar free popsicle. That's how I managed.

Soon you will be with us on the other side!

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ttgill    13

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Welcome and good luck! You will do fine. It's not that hard to follow the liquid diet. I had a 2 week pre-op diet but only the second week was liquid only. I had no problems with it. You probably won't as well. Just realize that every time you feel like eating that you drink something or eat broth, sugar free Jello or a sugar free popsicle. That's how I managed.

Soon you will be with us on the other side!

Thanks proud2beme! I am really looking forward to my surgery date. I only have to do all liquids 1 day before surgery, I definitely don't feel so bad now if you had to do a whole week. I have heard 2wks after surgery is all liquid but that even that is hard because your just not interested. Did you experience that after surgery?

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I had 10 days pre-op liquids only, two days Clear Liquids in the hospital, one week full liquids at home, a week and a half of purees, two weeks of soft foods, and then regular cooked foods at one month.

If you have one day pre-op liquids only, you are one of few. The phases will be over before you know it.

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I had 10 days pre-op liquids only, two days Clear Liquids in the hospital, one week full liquids at home, a week and a half of purees, two weeks of soft foods, and then regular cooked foods at one month.

If you have one day pre-op liquids only, you are one of few. The phases will be over before you know it.

Thanks Miss Mac. I am half way thru my no carb /sugar diet today. I had preop last Fri and from the time I officially weighed in at doc I lost 12 lbs. I weighed today and I am down 8 more. Oddly enough I can't tell. Next Tues is my all liquid day prior to surgery, that may be tough. I can't imagine your plan. How are you doing now? Are you glad you did it?

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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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      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.

        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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