How can I prepare early?

[lovelymilena 40]

So I'm reaching out to see what kind of things I can start buying so that I'm not dishing out all kinds of money last minute before I have surgery hopefully in August. What kind of things can I stock up on now?

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[OutsideMatchInside 10,166]

@@lovelymilena

Nothing.

It is not worth it to stock up, because you have no idea what things will be like after surgery. You don't know what you will like and not like and what you will tolerate.

A few weeks ago I threw out the Protein powder I bought the first month of my surgery, and I am almost a year out.

[duckydoom 128]

I've been starting a small list, based on what I've read in other posts, but not too much of anything because you don't know how your tastes are going to "evolve" as time goes on. Some of the suggestions I've seen are:

Water with electrolytes (like Vitamin Water or the zero calorie Kirkland alternative)

sugar free popsicles

sugar free Jello

sugar free applesauce

homemade bone broth (less sodium and tastier)

Gas X struos

Chapstick for when you're in the hospital fresh out of surgery, your lips will be dry!

I've been getting some samples of Protein powders so I can figure out what might work, what might not work so I don't have to have unused containers of product sitting around. You can usually go to health food stores and let them know what you're looking for. Hammer Nutrition sells sample packs, too.

[SarahM76 30]

I am scheduled for August as well. I have invested in small containers for leftover food portions, a good heating pad for post op pain, but not much as far as post op food goes. I have broths, and Protein Shakes that I enjoy now, but everyone says that your tastes change. I hesitate to get much other that a few things for the first few days.

[lovelymilena 40]

@@lovelymilena

Nothing.

It is not worth it to stock up, because you have no idea what things will be like after surgery. You don't know what you will like and not like and what you will tolerate.

A few weeks ago I threw out the Protein powder I bought the first month of my surgery, and I am almost a year out.

Oh wow, that's good to know! Thank you!

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[OutsideMatchInside 10,166]

I have all the sugar free Jello I stocked up on too. I have had one sitting on the counter meaning to make it for like 3 weeks.

I thought I would use sugar free Jello to sooth sugar or sweets cravings but early on. I needed all my eating time and stomach space for getting Protein in. Jello was a waste of time.

Now, Protein is still my priority, and there are so many things to eat with higher protein content than jello I still don't eat it.

GasX strips are useless. The kind of gas you get pains from post op are the gas they use to inflate your abdomen, gas X strips don't help with that. And even with regular gas, GasX strips are still useless, all they do is make you pass gas, faster, which is pointless imo.

Good broth comes in those cartons and they don't have the longest shelf life, and the higher the quality of the broth the shorter the shelf life. Just buy them when you are on your pre-op diet, its pointless to buy them months before surgery. The ones I had from whole foods expired before I could use them all.

Plus unless there is some sort of catastrophe, you are going to up and around and out and about. I went to the store on like day 3 after I got my nails done, and I live alone and had no one to help take care of me post op. I was fine to shop etc, and it was like 105 degrees here in July.

[lovelymilena 40]

I have all the sugar free Jello I stocked up on too. I have had one sitting on the counter meaning to make it for like 3 weeks.

I thought I would use sugar free Jello to sooth sugar or sweets cravings but early on. I needed all my eating time and stomach space for getting Protein in. Jello was a waste of time.

Now, Protein is still my priority, and there are so many things to eat with higher protein content than jello I still don't eat it.

GasX strips are useless. The kind of gas you get pains from post op are the gas they use to inflate your abdomen, gas X strips don't help with that. And even with regular gas, GasX strips are still useless, all they do is make you pass gas, faster, which is pointless imo.

Good broth comes in those cartons and they don't have the longest shelf life, and the higher the quality of the broth the shorter the shelf life. Just buy them when you are on your pre-op diet, its pointless to buy them months before surgery. The ones I had from whole foods expired before I could use them all.

Plus unless there is some sort of catastrophe, you are going to up and around and out and about. I went to the store on like day 3 after I got my nails done, and I live alone and had no one to help take care of me post op. I was fine to shop etc, and it was like 105 degrees here in July.

Oh I feel so much better know that you did it without help! I'm not going to have help either so that's so reassuring to hear that you did it alone. Thanks!

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[OutsideMatchInside 10,166]

@@lovelymilena

Since I lived alone I stocked up thinking I might not be able to get out for a while, and my recovery was nothing like that.

It doesn't hurt to have some stuff in the house, but just get them when you do pre-op and don't get too much.

[lovelymilena 40]

@@lovelymilena

Since I lived alone I stocked up thinking I might not be able to get out for a while, and my recovery was nothing like that.

It doesn't hurt to have some stuff in the house, but just get them when you do pre-op and don't get too much.

Sounds like a plan! Thanks again!

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[KristenLe 5,980]

@@lovelymilena remember that most things you can get in Amazon if you run into a problem. You blink and it's being delivered to your door.

[lovelymilena 40]

@@lovelymilena remember that most things you can get in Amazon if you run into a problem. You blink and it's being delivered to your door.

Yeah that's a good point. I love amazon!

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