Hello everyone

I'm sure some of you are familiar with my visa-story.

Anyways, I finally got one and travelling in 10 days to KCM, Poland.

I don't feel anything. I mean I don't wanna get too excited. I was scheduled for surgery in April and was excited and ready then it didn't happen so I'm wishing so hard this time it all goes according to plan.

I'll be going alone. Scary kind of but that's my only option.

I was supposed to start my pre op diet 3 days ago but haven't yet and I will start tomorrow :-)

I will order Vitamins online. I have no clue which kinds and which ones to get. I would greatly appreciate any advice from you. And should I get like the chewable ones? Or normal ones since I'll be able to swallow after like 2 weeks post surgery.

Also, I will order Protein powder. A plant-based one since I'm allergic to dairy, whey, and casein.

I will pack my bag lightly. Just a few leggings, t-shirts, and such. Wish I could bring my laptop as I need to be working on my research but it's too heavy to carry + I don't think I'll be able to concentrate well.

Anyways, if you could please give me advice on the whole thing and whether I missed a thing. These days I'm busy 24/7 as I'm trying to write a lot on my research so I can recover well after surgery without having to stress about it.

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I showered today and had some diluted cranberry juice. And now I feel VERY tired and sleepy. I can't even focus and study. When will this feeling of exhaustion and being sleepy go away?

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Susansuan

I think his name is Dr Kowalski? Something like that. He's the only one working there. You can find YouTube videos of him; type "KMC Poland".

And I really don't know what to say : )

For me, myself, I think it would have been way better if I had someone with me but that's just me. I don't know about you.

I think you just have to well prepared and strong.

I think for me mainly it was a matter of being emotionally strong. There was another guy with me with his father in law and he was feeling good after surgery unlike me. And he came to my room and encouraged me to get up, drink Water, and walk and feel better. So yeah, I guess mentally and emotionally I needed someone with me so that's why I was mostly scared.

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The tiredness usually goes away once you start mushy/solid food because your body has more to work with. If you can, focus on getting in Water and Protein Drinks, juice (even diluted) is just simple sugars, your body needs Protein. I order my Protein Powder from the protein works (online, I use their diet whey isolate 97). Even at 6 months I have one in the morning. If you don't love the flavours (though tpw has some if the best tasting imho) you can do what I do and make a kind if iced coffee in the morning? I mix a spoon of decaff coffee with a sachet of Cadbury's options (takes the edge off the coffee taste and only has about 5g of carbs), mix with 100ml hot water and stir to dissolve. Add 200ml alpro soy milk (lower carb than regular milk and the coffee covers the taste), then the mixture won't be hot so you can add the protein powder with it curdling. Add ice and enjoy. I have several sugar free coffee syrups that I add as the mood takes me, I'm loving the sugar free gingerbread syrup at the moment.

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Thanks for the response and heads up Lulu, I will try to bring someone along because I'm not emotionally strong. Good luck healing and I hope you feel better soon.

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Are your stats correct Gina, have you really lost 76lbs since May? That's some going, I''m jealous.

Yes, maybe more now but that's because I can only get in 300 to 500 calories a day.

I don't think it's a healthy way to lose weight.

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I had Soup today and some juice early in the morning.

Everything is okay except for my back. I don't know is it because of the surgery or my period. It's not painful, just feels uncomfortable to sit on a chair or anything else. I only feel better when I lay down.

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I was freaking out yesterday and couldn't breathe along with my back pain so I called the emergency and they took me to hospital and the doctor was shocked that I hadn't had any bowel movements for more than 10 days! I told her that's because I'm on a liquid diet and she was like I have to.

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Hope you're ok Lulu.

I feel very tired very very tired. I just want this tiredness and fatigue to go away.

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I feel very tired very very tired. I just want this tiredness and fatigue to go away.

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You just had major abdominal surgery. You have just had a large section of your stomach cut away. Your body is trying to heal.

Curl up and rest, sleep and sip water all day.

Think about how many calories you are actually taking in. Your body is confused and exhausted.

Just rest.

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I feel very tired very very tired. I just want this tiredness and fatigue to go away.

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Are you getting protein and vitamins? How much water are you drinking? It's normal to be exhausted but be sure you are getting protein, fluids and vitamins! Walk and move around as much as possible to prevent blood clots, stimulate healing and get rid of pain (and help you poop). Stay strong!!!

Hi all

I've been doing okay. My only issue is my very low energy levels especially at day but strangely feel better at night!

Anyways, I have a question: why is the moment I drink water, it's the same moment I rush to the bathroom? I've been drinking a lot of water so going to the bathroom a lot which is a good thing but why is at the same moment that I drink I rush straight to the bathroom? Anyone had this?

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Hey Lulu, glad to hear you're doing ok.

I'm not sure about the rushing to the loo thing, but I know that for the first few days whenever I drank a protein or milk based drink (even tea!) it went straight through me (diarrhoea). It only lasted a few days through and I'm fine now - hope it's just a temporary thing with you too.

I also had very low energy levels which I put down to low calorie intake. It improved as I was able to move through the food stages and now I'm fine at 6 weeks out. I would suggest you take it as your body just wanting to rest and recover from the surgery so it's ok to have a few days pegged out on the sofa watching the olympics guilt-free

Jo x

I'm entering week three tomorrow in which I'll start eating so I'm hoping my energy levels will go up. They have to go up as I have so much work left on my dissertation.

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Hi lulu hope you are not feeling so tired now. Chin up at least the op is behind you now

All the best from pembrokeshire