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nikita30

By nikita30, in Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums

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macon_me    68

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I cheated until my final week my last week I stayed on a strict liquid diet. My surgery took approx. 30 minutes and my recovery has been a breeze. My doctor said because I stuck to the regimen

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Hammer_Down    631

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The diet should be treated as a prescription and not a suggestion.

Plenty of people don't take medications as directed and are fine. Many others don't follow directions and end up with complications or illness.

Your stomache has to be empty to perform the surgery. If you eat after your doctor tells you not to, you risk botching the procedure.

The preop is typically used to treat enlarged livers. Your liver sits right on top of the stomache and needs to be clipped up out of the way in order to proceed with the sleeve. If you haven't followed the diet laid out by your doctor, you risk your liver obstructing the area required.

Your doctor is not asking you follow the diet, but instructing you to. The surgeon wouldn't bother with a preop regime if it wasn't necessary, they are not just trying to make people miserable for entertainment.

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QueenOfTheTamazons    634

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What Hammer said... plus...If your liver hasnt shrunk enough to make the surgery safe, the surgeon can go "nope!" and close you back up withing doing the sleeve.

HW 385 SW 359 CW 335 (50lbs down!) Sleeved 10/5/16

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Vinasu    621

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How about you just don't do it?

Look, chances are nothing would happen, but this is life- altering surgery. You are, ostensibly, doing this for better health. Don't you want to be as safe as possible?

Don't you want to prove that you can follow the plan after surgery as well?

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genn    460

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Im on liquid diet all day but in the evening im eating little bit, because im having bad headaches i need to eat at least once a day, and with little boys at home ahhh gosh not easy sometimes

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in the nicest way possible and with all do respect u are given a prescription for a reason and that is too follow it. I am a nurse and I could tell you some horror stories of people who didn't follow dr orders to this procedure. And we can all make excuses but it's time to face reality it's your choice to allow the temptation get to you. And in no way am I meaning to be rude or mean bc I know it's hard but just here to give u truthful advice please listen to the diet you were given. I work full time have three kids and haven't cheated bc I know that one hour of food isn't worth risking the rest of my life or not being there for my children. This is the meal I cooked tonight did I want some ohhhhh hell yes!!! Did I eat some absolutely NOT. NOT WORTH IT!!! I wish you the best of luck. You can do this I promise you!! I'm on day 6 of 14 day liquid diet I had the headaches till day 4 then they started going away. post-296953-14790796735232_thumb.jpg

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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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      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.

        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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      Three months and four days ago... I was in Costa Rica having a life changing surgery! Yesterday we had a followup visit with Dr. Esmeral via video chat and this morning my middle number changed.  I'm down 47lbs and two pants sizes. I can wear a Large tshirt for the first time in like... 14 years! Woot!! Everything is going great. I have zero regrets. I went down to the riverwalk with a friend and walked 2 miles on Monday without even getting fatigued. And no more snoring or chugging pickle juice for crazy leg cramps! I need to go to the gym more... I'm making new shirts next week so that will motivate me. LOL But I'm also just not as TIRED all the time! I have a LONG way to go...but seeing the progress on the scales and in the mirror is a huge motivator!! Thank you all for cheering me on and supporting me!!
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