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Redmaxx    740

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Glad you are doing well. It just gets easier from here.

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amandarcp78    6

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Today I am 4 days post-op and still in disbelief this is my life. I am so thirsty, and I can't just go to the sink and drink a large glass of ice Water. That is not my life. I can't eat a piece of that pie leftover from Thanksgiving. That is not my life.

I am drinking coffee with sugarfree Creamer (pumpkin pie) and taking 8 pills - we'll call that Breakfast. Not really. Seriously I have to eat some food or these pills are going to hurt by the time I'm done...and they take well over an hour to take spaced apart enough. I made potato Soup and blended it to make it a cream Soup. I'm going to eat that or Tomato Soup (til I get cleared on Tuesday).

I'm not in much pain. Like a 3 on a scale of 1 to 10. Mostly it's back and shoulder pain, and I wonder if that's because of laying on my back too much.

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Odie    249

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Today I am 4 days post-op and still in disbelief this is my life. I am so thirsty, and I can't just go to the sink and drink a large glass of ice Water. That is not my life. I can't eat a piece of that pie leftover from Thanksgiving. That is not my life.

I am drinking coffee with sugarfree creamer (pumpkin pie) and taking 8 pills - we'll call that breakfast. Not really. Seriously I have to eat some food or these pills are going to hurt by the time I'm done...and they take well over an hour to take spaced apart enough. I made potato Soup and blended it to make it a cream soup. I'm going to eat that or Tomato Soup (til I get cleared on Tuesday).

I'm not in much pain. Like a 3 on a scale of 1 to 10. Mostly it's back and shoulder pain, and I wonder if that's because of laying on my back too much.

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No, it's from the gas they fill you up with to do the surgery! Heating pad!

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sjohn185    25

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My best friend was sugar free popsicles they saved me from being dehydrated! I had so much trouble getting the 'sipping' tying down.. I started using the tiny coffee stirrer straws and I'm doing good drinking now.

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Martha Parker-mcneal    166

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you might want to check with your support team or dr about using the straws -even the tiny ones. we were told to not drink from straws as they add air and that increases the gas and stomach pain. good luck

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genn    460

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It's amazing how much we are not centered around food anymore. I sat there last night watching my husband eat dinner I made then an ice cream sandwich then party mix then beef Jerky then another ice cream sandwich and I'm like wow I would have usually ate something every time he did. His metabolism is a lot better then mine and he doesn't really put on the weight. He has a gut that's it. But it just really makes u think about how much my life re was centered around food. Lots of luck to you

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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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