I'm curious as to what are some things you wish you would have been told about before surgery? Also what are things you would suggest someone to stock up on before surgery?

You'll be on a basic liquid diet post surgery. Lots of Broth (chicken, vegetable and beef) Tomato soup. NO soups with anything in it like noodles or chunks of anything. Yogurt low fat and sugar no fruit on the bottom or mixed in plain only. Sugar free jello (cheated a little and bought some low fat cool whip topping...can't have jello without topping) Juice is fine try to find a low sugar brand and mix half and half with water don't drink it straight. Sugar free Popsicle or make your own with those packets of water sugar free flavourings. To zip up those broth soups try adding some spices...curry into the chicken or Italian into the veg some chili (not too much) into the tomato you get the drift.

good luck

It would have been nice to be warned that you may have a crisis moment where you question if you did the right thing. It is very common, but docs tend to be all roses and sunshine. It was a very brief period for me, and I am so very happy to Haagen made this choice, but for a day or two I was a wreck.

@Jeffrey Stern pretty much summed up your go to foods to stock up on.

Thank you both!