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well hello everyone i finally feel like part of the living after i talked to you guys on sunday night things took a really bad turn for the worst monday morning i wound up back at the hospital passing out with almost death basically i lost tooo much blood during the surgery and too much Fluid had a blood transfusion on tuesday afternoon and 2 liters of Fluid omg i was so dehydrated and scared weeker than i have been since day of surgery i cannott stresss enough people drink your Water keep hydrated i was so scared you guys lost 12 lbs since last wed 10/10 im not 8 days out and feeling sort of human again but still soooo tired but better! i am very hungry though fluids are not cutting it ! you guys all say not to have milk but my doc encourages at least 3 servings a day of skim milk or yogurt its my only Protein but i am still starved it takes me no time to get full i also had extreme chest pains right after surgery and still randomly do to this day sort of scarey! i have to say so far i am not impressed please tell me it gets easier and that i made the right decisions to have this done so far i have been scared to death with all the complications hope every one else is doing well thanks for all the advice !

I'm so glad you are doing better, it does get easier. Complications are very scary, but hopefully you're well on the mend.

I sort of highlighted a sentence of yours from your post, if you'll notice we aren't all saying not to have milk, we are saying to follow your MD's advice. It is unfortunate that doctors differ so widely in what they order for a post-op diet. You should always follow what your doc told you, never what someone here says to do. I was pointing out to Julie that the poster above her had said her doc says no milk at the stage she was in, so the cream Soups Julie suggested were not appropriate.

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how funny i see ! i hate milk all together i wish there was some other way i never thought this part of it all liquid clear liquid atthat would be so hard especially for 4 weeks omg i dont know how im gonna get through it but i guess people do so im hanging in there! thanks for the encouragement

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well hello everyone i finally feel like part of the living after i talked to you guys on sunday night things took a really bad turn for the worst monday morning i wound up back at the hospital passing out with almost death basically i lost tooo much blood during the surgery and too much Fluid had a blood transfusion on tuesday afternoon and 2 liters of Fluid omg i was so dehydrated and scared weeker than i have been since day of surgery i cannott stresss enough people drink your Water keep hydrated i was so scared you guys lost 12 lbs since last wed 10/10 im not 8 days out and feeling sort of human again but still soooo tired but better! i am very hungry though fluids are not cutting it ! you guys all say not to have milk but my doc encourages at least 3 servings a day of skim milk or yogurt its my only Protein but i am still starved it takes me no time to get full i also had extreme chest pains right after surgery and still randomly do to this day sort of scarey! i have to say so far i am not impressed please tell me it gets easier and that i made the right decisions to have this done so far i have been scared to death with all the complications hope every one else is doing well thanks for all the advice !

Jamie so sorry to hear you had to back to the hospital - I am glad you are on the mend.. My doc allows milk product - skim & low fat dannon lite & fit yogurt, I have healthy choice fudgecicles - sf puddings - you can add Protein Powder to your yogurt... what diet does your doc have you on?? full liquids ??? does that include cream Soups? ? you can add unflavor Protein Powder to this too..

I lived on creamed soups for the 10 days after surgery until I moved to mushiee...

Good Luck .... Yes it will be worth it...

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Whatever your doctor tells you to have...listen to him. He know best. If he says to have milk then by all means, he is the professional not us!!

Hope you feel better really soon.

Regards,

Alfie

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Could you lose the font? Sheesh.

:(:confused::):confused::confused: lose the font:confused: :confused::confused::confused::confused:

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i think i might be a little dehydrated my pee stinks i know that is gross im not drinking my Water your right and my bp is 108/60 which is very low i think im going to docs tommorow i was suppose to go back to work today and i know i cant go back even two days from now because i am so weak! i feel like im gonna die literally im kind of scared! thanks for all your encouragement!

108/60 is not abnormally low. I would say that is in the normal range. My dentist took mine the other day when I went in for a teeth cleaning and it was 95/55 and they were ecstatic (and I often have high BP).

You are definitely not getting your liquids in and probably not your Proteins. That leads to weakness, nausea, dizziness, general lethargy and that all over CRAPPY feeling. Sounds to be like you are dehydrated. Start with the liquids and keep pushing them. It WILL make a difference. Get more Protein down...protein shakes and clear Protein drinks.

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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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