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I wondered if anyone here knows if pumpkin is allowed in 2 week preop diet. My diet sheet hasn't mentioned it.

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My surgery date is 5/23 !!! I’m so ready! I am getting my band out and the Duodenal Switch.


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I have my Pre-Op Class, labs and ekg on 5/11. 5/16 I start my liquid diet and 5/17 I have my health & physical and meet with the anesthesiologist. I can’t believe it’s finally happening!!!


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1 hour ago, jules1 said:

I wondered if anyone here knows if pumpkin is allowed in 2 week preop diet. My diet sheet hasn't mentioned it.

my pre-op diet list only specifically says no potato, kumara or sweet potatoes. However I know sweet corn, pumpkins, and peas are also quite sweet. Maybe check with your nutritionist?

Post surgery it will only be potatoes and sweet potatoes that I limit, most other veggies will be ok. I just picked up several cauliflowers on special to make some smooth cauliflower Soup (which has a little sharp cheese and potato in it) to have frozen ready for liquids phase. Once I can have mushy foods I'll have my more usual chicken and vegetable Soups - including the estimated 6g of Protein in real homemade chicken stock, plus a scoop of bodie'z unflavored protein (15g) plus any soft bits of chicken I throw in, a simple bowl of chicken and veg soup will give me at least a third of my needed protein for the day. And I love my soups (as do my husband and son, haven't been able to convince my daughter yet) - the more fresh stuff included from my garden the better (herbs, garlic, carrots, zucchini, tomatoes mostly).

I'll attach word documents of the cauliflower and cheese soup, and a nice-sounding mushroom soup that I plan to make for liquids phase. I"ll probably do a fairly thin basic butternut pumpkin soup with a little potato, carrot and cumin in it too.

Cauliflower Cheddar Soup.docx

Vegetarian Mushroom soup.docx

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my pre-op diet list only specifically says no potato, kumara or sweet potatoes. However I know sweet corn, pumpkins, and peas are also quite sweet. Maybe check with your nutritionist?
Post surgery it will only be potatoes and sweet potatoes that I limit, most other veggies will be ok. I just picked up several cauliflowers on special to make some smooth cauliflower Soup (which has a little sharp cheese and potato in it) to have frozen ready for liquids phase. Once I can have mushy foods I'll have my more usual chicken and vegetable Soups - including the estimated 6g of Protein in real homemade chicken stock, plus a scoop of bodie'z unflavored Protein (15g) plus any soft bits of chicken I throw in, a simple bowl of chicken and veg Soup will give me at least a third of my needed protein for the day. And I love my Soups (as do my husband and son, haven't been able to convince my daughter yet) - the more fresh stuff included from my garden the better (herbs, garlic, carrots, zucchini, tomatoes mostly).
I'll attach word documents of the cauliflower and cheese soup, and a nice-sounding mushroom soup that I plan to make for liquids phase. I"ll probably do a fairly thin basic butternut pumpkin soup with a little potato, carrot and cumin in it too.
Cauliflower Cheddar Soup.docx
Vegetarian Mushroom soup.docx

Hi, thanks
I'll love the cauliflower/cheese soup as I tend towards savoury flavours. Your home garden sounds great. I grow herbs, chard and cos lettuce and have been prepping today for post op. I did Kent pumpkin. Chard and carrots. All cooked softer than usual. I just had to make sure I froze correct amounts for reduced stomach.
I realise preop diet sheet says squash allowed so I think pumpkin is in the squash family so I added a bit to my vegetable curry. I also made a rustic vegetable soup with some cannelini Beans for protein. I am pretty nervous as it will be hard to feel so hungry while feeding family as normal and I am a midnight snacker which will be difficult to curtail. My dietician said to have protein Snacks if I get hungry. Are you worried about hunger?


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18 minutes ago, jules1 said:


Hi, thanks
I'll love the cauliflower/cheese Soup as I tend towards savoury flavours. Your home garden sounds great. I grow herbs, chard and cos lettuce and have been prepping today for post op. I did Kent pumpkin. Chard and carrots. All cooked softer than usual. I just had to make sure I froze correct amounts for reduced stomach.
I realise preop diet sheet says squash allowed so I think pumpkin is in the squash family so I added a bit to my vegetable curry. I also made a rustic vegetable soup with some cannelini Beans for Protein. I am pretty nervous as it will be hard to feel so hungry while feeding family as normal and I am a midnight snacker which will be difficult to curtail. My dietician said to have protein Snacks if I get hungry. Are you worried about hunger?

You can freeze things like Soups and purees in ice cubes then pop them in snap-lok bags and just take whatever volume you need at a time. I have a few large icecube moulds from kmart which hold maybe 75ml each - they might prove useful for freezing small soup and pure portions.

I'm not really worried about hunger. So far I'm doing fine on the VLCD pre-op diet the past few days, and that's before I have most of my stomach removed. I had a tin of smoked rainbow trout and broccoli and green Beans for dinner, a choc-hazelnut VLCD shake for lunch at 2:30, a coffee with 200ml 1% milk at 12, and one scrambled egg at 9:30am. Once I get my bodie'z unflavoured protein delivered (hopefully by mid next week) I'll include a scoop of that for an extra 15g protein in my coffee and I'll be set. (Can't yet stomach the shakes for both brekky and lunch)

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hope I turn out to be one of those months! Either way you stll have me😝

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On 4/2/2018 at 11:11 PM, t1018ross said:

My sleeve is scheduled for 5/7! So excited and nervous! I’ve been a longtime lurker on this site and now that I’ve got my date it doesn’t feel real!

Me too! I had a COPD exacerbation a few weeks ago and I hope they don't postpone me! They are rescheduling my endoscopy and I have my consent signing visit next week. I'm SO ready to start a healthier, happier life!

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On 10/04/2018 at 6:51 PM, Taoz said:

May 2nd here as well SmileyMay! (though will be about a half day ahead of you here in Aussie land) :)
*I'm not sure why my ticker is displaying May 1st*

(copied below what I pasted in the April/May thread too)

I'm jumping in here now as I just got my date today! 2 May 2018 is my surgery date, and have started my pre-op phase immediately as they would ideally have liked me on the pre-op diet for 4 weeks with my BMI so close to 50.

Kids will be back at school that week after the 2 week term holiday, and hubby will be taking a week and a half off to manage the kidlets (6 & 9 years) while I'm in hospital and my first few days at home.

Any other Aussies in here? I'm in Adelaide and going with Dr Michael France at Ashford Specialist Centre.

I am so crazy excited, and glad I'm not having to jump through insurance hoops and lengthy delays like so many US sleevers.

I will have to stick with just lean meats/protein and veggies today and tomorrow until my formulite Meal Replacements arrive by post (can't have Optifast as aspartame and other artificial sweeteners trigger nasty Migraines for me), then 2 shakes and one lean meat & veg meal a day until 2 days before surgery, only shakes the last day before surgery.

*does jiggly happy dance*

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