I am so HAPPY to finally join you beautiful people! Just got my surgery date last week, it's March 8th.....the pre op diet is starting to work on my mind...need some tips to get me through this.... It's not bad until I have to cook dinner for my kids and hubby.....I was going to put them on a liquid diet to make it easier for me ......lol just kidding

Not far away at all, if you like around the forums you may find a March thread where some or a lot of March people will be posting.

10 hours ago, Soca Angel said:

...need some tips to get me through this....

What does your pre-op diet look like? Is it liquids? Shakes? Combination of things?

There are 2 diet options, the first is all liquids: 3-4 protein drinks, sugar free bevs at least 3 cups and non -carbonated, of course lots of water, broth, sugar fee jello etc. I chose the second which is 2-3 protein drinks, same as first but you can have one solid meal which is 1 serving of lean meat and 1vegetable. Isave my solid meal for the end of the day.... i do well all day until about dinner time then after 6 i start craving real sweets and not jello type it helps, but the sugar cane crave starts

Oh and congrats on your surgery....how is it going?

3 hours ago, Soca Angel said:

There are 2 diet options, the first is all liquids: 3-4 Protein Drinks, sugar free bevs at least 3 cups and non -carbonated, of course lots of Water, broth, sugar fee Jello etc. I chose the second which is 2-3 Protein drinks, same as first but you can have one solid meal which is 1 serving of lean meat and 1vegetable. Isave my solid meal for the end of the day.... i do well all day until about dinner time then after 6 i start craving real sweets and not jello type it helps, but the sugar cane crave starts

Mine was very similar! Five shakes a day and a meal at the end consisting of a small amount of protein along with very select vegetables. Is yours for two weeks? One week? Mine was for a month! It can be very hard to get through, but you just have to push through it! The first week or so I was very tired, no energy at all, and just laid on the couch a lot (outside of a bit of exercise.) It got better after that though. Try to get in your liquids, as they do help a bit at least (and a lot for some) when it comes to hunger.

As for my surgery, it went very well! The first few weeks were no real issues, outside of normal post-surgery stuff, though now I am dealing with a lot of nausea and general sick feelings. I think it may be attributed to my vitamin pill, or at least that may be part of it. Thank you for asking though! Despite my frustrations and the nausea, I am still glad I went through with the surgery. It's been great to watch the scale go down, down, down!

Good for you.... mine is for 2 wks.... i'm drinking water right now..... i'Ve had several surgeries in my life time, it sounds like your symptoms are post surgery symptoms and then also account for the fact this is surgery on your digestive system....you will get better! a little sacrifice for a healthy new beginning! thanks for the info..