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Hi there, I'm on my three week pre op diet right now, about a week into it and the headaches are constant. Its not overly painful , they just never let me forget that they're there.

Any tips on how to deal with this? Tylenol is not helping the situation whatsoever.

Really can't wait for these next few weeks to be behind me

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Hi there, I'm on my three week pre op diet right now, about a week into it and the headaches are constant. Its not overly painful , they just never let me forget that they're there.
Any tips on how to deal with this? Tylenol is not helping the situation whatsoever.
Really can't wait for these next few weeks to be behind me
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I am having headaches too, but from no caffeine. I should have been better prepared.

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I just started my liquid diet and am feeling the same way. I'm exhausted, foggy, and have the worst headache that won't go away.

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Salt is definitely needed at this point. I used the broth of progresso Soups and it helped to relieve the headache almost immediately.

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Terrible headaches doing pre-op diet. I noticed before pre-op that I’d get headaches from hunger (or at least that eating would make it go away). For the people on this thread, did they go away after surgery?

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16 minutes ago, WanderingHeart said:

Terrible headaches doing pre-op diet. I noticed before pre-op that I’d get headaches from hunger (or at least that eating would make it go away). For the people on this thread, did they go away after surgery?

Before surgery I used to get headaches at least 1 or more times every week. During preop I had a massive headache and found that I had an electrolyte imbalance and consuming electrolytes helped to relieve that headache. After surgery which has been almost 5 months, I have only had a handful of headaches. This is just what I have found, so I have to wonder if all of my headaches were caused by not having enough electrolytes and my body showing me that through headaches.

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26 minutes ago, WanderingHeart said:

Terrible headaches doing pre-op diet. I noticed before pre-op that I’d get headaches from hunger (or at least that eating would make it go away). For the people on this thread, did they go away after surgery?

Mine have gone away since having surgery. Probably because my body finally adjusted to the diet.

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1 hour ago, WanderingHeart said:

Terrible headaches doing pre-op diet. I noticed before pre-op that I’d get headaches from hunger (or at least that eating would make it go away). For the people on this thread, did they go away after surgery?

After a few days of sticking to the liquid diet my headaches went away. it's only when I slipped up and had carbs did the headaches return. No headaches since surgery

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