Hi guys I am new here and looking for September surgery buddies!! Mine is scheduled for the 12th! I am so excited! Who’s with me???

On 09/06/2022 at 11:07, Hope4NewMe said:

Congrats!! Sorry that you are still having headaches but 11 pounds in just a week is awesome. How have you dealt with having to cook food you want to eat?

09/06/2022 01:58 PM, Angela_85 said:

The day is here. Prepping for surgery!

Send positive vibes my way. ??

Lots of positive vibes for a safe and successful surgery and a fast recovery!

My kiddo is actually trying to be independent and fend for herself so it has not been too bad actually! Granted she is living off chicken nuggets and pizza and whatever her boyfriend decides to feed her on date nights. I am proud of her.

I'm so excited I was just set for September 26th surgery, I start my liquid diet with one meal a day on the 19th... has anyone ever done a last meal type thing a day or two before?? My friend wants to take me out so I can have my "last" meal so I can "eat whatever" but idk if that's an OK thing to do or not

On 09/06/2022 at 14:13, Sd14810 said:

I'm so excited I was just set for September 26th surgery, I start my liquid diet with one meal a day on the 19th... has anyone ever done a last meal type thing a day or two before?? My friend wants to take me out so I can have my "last" meal so I can "eat whatever" but idk if that's an OK thing to do or not

Mine was like a whole week… I ate all the foods I loved!

5 minutes ago, Sd14810 said:

I'm so excited I was just set for September 26th surgery, I start my liquid diet with one meal a day on the 19th... has anyone ever done a last meal type thing a day or two before?? My friend wants to take me out so I can have my "last" meal so I can "eat whatever" but idk if that's an OK thing to do or not

It’s a thing that plenty of people have done. Myself included. I did it because I thought I wasn’t ever going to be able to eat the foods I loved ever again. It really wasn’t necessary because I now can tolerate anything I ate pre surgery just in smaller portions but it won’t kill you either. Just that many calories you have to lose post surgery.

Edited September 6, 20224 yr by ShoppGirl

On 9/3/2022 at 12:58 PM, Giovanna628 said:

Hope all went well.

Thank you!

Surgeon said it went beautifully. He said I must have followed his directions to the letter because the liver was perfect. I don’t understand why some have a two week liquid diet and others a two day diet. Anyway…

The first ten hours or so of the gas pain was awful there was no way to turn for relief. It was in my shoulders and neck and truly unbearable. Then I started the walking and it very quickly started working its way out.

I ended up staying in hospital until yesterday. The nausea has been brutal. It would come in huge waves. I was able to get up and walk fine and the pain was next to nothing except when you twist or use core muscles to try to sit up. That one large incision can cause a great deal of pain. It’s like a tearing feeling if you aren’t careful.

I am doing fine with hydrating with water. Not so well with broth and protein. But…better today than yesterday.

The nausea is much better today. I have slept a lot. I got up and showered on my own and overall feel much better. None of this is pleasant. There are some moments that you think will never end, but it’s doable and I am not sorry.

Is there anyone going threw beriatric surgery with ohsu in oregon, either the Portland or beaverton location?

13 hours ago, La El said:

Thank you!

Surgeon said it went beautifully. He said I must have followed his directions to the letter because the liver was perfect. I don’t understand why some have a two week liquid diet and others a two day diet. Anyway…

The first ten hours or so of the gas pain was awful there was no way to turn for relief. It was in my shoulders and neck and truly unbearable. Then I started the walking and it very quickly started working its way out.

I ended up staying in hospital until yesterday. The nausea has been brutal. It would come in huge waves. I was able to get up and walk fine and the pain was next to nothing except when you twist or use core muscles to try to sit up. That one large incision can cause a great deal of pain. It’s like a tearing feeling if you aren’t careful.

I am doing fine with hydrating with Water. Not so well with broth and Protein. But…better today than yesterday.

The nausea is much better today. I have slept a lot. I got up and showered on my own and overall feel much better. None of this is pleasant. There are some moments that you think will never end, but it’s doable and I am not sorry.

I'm so glad the surgery went well! Good to know that walking helped the gas pain a lot. I hope that things keep getting better every day. Thank you for the update!

Today is only day 3 of my liquid diet but so far it's going well. These protein drinks are actually keeping me full and I'm not really hungry. I've now tried 6 different flavors of premier protein shakes and my favorite by far is the chocolate peanut butter one. I can't taste the protein and its like having a treat. This week I drink 2 shakes a day so I have one shake for breakfast and then I save my second one for an after dinner desert. I have broth for lunch but so far that has not been very enjoyable. I've tried 3 different broths and they are ok, but I don't like salt and they all seem salty to me and its a struggle to even drink one cup of it. I have a few more flavors to try so hopefully at least one of them will be ok. What I have tried is Millie's sipping broth the taco soup and Thai lemon grass flavors. Both have tons of flavor to them so no complaints there. The lemon grass was the better one but I still struggled with both and I think its because of the salt. Then I tried making and straining a can of vegetable beef soup and I added extra water to thin it out in hopes of less salt and that was ok, but still hard. So I guess I need to buy and try some low salt varieties or go through the effort to make my own. I also found out that I love the flavors of the cheap walmart jello cups (Winky Sugar Free Gelatin) but my favorite the black cherry flavor really upsets my stomach which makes me sad. Any suggestions for a low salt broth would be appreciated

54 minutes ago, Hope4NewMe said:

Today is only day 3 of my liquid diet but so far it's going well. These Protein Drinks are actually keeping me full and I'm not really hungry. I've now tried 6 different flavors of Premier Protein shakes and my favorite by far is the chocolate Peanut Butter one. I can't taste the Protein and its like having a treat. This week I drink 2 shakes a day so I have one shake for Breakfast and then I save my second one for an after dinner desert. I have broth for lunch but so far that has not been very enjoyable. I've tried 3 different broths and they are ok, but I don't like salt and they all seem salty to me and its a struggle to even drink one cup of it. I have a few more flavors to try so hopefully at least one of them will be ok. What I have tried is Millie's sipping broth the taco Soup and Thai lemon grass flavors. Both have tons of flavor to them so no complaints there. The lemon grass was the better one but I still struggled with both and I think its because of the salt. Then I tried making and straining a can of vegetable beef soup and I added extra Water to thin it out in hopes of less salt and that was ok, but still hard. So I guess I need to buy and try some low salt varieties or go through the effort to make my own. I also found out that I love the flavors of the cheap Walmart Jello cups (Winky sugar free Gelatin) but my favorite the black cherry flavor really upsets my stomach which makes me sad. Any suggestions for a low salt broth would be appreciated

Day two here.

Day one was easy, but maybe too easy? Makes me wonder if it's going to get harder since so many people complain about how hard it is.

On the broth, have you considered making your own broth? It's pretty easy and you can control the sodium content.

On 09/07/2022 at 10:00, SpartanMaker said:

Day two here.

Day one was easy, but maybe too easy? Makes me wonder if it's going to get harder since so many people complain about how hard it is.

On the broth, have you considered making your own broth? It's pretty easy and you can control the sodium content.

It will get harder… day1-3 were a breeze all went downhill after that!

I feel like today (day 10) has been the hardest on the preop diet. But I had to grill pork chops for everyone else and that’s probably why. So far I have been pretty much sticking to it though.

please ignore this.

Edited September 7, 20224 yr by ShoppGirl

I’m in Chicago September 15th!

48 minutes ago, Slwhurst said:

It will get harder… day1-3 were a breeze all went downhill after that!

Got it. Guess I'll try to enjoy the easy days!

On 09/07/2022 at 18:44, SpartanMaker said:

Got it. Guess I'll try to enjoy the easy days!

I have not managed to do all three shakes… I have not cheated but they are kind of making me sick at this point.