My Surgery Date Is June 12 At Northside Hospital.dr. Daly Is My Surgeon.i Am So Excited,i Can't Wait! All The Financial Details Are Getting To Me,but Not Enough To Turn Back.

I Am An R.n.,47 Y.o In A 80 Y.o Body....my Wt Is 207,my Goal Is 134.

Any Advice On Post Op Eating And Pain?

Post-op eating for first three days is liquids only. Then stage three eating when you go home. Stage three is liquids with a little mushie foods like apple sauce, sugar free pudding, sugar free popcycle, watered down oatmeal, grits, ricotta cheese low fat, sugar free spagetti sauce, custods sugar free, lots and lots of fluids for my hospital for five weeks. Have fun it will be worth it!

Hi and welcome to you!

Atlanta is my old stoppin' grounds and I actually worked at Northside on the Oncology floor. I know a lot of RN's that work in Labor and Delivery there that graduated from Mercer with me.

Post op diet will be clear liquids then advancing to full liquids for sometime. You diet will then advance to pureed foods. The timelines for when to start and stop which diet will be determined by your MD.

Now, post op pain of course as you know will be subjective. I know plenty of people that were able to return to work in 2-3 days. But me? Girl, this surgery hurt! For the first 4 1/2 days, I was sore and having a lot of pain from gas but I awoke on day 5 feeling fabulous and have felt great ever since. I do not regret a thing.

Good luck to you!