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Hi everyone well today will be day 7 of my preop diet. I am doing okay. It is pretty bad when you open a can of fancy feast cat food for the diva kitty. And think it smells good. But anyway, I go today for a two hour preop class. I will weigh then. I hope I have lost some weight. :smile: I have even cooked for husband and not been tempted because I dont want to go to surgery and he not be able to do it because my liver is to fat. My surgery is next thursday. I am getting excited and nervous. But know I will be happy when I get there. I think my dh is more nervous than I am. But he doesnt want anything to happen to his honeylamb.

Keep me in your prayers, as I will you as we go this journey together. I will admit it is getting tough. But I am halfway there 7 more days to go.:thumbup:

Renea

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Keep up the good work! I was banded on Aug. 22 but I didnt have to do the pre-op diet. All I had to do is no eating after midnight the night before surgury. It has been 2.5 weeks and have lost 20 lbs. Good luck to you!

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You have a great attitude, thin within!! I'll be keeping you in my prayers. Good Luck!

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You're halfway there - you can do it!! I lost 10 lbs. on the pre-op liquids, so I'm sure you'll be just fine. I found that chewing sugar-free gum help me get through - I just wanted to chew something and the gum really helped. Good Luck!!

Debbie

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Good luck to you. I had my surgery on Monday. It was really not a bad experience, I'm trying not to beat myself up for being so nervous but now that its over it really was not bad at all. I was sure I just would have a horrible experience. I only took pain meds twice. The only thing I would recommend is take in all the fluids you can. I stayed overnight in the hospital and got five liters of IV fluids and was still dehydrated. I drank fluids constantly but it just wasn't enough. I got dizzy and my bp dropped, it recovered quickly but I was still surprised. I have not really been all that hungry. As far as the smell of food goes, that will still entice you but I really didn't care if I ate any. You will do just fine and just remember to keep a positive attitude.

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Good luck with it. The surgery isn't bad at all. And the Pre-op diet is the worst part of it all. I think I lost about 10 lbs that week.

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Way to go girl !!!! I am having surgery on Friday...just one day after you.... WOW....is this cool... I am so excited. I have been cooking for the husband and kids too. I have not been totally perfect.....but close to it.... I have lost 15 lbs. so far. Hope to lose another 5 lb before surgery;..... Good luck. Prayers are with you.... Think about me on your 1 post op day !!!!

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    • Alisa_S

      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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    • Alisa_S

      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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