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I'm so excited for this surgery to finally happen! I'm starting to get nervous, as I have about 24 hours until I go in. I'm sitting around the house wondering what I should do now that I'll have trouble with later? I'm doing lots of laundry....gonna go to grocery store to stock up on liquids...What were your favorite liquids during the early stages?

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Good Luck...everything will be just fine. For my protien drink I like powders?utm_source=BariatricPal&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_campaign=CommentLink" target="_ad" data-id="1" >unjury...the choclate taste just like a wendy's frosty. yummy!! I get it off their web site, I think that might be only place you can get it from.

Keep us posted on how you are doing!!!

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Gatorade - no yellow according to Dr.

strained clear Soups - more flavorful than broth

warm de-caff tea - I liked peppermint

also -

liquid tylenol

liquid gasx or gaviscon

heating pad for back

cold pack for belly

I also went ahead and made up my area on the couch in front of the tv

Good luck!!!!

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I got a variety of fruit juices and broths as they were about all I could get down along with lots and lot of Ensure high Protein kinds. I also got a box of straws because they make me sip instead of gulp my drinks. I goofed up a BUNCH at first and took a big drink and OUCHIE does that hurt!

Heating pad, yes!

liquid Tylenol, yes! (tho you'll probably get something even more fun from the dr)

lots of magazines

lots of DVD's to sit and watch while healing

You are going to do GREAT!!! Be sure to post on the other side and let us know how it went!!!

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best Soups I found--pacific brand french onion, asian chicken then when you can have full liquids, carrot, red pepper & Tomato, squash (they come in a carton you will find them with the organic stuff or at whole foods or central market.

best protien drink. I like EAS Advantage Edge carb control in dark chocolate and in cafe' caremel. Both of these are really really good. The strawberry is nasty though.

Don't forget the sugar free Jello.

Oh, I also drank alot of alpine brand sugar free, low-carb apple cidar (it is with the hot cocoa packets.

And the low carb sugar free (made with splenda) hot cocoa mix.

watch out on the gatorade. It has a lot of sugar which isn't too good for especially if that's all your drinking. Try to get your liquids from Water if possible and just fill in with the juice and gatorade.

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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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