Hi everyone

I'm being banded on 17th Nov. I'm guessing I'll need to do some shopping before I go to hospital but I have no idea what I'll be eating. Any suggestions would be great.

Thanks

Once you get home you can have any thing that will fit up a straw. I kept taking the Optifast - had to make each shake in 2 stages, about 35 minutes a part. I also had gatorade, fruit juice, milk drinks and custard - lots of custard. To start with, I would add milk so it ended up pretty much like a milk drink, but a couple of days out from mushy stage, I just left it as is, sort of a transition.

coffee was good too and I made my own Soups. I would cook up some veg and chicken, then stick the whole lot in the blender until baby food consistency. Then I pushed it all through a sieve and only had the liquid. I kept the pulp in the freezer and now I can have it at this stage

You will do fine. Just remember to take it really slowly.

Thanks. I haven't been on any pre op diet. My doctor said with my BMI I didn't need to but I'll get some for post op. I don't drink any milk drinks but clear soup will be ok. Glad to hear coffee still on the menu.

just have a good supply of your favourite drinks....better if they have some nutrition....not gassy drinks

and lots of broth and then onto nice soups that have been blitzed and when you have the go ahead you can then go onto mushies

also have some pain meds, and I found a hot pack a big help too

good luck

Leeanne

Hi,

My dietician told me to have sustogen hospital grade which I did for the first few weeks then she told me to go on to the mushie stage. I would also recomend that you buy some degas as you will need that to.

Thanks i've read on here that gas can be a problem. I'm hoping I can have some real food by Christmas Day.

You will hun, that's just over a month after you op, so all will be good.

Hi all,

Just thought I would join you all in my pre-op stage!

Caz

Hi Caz

My surgery got postponed until the 8th and although i was originally told I didn't need to do pre - op I do so that starts in a week. I'm really not looking forward to it. How are you going with it?

Hi there,

Well I have been doing it since Friday. I am not meant to start it until Tuesday but I wanted to start early. Well I failed today. I felt terrible missed opti breaky and lunch and hardly drank any water! So at dinner time I decided to have stirfry and rice with the family.

I hope as from Tuesday I am going to be able to do this.

You should give it a trial run see how you go.

Caz

My dietitian said I can go on protein only diet before being banded. i.e. meat, eggs, fish, chicken only but definitely no carbohydrates as your liver needs to become floppy so the surgeon can move it out of the way for a minute. Carbohydrates i.e. bread, rice, pasta etc bulks up the liver.

Is it the carbs that bulk up the liver? I thought it was fat content for some reason. I wish my surgeon allowed protein only - that I could manage but i'm not looking forward to the shakes. I'll buy the bars and soups as well to try