Day 1 of my liquid pre-op diet, and HATING it! - Page 2 - ThinnerTimes

SimplySamaria · 05-20-2008, 10:08 AM

WOW.. I only have to do liquids the day before sugery.

I'm sorry!!! You'll do it!!! it is SO going to be worth it in the end! You are much stronger then you think

sherry7 · 05-20-2008, 07:07 PM

Thanks for the words of encouragement everyone.

Unfortunately, today was another crappy day. I felt weak all day at work and had difficulty concentrating. Plus my head was pounding all day and I had to take my prescription migraine medicine, which makes me feel like a truck ran over me. After I got off work, I had to go get an x-ray of my back and hip...my sciatic nerve is acting up, and I have been having back spasms for the last 3 days...what a inconvenient time for it to happen. After I got that done, I stopped at WalMart to get more chicken broth. If I start growing feathers and clucking like a chicken, I won't be surprised, lol.

While I was at WalMart I suddenly got dizzy and everything started going dim. I darned near passed out. I had to stop and lean up against a shelf for a few minutes until I felt better. On my way out of the store, I grabbed a bag of light string cheese. As soon as I got to my car, I opened one up and slowly ate it. Then I drove across the parking lot to Wendy's, went through the drive thru, ordered a small chili, and ate it. Then I drove home, and burst out in tears when I saw my DH putting a frozen pizza in the oven. What the heck is wrong with me?!?

I'm sure some of you will read this and think I'm a total failure. Maybe I am. I can't even make it through 2 days of this stupid liquid diet without cheating. How am I going to do this for 8 more days?

I'm disgusted because I read all of these posts here on TT where other surgeons don't even have their patients do this type of pre-op diet. I lost 20 lbs during the 6 months of classes when I was only required to maintain, and now I'm put through this torture. Maybe I'm just not cut out for this, and I'm meant to stay fat my whole life.

Again, sorry for the whining, but I really need to vent.

Dyann · 05-26-2008, 10:33 AM

I think my 48 hours of pre op clears was harder than all the post op stuff. Hang in there and it will get better after!!!

pgh3rivers · 05-26-2008, 11:02 AM

Sherry I am so sorry to hear you are having trouble with the liquid diet. I just started my 48 hour liquid diet today. I didn't have to do a 10 day pre op liquid diet because i still have my gallbladder and have never had abdominal surgery. Everyone else in my class on Thursday morning had been on a ten day liquid diet.

pummychal · 05-26-2008, 01:09 PM

Sherry, how is it going? Are you doing ok? Close to surgery date!! You're almost there.

sherry7 · 05-26-2008, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by pgh3rivers

Sherry I am so sorry to hear you are having trouble with the liquid diet. I just started my 48 hour liquid diet today. I didn't have to do a 10 day pre op liquid diet because i still have my gallbladder and have never had abdominal surgery. Everyone else in my class on Thursday morning had been on a ten day liquid diet.

Pgh3rivers, if you ask me, the way they assign these liquid diets doesn't make any sense whatsover. (I didn't have a class on my pre-op day...it was all private...maybe because I did all of the 6 mth pre-op stuff privately as well?) I also still have my gallblader (never had a single problem with it), and my only abdominal surgery is a c-section (bikini cut which Dr. Eid says should be no problem at all). Plus, I really cut back and lost 20 lbs before the liquid pre-op diet even started. So, you'd think my liver would be pretty well shrunk, huh?

A lady who lives near me had GBP at Magee (also with Dr. Eid) last month. Get this....she was 120 lbs heavier than me, and only had to do the pre-op diet for 7 days (mine is 10), and was allowed to have cream of chicken, mushroom, and celery soups and milk until the last 48 hours. She and I couldn't figure that out...with our weight situations, you would think the diets would have been reversed. Plus, she had her gall bladder out before, with a big OPEN incision.

Here's my theory about the pre-op diet thing...Dr. Eid is a assistant professor at Pitt and I think he is randomly assigning some of his patients different pre-ops diets and using us as "human lab rats" for his research studies. Yes, that's is...I'm a big, fat white lab rat!

All of that being said, the pre-op diet is finally starting to get easier. My dreadful headache has finally went away. Pretty much the only problem now is diarrea. TMI...you probably didn't want to know that, lol.

So, I must freely admit...I'm totally jealous that you just have to do a 48 hour pre-op diet.

Do you have to drink that nasty magnesium citrate stuff too that makes you "go"? At least I don't have to do that part.

Good luck with your surgery Wednesday. Stop by and say hi to me if you're walking the halls. I don't know your first name, so maybe I'll recognize you from your avatar.

sherry7 · 05-26-2008, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by pummychal

Sherry, how is it going? Are you doing ok? Close to surgery date!! You're almost there.

Hi Lanette, thanks for asking. It's getting better. The headaches (actually migraines) have went away, so that's a huge relief. My only problem now is diarrea...I'm thinking about buying stock in the Cottonelle toilet paper company.

I'm getting really excited about the surgery. I've been trying to get last minute stuff done around the house. I'm supposed to be paying bills right now, but somehow I ended up on here.

sherry7 · 05-26-2008, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Dyann

I think my 48 hours of pre op clears was harder than all the post op stuff. Hang in there and it will get better after!!!

Another person with a 48 hour pre-op....I'm so jealous of you guys!

Why didn't anyone let me join the 48 hour pre-op club?

offstringgirl · 05-26-2008, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by sherry7

Another person with a 48 hour pre-op....I'm so jealous of you guys!

Why didn't anyone let me join the 48 hour pre-op club?

I hope it stays easy for you and your headaches don't come back. I don't have any pre-op diet at all. Just nothing after midnight the night before. My doctor said my liver "feels nice". I hate migraines.

sherry7 · 05-26-2008, 05:56 PM

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I hope it stays easy for you and your headaches don't come back. I don't have any pre-op diet at all. Just nothing after midnight the night before. My doctor said my liver "feels nice". I hate migraines.

LOL at the word "easy" Laura...it's definitely not easy, just easier.

Unless I've totally forgotten, I can't remember that anyone ever felt my liver at any of my pre-op appointments. Where in the heck is your liver anyway?