Hi all,
After multiple month delays, I am in pre-surgery diet, with surgery scheduled for May 2. I love my surgeon but the support team (nutritionist, etc) is so so so frustrating. When I asked for specific guidelines for carbs, Protein, fat and sugar, i was told to follow the diet sheet. When I explained that I needed to understand so that I could learn and adapt, they just replied with the same exact information that was presented on the packet of information I had questions about
I'm not someone who can just blindly follow directions, and this is the most important decision of my life, so I need to actually understand logically why I'm doing what I'm doing. and I want to learn--for life. I'm extremely concerned that, post-op, I will have a tone of questions (and I know I will, I have questions about everything), and I have no reason to believe that they'll be there to help me.
I'm following my pre-op diet to the T, despite not having the super secret decoder ring. But I know I need post-op support and this team is only interested in telling me to do what they tell me to do. This has been oging on long enough that I actually actually engaged a nutritionist through my dr's office to help me prepare and understand because I wasn't getting help from the office. My personal nutritionist (for lack of a better term) is always there to help me understand how different foods are processed in the body and why I should avoid certain things. She's awesome.
Regardless, I am seriously considering cancelling surgery and going to another surgeon. It might delay me for a few short months but it might also be the difference between long term failure and success.
The good thing is that this pre-op diet is tough but not impossible, and I know that now.
Thoughts? Please don't respond if your answer is to trust in my surgeon and team. I've have medical complications, and I truly believe that my health is my responsibility. It took me years of research to get to this point and I'm so excited to have the surgery, I just think the support I'm (not) getting is unprofessional and very very frustrating.
Thanks for listening,
Sheila