Torrid

hello fellow sleeved. i am 5'4", 240 pounds, i meet the minimum BMI required for surgery but i am getting sleeved on october 26th. i have been put on a horrendous 800 calorie diet that makes me cry just thinking about it. FOR 2 WEEKS! i read the posts of other pre-op dieters and no one was subjected to 2 full weeks. most of them had to follow this diet for 6 or 9 days!!! am i the only one put on 2 weeks? my head is hurting, i cant use it to work, i am tired... HELP! torrid

hi everyone! JUST GOT BACK HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL!!!!!! got sleeved on the 26th! oh god i am so glad i am finished with this now. it took so long to get there. the absolutely most horrendous part of the whole process is that i was kept without any drink (or food) for 45 hours in a row. it was intolerable. i have 11 staples on my belly that need to be removed next week i have terrible cramps in my stomach, like it is contracting hard, every now and then. they gave me Tylenol Codein rx for pain. did anyone experience those cramps? all that i can swallow is that rose syrop with a lot of ice and some SF popsicles. i know the syrop comes with sugar in it, but it is the only thing that satisfies my incredible thirst, along with the popsicles. i am not having anything else except my morning cup of coffee and the Vitamins. i dont feel comfortable swallowing those SF jellos or warm things.

my husband gave me GasX and it helped a lot! i feel less discomfort in the upper area, and less cramps..

i asked my doc today and he said that cramps are linked to gas. he suggested i walk around. i had a lot of gas since surgery. when i finally was able to go to the bathroom since my surgery, i felt better and the cramps are now less annoying.. i didnt know gas caused cramps...

i am drinking little tiny sips, and it takes like 4-5 seconds until they get to my stomach. and that's where it becomes difficult: i feel like my stomach is filtering the liquid and contracting very hard, almost rejecting the liquid, and then the pain goes away. it doesnt only happen when i am drinking. sometimes it happens without a reason, every 5-6 minutes. the tylenol codein does help though...

crop queen, congrats on the new sleeve! you feel good after 3 days? do you not have staples on your belly that cause discomfort?

oh you had nausea? reglan is used for that normally. it is so funny; each body reacts differently... my neighbour at the hospital, who had the same surgery, was vomitting all the time.. i wasnt.. but she didnt feel the pain..

hi Lissa! JUST GOT BACK HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL!!!!!! got sleeved on the 26th! oh god i am so glad i am finished with this now. it took so long to get there. i have terrible cramps in my stomach, like it is contracting hard, every now and then. they have me Tylenol Codein rx for pain. did anyone experience those cramps? i have been given the same things as you, but only 1 multiv a day, and only after the surgery, not before. the absolutely most horrendous part of the whole process is that i was kept without any drink (or food) for 45 hours in a row. it was intolerable. i have 11 staples on my belly that need to be removed next week.... the only thing i feel like drinking is a rose syrop with ice and the SF popsicles. that's it.

the headache is long gone and i am still hanging in there. but since this morning i have been feeling indescribable fatigue. i have hardly any strength to walk. has anyone felt that? is anyone taking supplements before the surgery?

"aversion therapy" lol good one!

come to think of it, look what username i chose!!

thanks a lot everyone. i am still surviving. today i bought some whipped cream to eat with those infamous SF jellos. it is very low in calories and adds some taste. i did replace 1 of my daily 200 cal slimfasts with a small can of lentil Soup because i got tired of the same thing everyday. i also bought some sodium free salt substitute. i eat too much salt and i think it is making my body retain Water. i just want it to be next week. i have noticed that food, eating and preparing food in general takes a lot of my mental energy. when i had to be put on this diet, i felt like something big in my life started missing. honestly, it felt like a "divorce" to me. we can build such an intense emotional relationship with food... i have been thinking how i am going to do on the long run without it. it's like i am talking about a boyfriend! something like "he's gone out of my life, how am i going to live?" i have been feeling depressed since this liquid diet. i linked it to the lack of carbs and sleep. but now i am wondering if food wasnt the element that was sort of keeping me ARTIFICIALLY happy and emotionally ok... and now that we snatched this fix out of my life, i find myself having to face some issues. now - only now - i'd rather deal with that than with an ugly image in the mirror. i grew up thinking that all that i am worth is being desired my men and nothing else. i obviously mixed desire and love (some of you can read between the lines of course). so i spent hours making sure i looked great and eating hardly anything. 45 minutes for makeup and everyday at the gym. and if i had a steak in the evening at the restaurant, i would rush to the restroom to purge everything. what did it get me? guys wanting sex. while i wanted love. clearly, i was sending out the wrong signals and got myself all the wrong guys. then heartbreak after heartbreak, i decided i am done with this crap. time to "inflate" myself. time to make sure i dont get myself any eyes to look at me, and consequently avoid heartbreaks. so i started eating like a pig. wow i got peace at last. for a long time, i was fine with it. i was the most confident fattie you could ever see. and i dated guys who liked me overweight. and i married someone i cared deeply about. but it wasnt passion and there was no attraction. i thought this would be the most practical for me. no heartbreaks. just getting along fine...a peaceful relationship. and then my other side woke up. where is attraction? what happened to the woman in me? of course this came in combination with other issues. a few years later, we chose to separate. and i chose to reconnect with the woman in me. and now that i want the woman in me to express herself and be desired and desirable, i find that my body is no longer helping me. i feel a bit trapped. after writing it now, i think my story is a bit sad. so i decided to undergo this surgery. i just wonder... if i am exposed again to heartbreak, how do i deal with it? maybe i dealt with it this way early on because i wasnt well prepared for emotional relationships. if i had had a normal upbringing and then didnt have to face these messy relationships, then i probably wouldnt have had this eating problem from the start... so the reason why i have had this itinerary is not because i dealt with the emotional issues the wrong way, but that i have had to actually deal with these issues... no? or am i wrong? i dont know.. what do you think?

i suppose that water acts like a diuretic because it takes away the salts? i eat a lot of salt. i pour a lot over the broths. is it bad?? i am staaaaaaaaaaaarvinggg for god's sake!! it's been since the 13th and i have not cheated at all. still 5 more days. surgery is next wednesday. i never thought i would make it until now. does anyone know of a good appetite suppressant? everyone can hear my stomach crying...

i didnt get that one: gain weight from IV? how's that? you mean they are going to hydrate me through iv? and: get rid of Water weight by drinking water?

but why do we need to hydrate our bodies if we are going to be on a 100% liquid diet afterwards??

felicia, yes i am allowed sf Jello & popsicles. it's nothing, like Water for god's sake. it is not motivating to be on this kind of diet without a set surgery date. you are right. i couldnt get the insurance to cover me but thankfully (or unfortunately) they found i have a small hiatal hernia and so because the doc will have to remove it first before doing the sleeve, then the surgery cost will drop from $16000 to $10000. i would pay $5000 up front, and then finance the remaining $5000. regarding your diet, if you want to binge, at least do it the other way around: binge until 5 pm and then after that dont eat. it will definitely help you. did you try Alli diet pills? they are terrific. without them i would have been much heavier.

ok i finally snatched some response from the dietician as to why does it have to be just liquids: "it is easier to measure" she says. my god this is the stupidest thing i ever heard! EASIER TO MEASURE??? and starve and risk to fail in it just because it is easier to measure??? you feel much fuller and satiated when you have venegtables for god's sake! with the same calorie intake, at least you would be exposed to less failure!

hello everyone! thanks so much for your helpful comments & encouragement. this forum is amazing. news is that i did make it - so far. so it's been 4.5 days. i am no longer feeling the hunger at all. i just have a hard time sleeping normally. but the headache is much less intense now. sorry to inform you that NO, i am not even allowed BROCCOLI OR chicken OR ANYTHING! they wouldnt let me have the broth with some light vegetables in it! nothing! i just have 3 slimfast a day with some fat free milk, and the rest is splenda tea, SF soda, SF Jello, Water, broth. that slimfast tastes pretty good i must say. what i dont understand is why does it have to be an 800 calorie liquid diet, not 800 calorie vegetable diet for example? what is the benefit from the liquids?