bostonsleever

I had my surgery early morning on 3/19. That first day wasn't too much fun but most of the pain was gone once the pain-pump was plugged in. Came home on Thursday 3/21 after spending 2 nights in the hospital. My surgeon wanted me to only have Water on the Stage I day after the surgery. Started Protein shakes on Thursday and haven't had any problems keeping those or other liquids downs. I will say it is strange because sometimes I can "feel" things enter my stomach. I'm not sure if others have experienced this but my stomach is now pretty loud - from gurgling or groaning. Doesn't bother me too much. I haven't really lost much since the surgery date but I blame it on the water retention and still no BM. I haven't felt hungry at all - in fact the thought of eating makes me a little nauseous. So far so good. I still have 1.5 weeks of stage II liquids before I get to eat any real food. I am looking forward to biting into something solid. Good luck to all of you. This is going to be awesome. Just hang in there. G

Thanks Pphockeygirl The diet is going well so far. I'm on day 6 of the pre-opp. Based on what I've read my doctor's pre-opp diet seems a little less restrictive than others. The first couple of days where difficult - it felt like I was detoxing or something. I had headaches, hunger etc. but much better now. How has your experience been?

New to the forum. Started my pre-op diet a few days ago. My surgery is scheduled for March 19th at BWH Faulkner with Dr Shikora. A little nervous but mostly pretty excited.