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And another thing I didn't even think about before my surgery - alcohol! I miss drinking ice cold beer!!!! I tried sipping wine, it was a tad painful, but I still wish I could drink more than just a few sips....

Oh, but let me add - I've lost 70 pounds in 6 months.....so I can live with eating ice forever!! :-)

I'm 6 months out and I still can't drink water without it hurting....I kinda fear water now...I eat ice all day just to be sure I stay hydrated. Big gulps or chugging anything will painful! I was extremely thirsty one and I took 2 big gulps of water and had to throw it up...gross I know! I'm not sure how long this will be the case, but like I said - 6 months out and it still hurts me...

I take the walgreens brand lemon flavored....get it cold....chug it...tastes just like a sprite! With a little bit of an alka seltzer after taste....not too bad and works really well...

Just keep calling the doctors office everyday to get your appointments moved up....maybe they have a cancellation... :-) don't sit and wait if you don't really have too....who cares if they get annoyed with you calling to check.... :-D

I travel a lot for work too...I pretty much survived off smoothie King and strawberry smoothies from Starbucks...they were filling and didn't hurt my stomach as much...plus they're everywhere and easy... I still wasted a lot of money buying food I wanted, but could never eat, so it went in the trash after a bite....just don't rush it at first...it will be a while before you will eat anything that isn't liquid or very soft/smooth....so find what you can tolerate in the form of shakes/smoothies and you'll be ok! :-)

@glittereyes Thanks for sharing about not being able to tolerate plain Water....I thought I was the only one...it's so weird not to be able to tolerate it...I can only eat lots of ice and drink sips of other stuff.... I hope I can get back to drinking plain water some day...

I'm 4 months post op and Water still hurts me, so I eat a lot of ice...I buy bags of ice from Sonic... I also like to freeze Powerade (it has B vitamins) and I drink "aguas frescas" cucumber water....they're a lot of sugar I'm sure, but I need something to drink...I drink very little eat the ice mostly.... I'm down 55 pounds since Nov 20....I look amazing! ;-D

I say absolutely no carbs....when I did that in the past, I'd lose about 7-10 pounds the first week... If you go full pre-op, just try to make everything sugar free....that may help....

@@ProjectMe ooooohhh....good points... I just had 1/2 a fried chicken drum stick and about 3-4 spoons of mashed potato...I stopped after that...no pain! Maybe I'm just eating way too much of the solid Proteins and that's why it hurts... I know fried isn't good, but I'm glad I got some chicken down...if you can do it 3 months post op, I should be able to as well. I think I've just been too scared of the pain. And maybe I don't chew as well as I should. Thanks for sharing!!! :-)

@@ProjectMe how far along are you post-op? Does it still hurt to eat? I'm 4 months post op...it still hurts... :-(

You should be ok...I'm not a "smoker" (none of us are - right?? Lol )...anyway...I was smoking a few a day upto two weeks prior to surgery. I did have a blood test and my doctor kept asking me of I smoked and when I quit...I kept lying, but I think he knew. They did my surgery anyway but I think he was a little upset. Plus I had my surgery I'm Mexico so perhaps they weren't as strict. If you quit months ago you should be ok...just don't take the chance...you never know what could happen...not worth having your surgery cancelled of postponed. :-)

I'm 4 months post op, and although the crabs and sweets are forbidden, that's mostly the only things I can tolerate. I don't want to encourage anyone to do what you're not supposed to do, but I still lost 50 pounds in 4 months and I'm still losing. It does make me sad that other foods hurt - like chicken, Pasta, salad, veggies....but I try to eat what I can to at least get some nutrition in my body. I live off smoothie King and Starbucks strawberry smoothies (they have bananna and Protein too). Don't be afraid...these foods will most likely not be what you'll want afterward, if you do, you will only be able to have a bite or two and you'll be done. For me it's not a carb/sweets death sentence...if I want some, I'll try a bite. Eventually we should be able to eat some...it's not forever! :-) Good luck!!! You will be ok!! :-) Blessings!

AMEN!!!! :-D And good luck! I'm 4 months out...down 50 pounds....it works!!! Lol Highest: 220 Now: 170

Hang in there Mary! After surgery you will not be able to fail - you will not be able to eat like before. I totally binged and had "my last meal" as if I were in death row..Lol..sadly I did that several times! But then I got to the point of no return with the pre-op diet and somehow I flipped a switch - a happy switch - realizing I was about to change my life forever! Each day is a new day and a perfect time to start over...you can do it!!!