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BarrySue

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    The very low carb thing is required to shrink the liver. If your doc says low carb, definitely go low carb! Mine basically has me on a three week modified atkins: two shakes, and a lean Protein for dinner. I cheated with a banana today and will again tomorrow for Breakfast, only because I want to make sure my potassium levels are good for my pre-admission blood test tomorrow (gotta stay on that potassium and calcium!)

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    @@Daveo

    I was in Nevada in Oct 13 - we did a 3 week trip round calif/navada/arizona in a massive RV which was about the size of my home lol. I love the heat but couldn't live there all the time. I do love the fact we have four seasons in England (summer only lasts 2 weeks though :unsure: ) .

    Just back from 3 weeks in the South of France which had a daily high of about 34... lovely !! Made me laugh though when I was back in work and driving to the office when the radio presenter and his sidekick were whooping at the high of 23 predicted for the day... Keep your fingers crossed for a few more weeks of sun for us poor Ole English please :)

    Kate

    Haha, I spent last summer in Europe, and couldn't believe how it could be under eighty degrees in July! I would live there in a heartbeat (if only to see snow). You're talking about celsius though, right? If so, that sounds BEAUTIFUL!

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    Already ate Everthing except my vegi and one shake. Trying to fill my mind and my time so I don't eat. Today kinda sucks cause I want to eat everything bad.

    I feel you! I feel so restless/idle all the time. I moved my laptop upstairs away from the kitchen, and on my days off, I get out of the house. I work constantly and also go to school, so the boredom is what's killing me. When I have five weeks off after surgery with no school OR work, I have no idea what I'm gonna do. I'll be clawing at the walls going nuts. I may just buy a season pass to Disney just to have someplace to walk around!

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    I hate the shakes so much I prefer not to eat vs suffer through any more whey Protein (I am not and will never be a shake/smoothie person). I'm surviving off my snowcone machine, lol. A scoop of unflavored Unjury protein mixed with Water and sugar free drink flavor, freeze it into ice cubes, run it through the snowcone machine, BAM! That's the story of my life right now.

    Days off are getting hard because I'm not used to inactivity, so most of my challenge has been staying busy and battling head hunger. 11.5 days!

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    I targeted my 2 week pre op diet today! Ugh ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ how ppl do this Lolz. I had broth, 3oz of stewed beef with about less than a 1/4 cup of rice with Beans, 2 cups of Protein with skim plus and a yogurt. Oh yea not to mention 5 cups of water! Smh

    You are allowed to have rice and beans?!!? That is awesome. No carbs at all for me :( My friend's kid was eating a plate of mac and cheese in front of me, and I wanted to snatch that fork out of her hand so bad!

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    The NUT on the other hand, I have no confidence in her! My first appointment with her I told her I shouldn't eat white bread because it has sugar in it. (I'm diabetic) She argued with me that it's a starch and had flour but no sugar. I kept telling her yes, bread has sugar in it. Just look at the nutrition label. It's right there at the top of the ingredients. She finally stopped trying to convince me I was wrong but I could see the look on her face. She thought I was crazy. She wasn't trying to tell me I should be eating it, but I'm thinking what kind of a nutritionist doesn't know something so basic?? With all that said, luckily the pre/post op diet and nutrition is totally handled through the nurse educators, not the NUT.

    In your nutritionist's defense, bread has a minimal amount of sugar, but the refined white flour used in it is chock full of simple carbs, which react essentially the same as sugar in regard to fat storage and blood glucose. Unless you are eating a special flavored bread, standard white bread has almost no actual sugar in it. Even if it is on the ingredients list, it is typically under 2-4g.

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    The first 48 hours of pre-op is the worst. Most of the withdrawals are on the down hill after that! Good luck.

    Yes, exactly! I got terrible headaches from carb withdrawal for the first 2-3 days, then I felt much better.

    Its July 16th for me, scared and happy at the same time!

    Good luck to us all

    We'll just be a few days ahead of you, whining nonstop! :P

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    The only issue I'm having now is that I've lost the sensation to Pee. If it's been 2 hours, i should feel like my bladder is full. But I don't.... everyone says that's normal after being catheterized. 5 days later and I still don't feel the urge.... so i just go every couple of hours!!!

    Good luck to you!!!

    I'm really, really glad you shared that they actually had to re-cath you. I'm a nurse and I cath people all the time, but I cannot have it done to me unless I am knocked out, so I'll let them know not to immediately yank that sucker when I go in for surgery in a couple weeks. Thanks for sharing!

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    Thank you guys for all of your supportive words, I am just mainly worried about not reaching my goals, all of you guys are doing so fabulously well, this renews a lot of hope for my surgery. I have family friends (a mom and all 3 kids) that have had bypass 10+ years ago, and their results have been a mixed bag as far as success goes, but they all wish that sleeve or even the band was an option when they started.

    Hearing about the successes that you all have had is so inspiring, thank you all (:

    Doctors speak in generalities based on statistics of large populations. But YOU speak for YOU. Your individual strengths and desires determine the amount of weight you'll lose. Don't worry, I need to lose 210+ lbs to get to a healthy BMI, so I'm taking the journey right along with you.

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    I'm BAD... I'm also on my 2 week pre-op (day 9) and I snuck an Oreo cookie that I had been thinking about for about 4 hours at 3am! I stood in front of the frig and sucked it down .... Went back to bed and hated myself! :-(

    One oreo? You're doing fine, don't worry! If you had an entire pack, that's one thing. Rome wasn't built in a day, and one cookie is barely a blip on the radar.

    Today, my patient's family gave me a giant box of hot, steaming cheese sticks from the pizzeria they work at. I thank them, told them I'd enjoy it at home, and then threw it at my roommate and told her to hurry up and eat it to get it out of my sight. Oh God, the temptation!

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