RabbiJoshKohl

Friday January 27 @ NYU for me... 5 days into my 2 week pre-op prep... realistically scared, but super excited as well...

I'm on Day 5 of Pre-Op as well... I'm having a lot more trouble with the feeling of emotional deprivation than I am with hunger... the shakes are keeping me decently satisfied, and I'm supplementing with some clear consumme broth, and 2C of plain veges... Lots of crystal light helps too... The only (perhaps) interesting thing I can add, is that I found myself getting sick of the artificial sweetness of the shakes and drinks... so I've taken to adding some garlic and cayenne pepper to the broth and veges... it's spicy as heck, but nice on the a palette that was getting sick of sweetness... All of that said, it's really difficult... I keep telling myself that I'm only needing to go through this b/c I loved and needed food so much, so none of this is surprising... If I want to be successful, I need to learn to cope with all of that, so I'm committed to start confronting it now... Good luck everyone... Surgery set for Friday the 27th at NYU...