Starting Pre-Op Diet and have a cold :(

[raychel74 22]

I came home yesterday with a terrible cold, the good news... I have ZERO appetite. I start my diet tomorrow but wonder if my cold medicines will effect anything. I'm taking Day- Quill and Zantac for now and trying to keep it to a minimum. Did anyone else have this blessing happen to them lol! Any advise?

Raychel

[FitSmash 8]

I had my surgery on the 25th and I too had a cold leading up to surgery. On one had its a blessing because the pre op liquid diet leaves most feeling like they're starving so that decrease in appetite is working in your favor. I took meds leading up to surgery too. I stayed away from nsaids and took Tylenol instead. I took the tylenol severe cold and my allergy pills. Those seemed to help my cold and be safe for surgery

[kitten22996 36]

I came home yesterday with a terrible cold, the good news... I have ZERO appetite. I start my diet tomorrow but wonder if my cold medicines will effect anything. I'm taking Day- Quill and Zantac for now and trying to keep it to a minimum. Did anyone else have this blessing happen to them lol! Any advise?

Raychel

Girl, I am in the same situation. I have surgery on the 15th and have some kind of sinus/allergy stuff going on. I was hoping to start walking everyday leading up to surgery, but today I came home from work wiped out from feeling bad all day. I've been loading up on Benadryl and some sinus stuff. I start my preop diet on Monday- 2 Protein drinks and one meal of lean Protein and a small vegetable. I just hope I get rid of this crud before surgery.

[raychel74 22]

I hear ya! I'm just glad it happen before and not after. The good news, this cold has killed my appetite so I went ahead and started today. Today is also day 3 of no coffee. Hopefully it's a blessing in disguise. If I feel better tomorrow - I will exercise.

Feel better & thanks for the advise

[rodeomom969 39]

Well at least the liquids will be good for your cold. I am on day 4 of 14 of my liquid diet and am pretty hungry so glad you have no appetite. Good luck and feel better soon.