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I had a moment of weakness as I miss chewing food. I'm on day 5 of 14 of my liquid diet. I have been eating a bite of something to chew every day (a BITE, not a meal) and today I went to Moes and had a burrito in a bowl with some chips.< /p>

I still have 10 more days before surgery, if I stick to this diet 100% from here on out, should my liver be shrunk enough?

My surgeon requires 2 weeks of liquids where as others require much less, I think as long as I don't screw up anymore I should be ok, right?

I was told I'm not even allowed to chew gum because they worry I'll get used to it and do it after surgery too and stretch my sleeve (wtf?)

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You should call your surgeon and discuss this with them.

There is a reason they put you on the 14 day diet and not a shorter version. They would be the best to answer such questions.

I was given pure hell by mine for chewing gum, too. Bad thing was it was three weeks prior to my VSG surgery on the morning of my EGD.....doc caught me chewing gum, lol. I laid off it for a few months but have it now if I want.

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You will be fine. My pre-op diet was only 7 days, I cheated on day 5, and my liver was perfect. A burrito bowl 10 days before surgery isn't going to hurt you- just don't do that the day before surgery, or preferably again before surgery. If they crack your liver your easy surgery becomes much more complicated, and I imagine they will be upset.

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Thanks y'all, I fully intend to tell my surgeon on my pre-op Wednesday.

I think they likely EXPECT people to cheat to some degree. Maybe that's why it's two weeks rather than one.

Time will tell how he feels about it.

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Thanks y'all, I fully intend to tell my surgeon on my pre-op Wednesday.

I think they likely EXPECT people to cheat to some degree. Maybe that's why it's two weeks rather than one.

Time will tell how he feels about it.

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They know we have no self control, otherwise we wouldn't be in the position we are in

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@"dpressleymsn"

I never did drink soda much to begin with, I'm pretty much a Water girl. I did start having one or two cans of diet pepsi per week for a month because I knew I'd miss it.

A week before I started my liquid diet I stopped drinking them so I would not have headaches as much or at least AS BAD once I couldn't have food. It helped tremendously, the headaches are barely there and my body adjusted well.

It's the head hunger and not chewing that's getting to me.

Since you're already on your liquid diet though, you pretty much have to suck it up.

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I miss my coffee!!! I had 36 hours of a pounding headache, but I'm feeling better now. Ugh- I thought about just gargling it but figured if I smelled it I would give in.

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Exactly!! What he ^^^^ said.

You should call your surgeon and discuss this with them.

There is a reason they put you on the 14 day diet and not a shorter version. They would be the best to answer such questions.

I was given pure hell by mine for chewing gum, too. Bad thing was it was three weeks prior to my VSG surgery on the morning of my EGD.....doc caught me chewing gum, lol. I laid off it for a few months but have it now if I want.

Let us know what your surgeon had to say about your "burrito slippage". I hope your surgery won't be rescheduled.

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Crunch on something healthy and then spit it out.

I can and I will.

This is a form of an eating disorder. Please don't continue to do this.

I don't do this every day of my life. 5 days after the liquid diet, I wanted to feel something crunchy under my teeth and I did it once. After I did that, the craving was gone.

I can and I will.

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