Pre-op diet starts tomorrow

[Charisma 10]

Ok. Since I'm a traveling nurse and a cash pay patient, everything is going by quickly. I decided to have the surgery about 3 weeks ago, had consultation, paid money and am scheduled for next Wednesday. I'm feeling a certain way, because I'm not being told anything. I've heard about the preop diet but haven't been told to start one. Should I be concerned? What is the preop diet all about?

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Our paths seem very similar! I am a dental hygienist, self-pay patient who had my first consultation on 1/2/17 and scheduled for the surgery on the 27th. Just curious where you are and how much you will be paying for your procedure. I am having mine at a surgical center and my total cost will be $12k in Utah.

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[zizi_tops 60]

So I'm almost done with Day 5 and honestly I'm so proud of myself for not breaking. This is the first day I'm home all day while on my liquid diet. The kids were at grandmas too and I was so worried I was gonna break and just eat everything in site. But I didn't. Having shake 3 now. I save my last shake until literally right before bed to avoid waking up hungry at night.

I downed about 6 Popsicles tho. Every Time I had the urge to eat something I ate a Popsicle.

Down 9lbs since the 17th and that keeps me so motivated!!!

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[zizi_tops 60]

Would any one be interested in being in a Kik group ? Just an idea I had don't know if there will be any interest or not

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I'm in. I need to stay as busy as possible.

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[bill1130 115]

So I'm almost done with Day 5 and honestly I'm so proud of myself for not breaking. This is the first day I'm home all day while on my liquid diet. The kids were at grandmas too and I was so worried I was gonna break and just eat everything in site. But I didn't. Having shake 3 now. I save my last shake until literally right before bed to avoid waking up hungry at night.

I downed about 6 Popsicles tho. Every Time I had the urge to eat something I ate a Popsicle.

Down 9lbs since the 17th and that keeps me so motivated!!!

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You are doing great keep it up almost half way threw it

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[zizi_tops 60]

How was day 5 @@bill1130

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[bill1130 115]

Would any one be interested in being in a Kik group ? Just an idea I had don't know if there will be any interest or not

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I'm in. I need to stay as busy as possible.

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Yea me to that why I suggested a group send me a message with your Kik name. And I'll start a group , if any one else wants in send me your Kik name as well

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[biginjapan 647]

I'm now on day 4 of my pre-op diet and as of this morning I have lost 10 pounds! I mean, I know what the scale says, but I still can't believe it. Even though I'm allowed to eat 2 small meals a day, I'm still hungry all the time, although I notice the hunger goes away after I eat a Calcium chew (I was saving those for post-up, but I needed something solid to chew). And guess what? The hunger went away. Maybe it's stomach acid that's mimicking hunger signals, and since calcium is alkaline, it shuts it right down? Regardless, I'm going to keep experimenting with that over the next few days and see if that helps on a regular basis, or was just a fluke.

@@bill1130 - I'm interested in the Kik group, even though I don't know what it is. I'll download the app and set myself up soon.

[bill1130 115]

Once you get your self set up send me your Kik name and we will get you in

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[Stephanielp 120]

What is kik?

progress starts in the mind

[bill1130 115]

It's a chat ap

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[bill1130 115]

You can download it to your phone or maybe computer not sure about the computer never tried

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[Stephanielp 120]

Ok cool yea it might be easier for us to keep up with each other than this

progress starts in the mind

[bill1130 115]

That what I was thinking , it might be more support

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[n.ancion 2]

On day 4 of shakes, have no energy at all. Is that normal?

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[zizi_tops 60]

On day 4 of shakes, have no energy at all. Is that normal?

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Day 4 was horrendous for me. But I pushed through and I'm on day 5 now and doing much better.

Hang in there. You can do this!

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