Anyone having surgery the first week of January?

Maggie1955 · December 27, 2017

My surgery is January 2nd and I'm on day 7 of the pre surgery diet.

My surgery is also 1/2/18 and I am on day 12 of my pre-op diet. I was kind of upset/angry that my team made me start the diet on 12/15/17 because that is closer to 3 weeks, but I know they did so because I had actually gained weight in the months leading up to getting a definitive surgery date. I am, as of today, down 14 pounds. 6 more days to go.

M_1989_xx · January 1, 2018

Hey my surgery date is January 18th, my surgeon said that I should do my pre op diet at least 3-4 weeks before as he doesn’t think 2 weeks is enough...so far I’ve done the pre op meal plan - low carb diet and I’ve managed to loose 7kg (1 stone) in the past 3 weeks which I’m glad about so will continue until surgery date.
So happy I managed to loose over Xmas
Good luck to you all and happy new year 2018 is our year!!

janice114 · January 1, 2018

january 2

Maggie1955 · January 5, 2018

For those of you who had surgery on 1/2/18: how is it going? I am still in pain; actually it was getting a bit better, but my significant other coughed while I was sleeping and I woke up with a start and felt like I tore something. As for fluids, I am barely getting in 20 oz a day. The one positive thing I can say is that I have no appetite at all. Hopefully it gets better. Good luck to all.

dolphin839 · January 5, 2018

9 hours ago, Maggie1955 said:

For those of you who had surgery on 1/2/18: how is it going? I am still in pain; actually it was getting a bit better, but my significant other coughed while I was sleeping and I woke up with a start and felt like I tore something. As for fluids, I am barely getting in 20 oz a day. The one positive thing I can say is that I have no appetite at all. Hopefully it gets better. Good luck to all.

Hi Maggie, I had surgery on the 2nd and I'm still in pain. On the good side, it's getting better every day. Fluid wise I'm getting slightly more fluid in and also no appetite either. Good luck