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OMG I can’t believe the time has finally come. I am down to my last day of liquid diet and I have to be at hospital at 5:30am tomorrow. To say I am nervous and elated would be understatements. Any last tips or advice?

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Congratulations!! My surgery is in a week, but I have to follow my liquid diet for 2 weeks after surgery :( keep us posted and good luck!

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Good luck! My best advice is walk as much as they will let you after surgery. It helped so much. My other advice is do exactly as they tell you. You got this!!!

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Bring lounge pants, and don't bother with a robe. Robe won't go on over your IV. Lounge pants WILL cover your butt in the hallways. You're gonna do great. Congrats!

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Bring chap stick or some type of lip balm. My lips got so dry during my hospital stay. Also mouth spray, as your mouth will be very dry. I wish someone had told me this before my surgery.

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4 hours ago, ShoppGirl said:

OMG I can’t believe the time has finally come. I am down to my last day of liquid diet and I have to be at hospital at 5:30am tomorrow. To say I am nervous and elated would be understatements. Any last tips or advice?

Congrats...I wish u a wonderful surgery. Hopefully I be having surgery by May. Im waiting on pre approval now.

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19 minutes ago, MizzKay said:

Congrats...I wish u a wonderful surgery. Hopefully I be having surgery by May. Im waiting on pre approval now.

Good for you. I won’t lie and say it goes by super fast but I do feel like I used the time to learn quite a bit of stuff that will help me be more successful in the long run so I guess it was a good thing I had to wait.

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5 hours ago, ShoppGirl said:

OMG I can’t believe the time has finally come. I am down to my last day of liquid diet and I have to be at hospital at 5:30am tomorrow. To say I am nervous and elated would be understatements. Any last tips or advice?

Get some dry mouth spray! Go right now and get it! You will be so glad you have this. Please do not go to the hospital without it. CVS sell Biotene and their own brand. When you wake up start walking. I was able to burp most of my gas out while at the hospital. Drink as much Water as possible , the more you drink the easier it will be to pee. It takes while for your bldder to wake up. Take the spray!!! T Good luck

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I definitely can say i have reading so much on gastric sleeve and bypass. I started out wanting to do sleeve. But after so much research. I learned that bypass would benefit me better.

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My surgery is tomorrow at 11. I am very nervous also, but ready to be done with the liquids also! Good luck to you!! We are on our way to a new healthy lifestyle!


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Are you having sleeve or other? Take dry mouth spray, you will be glad you did. Walk, walk, walk as much as possible. I found this easy but that was me. Drink as much Water as possible. It will take a while for your bladder to wake up. Good luck...you will do great!

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