May 2023 surgeries

[Gabbie-1 45]

Well I am walking around with these drains and the hose keeps catching and getting slightly pulled out. Ouch! My hubby has banned me from the kitchen until drains are removed.

[Renee0394 0]

Mine was 05/01/23. Congrats to everyone

[LindsayT 579]

1 minute ago, Renee0394 said:

Mine was 05/01/23. Congrats to everyone

I had mine on the 1st as well. How are you doing?

[Renee0394 0]

12 hours ago, LindsayT said:

I had mine on the 1st as well. How are you doing?

I am actaully doing well. I just have some trouble from when I'm drinking Water or gatorade zero I tend to get the pressure feeling in the chest I'm assuming it's from the Esophagus. Do you have that problem also?

[Kiki28 1]

I had my surgery yesterday May 19th. All went well and I was home by 3ish. I’ve had that dreadful chest pain and my incision are sore but so far so good. I drink a sip or 2 of Premier clear at the top of the hour and Water every 15 minutes. Every 4 hours I take 2 sips of Hydrocodone for pain. I’ve been up walking around the house and have on compression socks. I’m not hungry but I am thirsty and scared to drink more than 2 ounces at a time.

So ready for this chest pain to go away.

[la.nena 11]

Ok so I’m not a sweets person but every once in a while I do want ice cream. So I mixed Premier Protein Cookies and cream and instant Sugar Free Chocolate pudding and added a scoop of vanilla Protein Powder. Blended and refrigerated it in 2 ounce containers. Omg. I ate one. I know that’s not much but it was good enough for me. So good guys.

[HealthyT 5]

I hope your surgery went well. Mine is coming up on 6/2

[Gabbie-1 45]

Buying 1 oz cups and water/meal prepping is the way to go. I have a timer that goes off from 8-8 still hard to keep up

[rolawre 16]

Im so glad your surgery went well. That pain will go away soon.

[Cindyptaylor 10]

May 24th is almost here. The liquid diet is getting tiresome, but excited to move on to next phase. I have tried to stay busy so the time passes quickly but at night is when I struggle. How all the others doing with their surgery date of the 24th?

[WrldTraveller 0]

Hi everyone! Just found this board, but I had my surgery on 16 May. So far, so good, but not feeling at all hungry. It’s been challenging to get in all of the required liquids.

Good to luck to all of the upcoming surgeries!

[Gabbie-1 45]

Yes difficult to get all the liquid and Protein in. Even prepping the 1oz cups ahead. Very fatigued all I want is sleep! Anyone else having these issues?

[CarolineLittle 92]

Gabbie, yes to the fatigue. I've slept a lot the past few days. Just so tired. I've been struggling to drink enough all of a sudden too. I think the liquid diet has just become too much, I can't do broths or jelly any more, the thought makes me sick. I've had a little bit of mashed potato and it went down fine. I'm not one bit hungry though. I was so looking forward to this stage and now I don't even want to eat. I'm also quite nauseated a lot.

[LindsayT 579]

On 5/20/2023 at 7:42 AM, Renee0394 said:

I am actaully doing well. I just have some trouble from when I'm drinking Water or gatorade zero I tend to get the pressure feeling in the chest I'm assuming it's from the Esophagus. Do you have that problem also?

Sometimes. If the liquid is too cold or I gulp too much at once.

[LindsayT 579]

As far as getting liquids in, I'm finding it harder now that I'm in puree stage. For each meal I have to wait 30 minutes before and after, as well as the 30ish minutes it takes me to eat. So for 3 meals I'm losing 4.5 hours of drinking time. I drink as fast as I can without overdoing it, but I still seem to come up short a lot.