Afraid of missing Food?

Just a crazy question.  Are any of you afraid of missing food?  I've read other posts about this.  I know how I can be when my blood sugar drops and the first thing I want of course is a CARB!  After surgery, that's not going to happen.  I start my low carb atkins diet this Wednesday for 2 weeks.  I know I'm lucky not to be on the liquid diet, but for the next few days I'm thinking of what would be good to eat before the low carb diet starts.  Does that not make me ready for surgery or did you do this too?  Did you have a last meal and if so what was it?  How do you feel about this?

Thnks for the info.

Deborah

Are you KIDDING?  Yes - missing food!!!  Yes - afraid of missing food!!!

I can easily go on a mental binge right now... the favorite carbs of my choice are coming to mind even now as we speak... visions of sugarplums dance in my head.

Yep - despite what I consider to be my uncontrollable cravings, I didn't pig out preop, nor after preop, although I cheated just a small bit the first few days of preop liquids.

But now every time I see food it S M E L L S   SO  G O O D... 

I was on clear liquids a week preop and still thin liquids/shakes postop for 3 weeks also.

Not a crazy question at all.  I myself have been searching for a plan on how I will deal with cravings for favorite foods post-op.  I have my next appointment before surgery on January 16, to discuss with the dietician what I can eat the week before surgery and the day before/post-op.  I don't plan on having what you referred to as a "Last meal"  to me that sounds a bit morbid.  

My surgery is scheduled for January 27.  I wish you good luck and a speedy recovery!  It's our time to shine in '09!!

Yes my family threw me a "last supper" lol for me on the 10th of Jan. We had Indian Tacos! 
Miss my food yes I will!!   I hope that missing pounds will fill in for the missing of the food!
Surgery date Jan 14 2009!
Meri

Deborah, Yes I am afraid of missing food especially sweets. Did I have a last meal? Nope. I didn't. I am 12 days into my 30 day pre op diet that is 1200 calorie low carb. Kind of like atkins. After that I have to do 5 days of full liquids and then 1 day of clear liquids. then surgery. I feel really great about what I am doing. I have lost 11.4  pounds so far. I am happy to see the scales coming down. I did't have carb withdrawal like most people have. Not even a headache. My blood sugar has been the best it has been in awhile. I am really motivated. Best of luck on your pre op diet.

Emily

You all are oh so right.  I will not miss the food and loving the pounds going away.  After reading some of your preop diets, mine is not so bad.  I have to do atkins for 2 weeks.  I've started slowly going into it and it's not that bad. I guess the last meal does sound morbid or it could be a right of passage.  LOL  Then here lately, food can just make me sick by looking at it and especially when I over eat. I'm lookng forward to feeling better. Thanks for you input.  I think I really like this forum.

Deborah

At first, I didn't think that I would really miss what I used to eat. I did have my last dairy queen because that is something I don't plan on doing post op anymore. I don't want to find out if it makes me sick, I'm just going to go with it WILL make me sick and not eat it (hopefully I can stick with that).  At this point, I'm looking forward to eating healthy and being healthy more then thinking of the things I will chose not to have after surgery.

I think I may miss food while I'm doing the different phases of the post op diet. I'm on my pre op liquid diet and I was sitting at my desk yesterday crying because I just wanted to eat...but I didn't. It wasn't worth it.