Anyone getting "scared"?
It's not that I'm afraid anything bad will happen, but it's a bit scary to realize that in 24 days I'm going to have my intestines cut up and re-routed for life.
Last night I had a protein shake for dinner. Today I'm going to eat breakfast and then protein shakes for the rest of the day. Then Monday - Wednesday will be shakes for breakfast/lunch with a sensible dinner. Starting August 16th, I go on full fast (shakes only).
My doctor only requires 2 weeks, but I know that if I don't "ease" into the meal replacement, I hate being hungry, my temper gets really short, and I have the hardest time not "cheating". (I've done six months of liquid protein diet before -- and I lost only 40 lbs.) I just hope that I can lose some weight before my appointments on August 23rd and 29th. I've been in a stall for over six weeks now and it's very frustrating that my body seems to want to be 350 lbs!!
My goal is to be 340 lbs (or lower) by August 23rd and 330 lbs (or lower) by August 29th. I'd love to be no more than 225 when I go in for surgery on September 5th.
I worry that I won't do well. I worry that the full-fast is going to be too hard for me. I worry that I'll be too successful.
Any one else?
My surgery is the same day as yours and I feel the same way. The 2 weeks of liquid diet scares me more than the surgery it's self does. I am doing the same thing you are doing by easing myself into the liquid phase. My SIL is on her liquid diet now she has one more week to surgery and she said it isnt as hard as you think but that the weekends are a killer because you have nothing to keep you occupied while your not at work. Good luck with your surgery and I hope the liquid diet isnt too stressful.
My surgery is the day before yours, so it's two weeks exactly today. I've been finding myself anxious for the last few days, thinking that I don't remember anything about what I need to do after surgery and worrying about the procedure itself.
I told my Dr tonight that I was feeling anxious, and he said that he would be more concerned if I weren't anxious. According to him, it's a sign that I am treating the whole thing with appropriate gravity.
I have liquid diet for four weeks before surgery, so I'm two weeks into that already. I've lost almost 14 pounds since starting that, so it all seems to be going well.
Zandra Q
I am getting a littled scared too. I tend to eat for comfort.....I am a single mom and dont have much support from my family and friends. I hear a lot of idiotic statements from people about "why not just diet and exercise" or "thats too dangerous". Anyway...I am ready to take this step for me.....and as long as I keep getting on here and going to the support group meetings I hope I can stay on track. I know I will have days that I will question myself as to why I did this......and there will be days I mourne the loss of food as I see it now.....but I know the benefits of having a healthier life will be well worth it.
Today I went to Temple for 2/3 of my pre-op appointments. I go back next Wednesday for the remaining 1/3. My son also had an appointment at the Pediatric Endocrinologist, but about an hour after mine finished, so we went to check out the hotel I've booked for the night before the surgery and for my Mom to stay in the next two nights also. Talk about tough!!
There was: KFC, McDonalds, Starbucks, Whataburger, Long John Silver, Chick Fil A, and Wendy's all within 1 block of the hotel. The worst part was that it was noon and I was hungry because all I had had at that point was 1 shake (142 calories) and 1/2 gallon of water.
I know it's going to be for me to be healthier, but go****'s hard to give up the food right now before they cut my stomach down to size!
The reason for the pre-op liquid diet is to shrink the fatty liver to make it easier for them to move the liver out of the way to get to the stomach (which is behind it). If the liver is very fatty, it's stiff and difficult to retract.
By going very low fat, low carb, high protein for two weeks, the fat is reduced making the liver more pliable.
I personally think it's also to help you begin to wrap your head around the changed portions and eating habits you'll have post-op, but that's just MY opinion.
Susan
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