It's monday morning at 8am and I already hate my liquid diet!!!

Day 1 of my week long liquid buffet and I'm already hating it! But it's for a good cause so I will attempt to suck it up and not whine too much about it Any advice to make it easier? I'm using Carnation instant breakfast, broth, jello and Crystal light. Any suggestions on variety is welcomed friends!

Hi Jennifer, Oh I getting sooo excited for you!!!!!!!!!!! Have you gone to the December board on here yet? The November board really helped me alot!! I drank lots of broth.............. tea, water water water and the yummiest thing was the carb choc instant breakfast..they are already mixed and soooooooo good!!!!!! Thank goodness for those!!! Dr. Giovanni said my liver looked nice and small when she did my surgery, so the liquid diet did what it was suppose to do Its gonna be here before you know it!!!!! Are you getting excited???? Let me know if you have anymore questions Im here for ya!!

Thanks bethany! I am getting excited and nervous. I emailed you privately at your account here

what's the rationale to doing a week of liquids pre-op?

It's to shrink the liver up as much as possible so it's not in the way or gets nicked during surgery.

Hi Jennifer. Suger free Ice pops worked great for me. Nice way to get your water in every day. Egg drop soup worked for me too! Good Luck and take care, Julio

I went with two large Hot and Sour soups so I could strain out the crap and get one good bowl of broth.

Hi Jennifer, Good luck on you surgery! Dr. Barba is great!! You will be home in no time.I basically did the same thing your are doing. You just have to stick with it. You should lose about 8 to 10 pounds this week on the liquid diet.But don't give up. You need to do this. It will benefit you in the end. Stick with it . I know you can. Take care. And again GOOD LUCK!!! Sarah