I got my date

Well you all I finally got my date I am so happy my date is December 19th my sugery is at 8:30 am But i have a few ?'s  1. Do you eat before you go  2. What time do you have to be there.

  Congrat's Jana!!!!!!!Doing the happy dance for you........ Not long now my surgery is on the 11th so time will just fly by.  And it all depend's on your Dr. wether or not you can eat or not, but I don't think you are suppose to eat before and I would think to be there like an hour before to get all the paperwork out of the way. My surgeon's office hasn't told me anything yet. I don't even know what time to be there. GOOD LUCK.......

You don't eat before you go in. They will probally have you do a light breakfast, FULL liquid lunch (pudding consistency) and a clear liquid dinner (broths, etc). That is what they have us do. And for my 8 oclock surgery ( I think thats the time it was) I had to be there at 6 or 6:30 I don't remember. They should tell you all these things in your nutrition class.

Congratulations on your date.  You are almost there.

To answer your questions:

1. The day before my surgery I could eat anything I wanted for breakfast, then it was full liquids for lunch, such as cream soups, pudding, icecream, yogurt, etc., then supper was clear liquids such as broth, jello, etc,  It was unlimited on the amounts and then nothing to eat or drink after midnight.  If you take medication, they may or may not let you take it with a sip of water the morning of your surgery. They will tell you this at your nut class.

2.  My surgery was at 3pm and I had to be there at 12:30 pm.

Good luck!

Jenny

Congrats to you.  I know how you feel.  My date is Dec 7th.  I have Dr. Jones.  My surgery is at 8:00 am.  I need to be there 2 hours early.  Her office said not to eat or drink anything after midnight.  We will have a new start for Christmas.  HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY Terri

Oh boy!  Oh boy!  Oh boy!  Jana, that's not far off at all!  The time will fly by!

You'll learn about the meals at your NUT class but it has been explained pretty well in these posts.  My breakfast was a cheese omlette with one pancake on the side.  I remember the NUT telling us not to eat a lot of meat for breakfast so I decided not to have any. My surgery was at 8:30 too and I had to be at St. Vs at 6:00.  You'll get paperwork in the mail that gives you all that info. CONGRATS! Jacqui

Hey all thank you for all the help with what I need to do I need to pack. I have pack a little bit of stuff. I am going down to Indy for Pre Op testing on December 4th  I will be satying with my family in Anderson and then my dad will be taking me to pre op testing. I dont drive so i have to arrange to get rides down there. Well any way I am going to have to unpack my bags and repack when I come home from my dads house. Ok well again thanks for the help  Jana  

Woohoo!  Congrats on getting your date! 

JANA           DR DIAZ HAS YOU DO A DAY BEFORE SIET. NORMAL BREAKFEST, LIQUID(PUDDING SOUP) FOR LUNCH AND FULL LIQUID DINNER ( BROTHS, ALL YOU WANT)BUT NOTHING AFTER MIDNIGHT . YOUR SET FOR 830 AM YOU WILL HAVE TO BE THERE NO LATER THEN 630 AM. THAT GIVES THEM TIME TO GIVE YOU ALL THE THINGS YOU WILL NEED LIKE A GOWN , SLIPPY SOCKS, WHITE COMPRESSION STOCKINGS , YOU CHANGE INTO THAT STUFF THEN SIT AND WAIT FOR THEM TO COME GET YOU , THEY LET JIM COME BACK AND SIT WITH ME TILL IT WAS TIME. ITS FUNNY THEY TOLD JIM 2 HOURS FOR SURGERY AND I WAS DONE IN LIKE 45-50 MINUTES. JUST REMEMBER SIP SIP SIP AND WALK WALK WALK AND SLEP WHILE YOU CAN WHILE IN THE HOSPITAL. YOU WILL DO GREAT. DR DIAZ IS AWSOME.. VICKI