Hi 

glad you called

i had lynns old address her new adress is  [email protected]

Dont let the  gall bladder pain  get  to bad.  If they cant  see you  and it gets bad  go to the emergency room.   Gall bladder is nothing to  play with.  I only had  three attacks felt like a heart attack  then   i had the last attack it didnt go  away and that day they took mine out and i was in california on vacation.   

Take care

The difference may have to do with the diet before surgery.  I think that they want it to be really low carb due to shrinking the liver????  Call and ask to talk with any of the bariatric nuts tomorrow and hopefully they can give you some help.  Good luck.

I often had problem drinking cold liquids right after surgery (and sometimes even now).  Have you tried drinking something warm?  That might go down better.

Ask your doctor if you can include these foods in your full liquid diet:

Cooked, refined cereals, such as Cream of Wheat, cream of rice, oatmeal, grits, or farina
Strained meats, like the ones in baby food
Potatoes pureed in soup

this is what I read earlier. It is odd, some docs do it one way, with very specific yes/no's, and other docs completely disagree. I am reading my notebook, chewing ice (lol) and hoping for the time to pass quickly.

You can do it!  The liquid diet stinks but believe me it stinks in a different way AFTER the surgery.  You won't be hungry and the thought of having to take in more of the protein shakes and yogurt and soup is daunting.  It is a great jumpstart to your weightloss though and you can do it.  I saw someone post this somewhere else and it's my new mantra, "You can do hard things".  I love it and say it to myself all the time now.  It's true!  I do hard things every day and beating my food addiction and getting thin and healthy is another hard thing I can do and you can too!!

Tami