I finally called the clinic
I hate complaining. I had Barb delete this morning's post but, now I wish she hadn't because someone may learn a thing or two from my experience on this liquid fast.
(Barb, thank you for your help earlier and I'm sorry I put you through the delete-fest!)
As most of you know, I've been dealing with cold and clammy sweats, headaches, weakness, and feeling faint since day 2 of the liquid diet. Yesterday I mustered up enough energy to get up and get myself dressed for the first time since Saturday so I could take Vivienne kitty to meet E's classmates.
The teacher saw me last week while I was not feeling well and I almost passed out then. So yesterday when I got there and the sweats, shaking, etc. hit again, the concern immediately went across her face. I was able to tell her this time, "I now know it's hypoglycemic episodes, my surgery is Friday, this is almost over!"
I have to say, I have been doing the diet to a T, minus the permission to have the chicken breast (last Wed/Thu?) and the tablespoon of peanut butter on Saturday (which I also repeated in a shake on Sunday for an energy boost, to no avail). I've not had anything not on my list.
This morning I about blacked out again while dealing with a knee problem I woke up with. Thankfully the recliner was there to grab and laying back in it helped the spell to pass. After that, a new symptom cropped up: heart-racing panic.
While posting on the forum and messaging Barb about my desire to delete my complaint, the phone rang. It was a dear, local friend who's known for a couple of years about my blood sugar symptoms (she's type 1 diabetic), even though I always test "normal." She's been worried about me being on the liquid fast and was calling to check up on me. I told her my latest symptoms and she strongly encouraged me to call the clinic, which Barb had encouraged me to do as well.
(You all know by now I can't tell a short story...so sorry!)
So I called and spoke with Meredith at the clinic. I filled her in on everything and told her, "I want you to know can tough this out." She said no, that we needed to do something different and after consulting with our nut she called me back. This is what I am supposed to do:
1. Eat a high protein meal immediately.
2. Use the tablespoons of peanut butter to get over the "humps."
3. Go back to my protein shakes tomorrow.
4. Thursday, the day before surgery, do as my directions say. (2 protein shakes, then clear liquids for dinner, and nothing after midnight.)
So I went downstairs and made myself a skillet of 2/3 c frozen TVP plus 1/4 c black beans and seasoned it with some low-carb ketchup, onion, garlic, chili powder, paprika, oregano. By the time that was cooked, I was shaking so hard, I could barely get the spoon from the bowl to my mouth!
I guess not all of us can do the liquid diet as it's meant to be done. I'm having to fight back feelings of guilt and failure...like I'm a "fat pig" who can't even just do liquids for 10 days like most people can! I now see that this was most likely a culprit during my early failure at many fad diets. It wasn't because I didn't have the willpower or self-control as much as it was my blood sugar going haywire.
If you made it through this entire post, thanks a million for sticking it out. I apologize if I've been in a posting frenzy but please know it's the combination of the excitement, anxiety, and the "instability", if you will, that I've been feeling this week. {{{Hugs}}} to all of you for getting me through! ONLY THREE MORE DAYS!
(Barb, thank you for your help earlier and I'm sorry I put you through the delete-fest!)
As most of you know, I've been dealing with cold and clammy sweats, headaches, weakness, and feeling faint since day 2 of the liquid diet. Yesterday I mustered up enough energy to get up and get myself dressed for the first time since Saturday so I could take Vivienne kitty to meet E's classmates.
The teacher saw me last week while I was not feeling well and I almost passed out then. So yesterday when I got there and the sweats, shaking, etc. hit again, the concern immediately went across her face. I was able to tell her this time, "I now know it's hypoglycemic episodes, my surgery is Friday, this is almost over!"
I have to say, I have been doing the diet to a T, minus the permission to have the chicken breast (last Wed/Thu?) and the tablespoon of peanut butter on Saturday (which I also repeated in a shake on Sunday for an energy boost, to no avail). I've not had anything not on my list.
This morning I about blacked out again while dealing with a knee problem I woke up with. Thankfully the recliner was there to grab and laying back in it helped the spell to pass. After that, a new symptom cropped up: heart-racing panic.
While posting on the forum and messaging Barb about my desire to delete my complaint, the phone rang. It was a dear, local friend who's known for a couple of years about my blood sugar symptoms (she's type 1 diabetic), even though I always test "normal." She's been worried about me being on the liquid fast and was calling to check up on me. I told her my latest symptoms and she strongly encouraged me to call the clinic, which Barb had encouraged me to do as well.
(You all know by now I can't tell a short story...so sorry!)
So I called and spoke with Meredith at the clinic. I filled her in on everything and told her, "I want you to know can tough this out." She said no, that we needed to do something different and after consulting with our nut she called me back. This is what I am supposed to do:
1. Eat a high protein meal immediately.
2. Use the tablespoons of peanut butter to get over the "humps."
3. Go back to my protein shakes tomorrow.
4. Thursday, the day before surgery, do as my directions say. (2 protein shakes, then clear liquids for dinner, and nothing after midnight.)
So I went downstairs and made myself a skillet of 2/3 c frozen TVP plus 1/4 c black beans and seasoned it with some low-carb ketchup, onion, garlic, chili powder, paprika, oregano. By the time that was cooked, I was shaking so hard, I could barely get the spoon from the bowl to my mouth!
I guess not all of us can do the liquid diet as it's meant to be done. I'm having to fight back feelings of guilt and failure...like I'm a "fat pig" who can't even just do liquids for 10 days like most people can! I now see that this was most likely a culprit during my early failure at many fad diets. It wasn't because I didn't have the willpower or self-control as much as it was my blood sugar going haywire.
If you made it through this entire post, thanks a million for sticking it out. I apologize if I've been in a posting frenzy but please know it's the combination of the excitement, anxiety, and the "instability", if you will, that I've been feeling this week. {{{Hugs}}} to all of you for getting me through! ONLY THREE MORE DAYS!
I will be soooo glad when these 3 days are up! 
FINALLY!! You have come to your senses! THANK YOU "dear local friend" and Barb for the excellent advice!!! I am not trying to sound insensitive, but I have been worried SICK about you Shauna!!!!!!
No one can say with a straight face that you don't have any will power! You are such a trooper!!!!!
I actually feel relief to think of you eating that high protein meal! You will be healthier for your Surgery and be better set to heal come Friday Afternoon.
YEAH! Are you feeling better?? Less shaky?? Headache going away??
(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((HUG)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
Ok, now your friends feel better too!
This goes to show you how personal this journey is. What works for some does not work for others. I am glad you re-posted this! You are far from a whiner! Thank you!
No one can say with a straight face that you don't have any will power! You are such a trooper!!!!!
I actually feel relief to think of you eating that high protein meal! You will be healthier for your Surgery and be better set to heal come Friday Afternoon.
YEAH! Are you feeling better?? Less shaky?? Headache going away??
(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((HUG)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
Ok, now your friends feel better too!
This goes to show you how personal this journey is. What works for some does not work for others. I am glad you re-posted this! You are far from a whiner! Thank you!
"I have been worried SICK about you" does not sound insensitive, but the complete opposite. 
Fanks.
It took about an hour for the high protein meal to take the shakes and sweats away. I ended up going ahead and eating a tablespoon of peanut butter with my afternoon shake because I still feel just generally crappy and I was hoping it would hold off any further drastic spells. So far, so good, but I feel like the bottom will fall out any moment. Cait brought 3 girlfriends home and they were just leaving for a hike but she wanted to make sure I was going to be alright before they left because she could tell I wasn't well. (See? I told you all I'm pale and puny! LOL!) Ugh!
My family is having chili for dinner made with the TVP, beans, tomatoes, onions, sauce, paste, and seasonings. I'm tempted to put some without the sauce and paste in a small pot for myself and eat a 1/2 cup to a cup of that this evening. It would be super low carb. I just get into such a panic thinking of going astray even a tad. Urgh.
Okay, now that I've rambled out loud to you... Thanks for thinking I'm not a whiner. You'll let me know if I ever fall into the AW catagory, right? (Abbreviated from your email earlier today.) I mean...that's what friends are for, right?!
Fanks. It took about an hour for the high protein meal to take the shakes and sweats away. I ended up going ahead and eating a tablespoon of peanut butter with my afternoon shake because I still feel just generally crappy and I was hoping it would hold off any further drastic spells. So far, so good, but I feel like the bottom will fall out any moment. Cait brought 3 girlfriends home and they were just leaving for a hike but she wanted to make sure I was going to be alright before they left because she could tell I wasn't well. (See? I told you all I'm pale and puny! LOL!) Ugh!
My family is having chili for dinner made with the TVP, beans, tomatoes, onions, sauce, paste, and seasonings. I'm tempted to put some without the sauce and paste in a small pot for myself and eat a 1/2 cup to a cup of that this evening. It would be super low carb. I just get into such a panic thinking of going astray even a tad. Urgh.
Okay, now that I've rambled out loud to you... Thanks for thinking I'm not a whiner. You'll let me know if I ever fall into the AW catagory, right? (Abbreviated from your email earlier today.) I mean...that's what friends are for, right?!
We are all different and our bodies have differing ideas as to what they need to be in top performance. I suspect you have a weird metabolism and I am glad you have gotten your presurgery eating plan adjusted for it. You are not a failure. Your body needs something different than it was getting and was telling in a thousand ways to fix it. You did. I bet you have lost more than enough weight before your surgery and you probably have a nice lean liver. After all that is what the whole presurgery 'eating plan' is all about. It will be easier after the surgery I am sure. You are almost there and I am feeling excited for you!
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High/Surg/current/goal - 320/253/150/healthy - I am 5' 3" tall - Size 8 now! Past surgeon's goal now!
That's why I'm hoping someone else that hasn't gone through the pre-op liquid fast won't be so hard on themselves if this happens to them...we are so very different. I would imagine that is why so many surgical programs vary so drastically. If there was a one-glove-fits-all, they would have all implemented it long ago.
Yes, I have been telling people, I am a weird metabolism! (ROTFL..."I am a weird metabolism?!" I know I'm a weird *organism* and I have had a few weird...okay we won't go there...but *metabolism*?! LOL I am not going to correct this typo!!!) I think that is why, after helping me and seeing me struggle for so long, my PCP finally recommended WLS. I did not know that metabolism could affect blood sugar. Good research project.
I hope you are right about having a lean liver. As of 2 days ago, I'd lost 9+ pounds. I don't think I'm down much more than that today though...I about fainted before I made it to the scale, then hubby had me drink a protein shake. I'll weigh again tomorrow.
I'm so glad to hear you are feeling excited for me. I can remember all too well how excited I was for you, Iris, and so many others...including Lori today!
Yes, I have been telling people, I am a weird metabolism! (ROTFL..."I am a weird metabolism?!" I know I'm a weird *organism* and I have had a few weird...okay we won't go there...but *metabolism*?! LOL I am not going to correct this typo!!!) I think that is why, after helping me and seeing me struggle for so long, my PCP finally recommended WLS. I did not know that metabolism could affect blood sugar. Good research project.
I hope you are right about having a lean liver. As of 2 days ago, I'd lost 9+ pounds. I don't think I'm down much more than that today though...I about fainted before I made it to the scale, then hubby had me drink a protein shake. I'll weigh again tomorrow.
I'm so glad to hear you are feeling excited for me. I can remember all too well how excited I was for you, Iris, and so many others...including Lori today!
Big hugs my sweet friend! You are already such a great success! I am so glad you are eating something to get through the blood sugar episodes. Thank God this awful "diet" is almost over. After surgery, don't ever mention the word diet again. As I tell people now, this isn't a fad, this is my life..........it's NOT a diet anymore! Praise the LORD!
Jane
Jane
After surgery, I promise to never ever ever mention the word diet again. Can you imagine living out the rest of our lives, never to diet again?! Ohhhh yeahhhh! 
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