Looking for help--Surgery June 8, 2009

Thank you Lisa. i will be on here after my surgery for sure. I look on these boards for help all the time

Heidi

You've got the right attitude Heidi!! You'll do fine. The protein drinks will help you feel full and keep drinking. And you can eat all the sugar free jello you want!
AFterwards you'll have a hard time getting all the liquids in and you won't be hungry for a while.
The pain was not bad at all post-op for me with the band. Not as much as when I had my gallbladder out. Keep us posted!!

I didn't have any pain after my surgery.  Everyone is different, but it really wasn't bad.  The only bad thing was that on the way home from surgery, we decided to stop at the pharmacy to drop off my prescriptions.  My husband drove over a speed bump, and seriously, that's the ONLY time I felt any pain.

As soon as you can, get out and start walking outside.  The fresh air will work wonders.  Even if it's just to walk to your mailbox, do something.

You probably won't be hungry after the surgery.  I didn't have any problem sticking to the liquid diet for two weeks afterward. 

I didn't have to do two weeks of liquids before.  Just use positive self talk-  keep saying to yourself things like "I can do it," and "I will feel so much better after I lose weight."

I've been encouraging my friends to read the Beck Diet solution, because it has really helped me get back on track after having fallen off the wagon.  It's good for working out the issues in our minds!

good luck.  You can do this!

thanks for your encouragement.  I am just finding the liquids so hard to do, I am hungry and the headaches are starting, and oh my the peeing is something.  I am doing the best I can.  I am not too concerned about after surgery.  I know I can do it, just this two week pre op is the killer.