help....my surgery is in one week- the fasting begins!!!

Ok tomorrow is day one of my fasting for surgery.....7 days no food what im wondering is if liquids only can be meal replacments like boost, slimfast etc? Im wondering how anyone can survive on no food for a week? Wont i be week and faint? Im sooooo pumped about the surgery ill gladyly go without food but i have to admit im nervous about no food for a week lol any help??

Hi Wanda I am on day 2 of using optifast- I have a gastric bypass booked for June 10th with Dr. Christou in Montreal........ I am not hungry but I have been dieting for about 3 weeks - it was when I got my date for surgery I started losing my appetite- nerves probably but it has helped cause I have already have lost about 12lbs so I think that is helping as to why I am not having any cravings or going nuts. I was booked for June 25th but when seeing the surgeon for my consult yesterday in Montreal they had a cancellation and he said since I already lost some weight- one week on Optifast will be enough fasting- I thought well he is the expert so if I dont have to do two weeks on optifast than ok its a go for June 10th. I always get low blood sugar and headaches/dizzy when I dont eat and I havent yet on the optifast and I do find it filling- not the greatest taste but I have not experimented yet with adding flavors to the chocolate or vanilla too see if I can make it a little more tasty! Good luck you will do fine- its the start of the new you......... Keep in touch. See you on the losers bench and good luck with your fast! LOL Deb

I used protein powder drinks morning and night and any other liquids all day, lots of them. If you have the protein you won't be hungry, I did 2 weeks and the after surgery time was much easier because I new I could do it. Good luck Jen

ive picked up some protien powder but it gags me, omgggg its nasty....makes me hiss like a cat lol. Ive been drinking boost once a day. This is only day 2... thanks for your help girls!~ does anyone have a protien powder sugestion that isnt nasty lol...i tried the whey protien powder walmart sells-equate..

You can do it Wanda, am home and sleeved was in with Belinda as a rommie it was awesome. Sad that I had to leave a day before her :O( You will rock gurl!! Hugz Donna

awwwww donna your sooo sweet Thank you for your encouraging words!! How are you feeling?? I have had 3 c-sections- im wondering if it is as bad as that? Were you only in hospital for 3 days? Sooo cool belinda was your roomie!! Im so excited for you! I cant wait to hear more

I've had three prior stomach surgeries and was fine. It's not the site that hurts it's the gasSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!...Make sure you have pain meds for the drive home. Feeling better by the day..and after u get you dye testing done you will be relieved of the tube out of your nose/throat. and after that it gets better!!! Hugz Donna

die testing done? What exactly are the preop tests? Tube in my throat....eek im getting scared now lol! They never mentioned any of this...i thought i just needed bloodwork lol

The GI tube, they put in after surgery, you will get it out the next day. But, they will do a dye test first to make sure nothing is leaking. Keep your mouth as moist as possible. You will do fine, everyday is better. Since I been home and on the scales, its worth it even more!!!

I knew it Donna! You went on the scales! hehe, I am going to do that shortly! Wanda ... you will do great. Since the program is still relatively new. Know your info before you go. What you can and can't do. Read all the material that was given you, and know it well. You will be on a surgical floor, it won't be with specialists. they, like you, are learning too. Hint ... if you can't take Tylenol 3 for pain now, you really can't afterwards. Insist INSIST, on something else. My surgery went great! The incisions don't bother me at all. I am with Donna, it's the gas!!!! Ask what can be done about that. Donna got Gas X strips, I think I will try that. I am so excited for each day to come! The time will pass quickly. You will find a calm come over you and you will do great on the liquids. Don't forget there are more to liquids than just meal replacements. What I do for the protein... I take out a scoop, and add a little to everything I am having that day. It is not overpowering and it gets it in. I got vanilla flavored, so it is just a mild taste variance. It was soooo awesome to have Donna as my roommate. We both wanted semi-private rooms, there isn't any on that floor. So, since we were next to each other... we closed the curtains off from the room and opened the one between us! Voila! Semi-private! It was great. Donna is great! It is really helpful having this forum to chat. It is an important part of recovery. Keep in touch. We are all going thru this in one stage or another, lets do it together! Hugs, Belinda