10 Days To Go!!

Starting my liquid diet today! 10 more days left....so excited!!!

Thanks to everyone. The advice and just reading posts of others has both inspired and pushed me in the right direction when I've veered off the beaten path.

You guys rock!!!!

 Just tell yourself it's only 10 days and keep your eye on the prize. 

As a funny story, I kind of wished I had some liquid diet or something prior to surgery. I was told to stop eating/drinking at midnight before a 1:00  the next day. The day of surgery I was starving after a couple hours in the morning. My biggest problem (aside from anxiety) during pre-op was that I was hungry.  My first words when I woke up in recovery - I'm hungry!! I dont think it was true, but that's what I was thinking when I went to sleep lol.  

LOL Alison!! The sad part about this liquid diet is that it won't end anytime soon. My surgeon does a 10 day pre-surgery liquid diet AND 4 weeks of clear liquids after surgery.

Nothing like jumping in with both feet and starting ASAP!!

Thanks for the encouragement. I'm so excited about surgery..hopefully, the next 10 days will fly by!

 It will seem like an ETERNITY until surgery, even though it is just 10 days.....then the time just kinda flies by.  I will be a year out in June and I cant believe it.  This time last year I was praying to be approved and completeing my 6 month supervised diet.  I dont post a lot but I lurk this board all the time....it keeps me straight.  Best of luck to you!!!

Kat

I know what you mean. When I started the 6 month diet, I thought it was going to take forever. Then, the next thing you know, here we are!!

Thanks for your well wishes..I'm sure I can use all I can get!!

I'm with you rebmamay.  This is my 6th day in liquids and it's tough but doable.  Good luck!

Jessi..we are scheduled the same day! We should definitely stay in touch!!

Good luck to you as well!

We should, thank you!

Yup, it's not fun- but totally do-able! You got this!!!

My daughter had jaw surgery a few years ago, so I would make her meal replacement shakes all the time.  She got so BORED with what I made her, she grabbed a can of CHILI, threw it in the blender, used the feeding syringe to "eat" her chili shake!!!  She also did it with macaroni & cheese, ewwww.

This is what NOT to do... Hang in there, I just wanted to make you laugh ;)

I am in the area -- if you need support, I am just North of you!
Brenda : )~