Pre-op diet is horrific!
Mine was all shakes.
6'3" tall, male.
Highest weight was 475. RNY on 08/21/12. Current weight: 198.
M1 -24; M2 -21; M3 -19; M4 -21; M5 -13; M6 -21; M7 -10; M8 -16; M9 -10; M10 -8; M11 -6; M12 -5.
I have vanilla and rice/almond milk shakes, unjury chicken broth with some milk, tomato juice and water. Seems like I am always thirsty. Your fighting head hunger. This may be hard but we can do it.
My surgery is the 21st. All set ready to go. Then I get a bill for thousands of dollars saying all the Psychiatric visits are my responsibility. Provider billed medical insurance they denied. Finally got to bill behavioral health insurance and they denied. I could cry. I am not going to stop having the surgery. But sure wish these bills would disappear. Any suggestion, words of comfort ?
I only had to do a week, but honestly I would have killed for raw veggies on my pre-op diet. I had 4 protein shakes and as much broth as I wanted, no solids at all and I struggled hard for the first few days. By day 4 I felt good and it got easier. I hope it gets easier for you, I remember how much it sucked early out. I had a horrible headache from carb withdrawal for 3 days.
I know it sucks, and I know me saying "hang in there" is going to be annoying. I remember. But seriously, it's so worth it. The pay off is HUGE for this one, stay strong.