Comment: The skim milk diet really helping me prepare for life as a post-op.

There are many posts discussing the requirement many surgeons make of their patients pre-op: the need to lose weight in the weeks before surgery. My doctors are now requiring all pre-ops to go on a skim milk only diet. You get to drink as much milk as you want in a 5 - 10 minute period three times a day. You have to take two Centrum regular vitamins each day and keep your non-calorie, non-caffinated liquid intake up. I've been on this diet now for a week and I've lost 11 pounds. The first five or six days were very difficult. But as I started coming out of the hunger fog, I found that there were three additional benefits for me: (1) I'm actively looking forward to the post-op diet because it includes things other than milk! (2) Just 11 pounds has made a big difference in my ability to be active...stairs aren't as big a problem, walking is easier, and I'm fitting in chairs better. (3) I'm going through any sugar, caffeine, chewing withdrawals NOW rather than after surgery when I'll be needed that emotional energy to help me heal. Anyway, even if the last week was the hardest of my life, I'm glad that my surgeons have instituted this new policy! Cheers, Katherine (9/12 here I come...)

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