I have chosen to count down the days til my surgery and it works out perfectly with my liquid diet. So I have 9 more days to go. I'm gonna backtrack a little.
1/3 Pre-op appointment and NUT class. Great info, and concise packet of information to use during this transition. Didn't start my diet today because I didn't know requirements. Found out that doing a 14 day liquid diet shortens the time of my surgery by 18minutes. Cool, less time under anesthesia. What is going on with my body. Went to bed at 11ish last night and up at 3am. Wide awake. Yucky.
1/4 Day 13 Started the liquid diet. Using the "magic bullet" alot and like the flavor of Body Fortress protein powder French vanilla. Didn't struggle too badly. I have a glass of something in my hands at all times. Worked at 5 this morning and didn't go to bed very early, so really tired.
1/5 Day 12 Not too bad today. Really liked my chicken broth. My mental hunger was kicking in. Drove past Wendy's and wanted it. I haven't eaten fast food in 5 months. I was going to watch Top Chef and couldn't. Way too much teasing. Went to bed at 7:30 tonight and got up at 4am. Nice, needed a good night sleep. Today was the pre-registration and tests. I had blood drawn, an ekg (which was just seconds) and a chest x-ray. It wasn't bad at all and only took 2 hrs. So tried to take a nap, but didn't. Went to bed around 11.
1/6 Day 11 Today would have been my mother's 68th birthday so I spent the evening with my aunt, Sis, who is the next best thing. It was nice we sat and talked and drank tea and chicken broth together. I also got the diarrhea that I was told about. Yuck!!! Was asleep by 9:15 and slept til 5ish. It was nice to get a second solid night of sleep.
**side note: It really surprises me how sensitive people are to my not eating real food. This may change later on, but people have offered to: not heat food up in the microwave closest to me, join me in drinking shakes for 14 days, eat soup so it seems similar. I really appreciate it, but tell them I will have to fight with food the rest of my life, so don't stop eating in front of me.***
1/7 Day 10 I'm totally surprised at how easy this really seems. I bought a chocolate form of the protein shake I've been using. Found out it works fine just to shake it up in milk also. Bought 2 new bottles so I have 3 really solid ones that don't leak, I think. TH is still doing shakes with me. So nice. Hoping to get a little bit of work done in the house today, but still very tired. Maybe a little tonight and more tmw.
