Post op VSG Girl! On the highway to a healthy and sexy new me!

Good for you with your pudding! I love cake and ice cream...I hope this flavor pudding is invented soon lol! I hear the first few days are tough but my Dr. Says ok to return to work in just 3 days! (Surg on Friday and back to work the following Tuesday) How long were you off work?

On Celebrate.com they have a bunch of vareties of many things. Also with a Cake Badder flavored protein shake. I bet if you blend it up with some ice maybe a little vanilla yogurt if you want extra creamy. I know it's not cake but I'm sure it would taste amazing and you wouldn't feel like you were missing anything. Good Luck!

Hello AllieGB! Wow our surg dates are close! So your surgery is on a Saturday? Congrats to you. I know you are excited! I'm still stocking my pantry with pre n post op liquids.Next, gonna go find some chewable vitamins (I had gummy but hear that this may not be the best post op). Hope all goes well and a easy speedy recovery!

Yes, because it's done on the National Health Service over here you have to fit in when the surgeon has time. He does stomach operations on cancer patients or emergencies in the week, it's great it's free but it does mean there is a chance my op could be postponed. I hope it's a teeny chance! Like you we are stocking up on post op stuff. I'm trying not to think about the pre op diet :)

How are you doing with the liquid diet?

Honestly, I hate it. Not because it's a liquid diet but because those liquids are milk based, I have IBS and milk dairy is the only trigger, so I've been experienced terrible stomach pain, nausea, diarrhoea etc. It's been a week though and I haven't fallen off the wagon, and I won't, no way no how. There is no way I'm getting on that table, being opened up and then sent home, it's happened with my surgeon before.

Wow, sounds like a difficult experience. Hang in there. I'm on day 2 of the pre op liquid diet. I was at a wedding last night and there was sooo much food, cake and candy but I just sipped on water with a slice of lemon in it...I also chewed sugar free gum. I was hungry n went to car and gulped down a protein shake. I really want some food.....but I gotta do this....I can do this! You guys have done it!

You did well!

Thank you! It is really a bummer that my liquid diet started during travel to see my family. The food looked so yummy and they all frowned upon me for "starving" myself and drinking liquids only. I also went to visit my great aunt who lives in a nursing home, ashes requested that I bring her. Fried chicken so I went to KFC and got her some. She it's disabled so I had to feed it to her and boy did she enjoy it. For me it was pure torture because it smelled soooo good but I didn't eat any. Also, Saturday night I had to feed the family so I ordered them pizza...now this was the hardest thing too resist...I thought one bite won't hurt but still, I resisted! I'm so glad I am back home now. I can cook heathy meals for my family and eliminate a lot of food temptations. ...It has been difficult but I hanging on too self discipline. I have a horrible headache for 2 days now but can't take any ibuprofen since so close to surgery it can cause bleeding ect. soooo I self medicated with a cola. The caffeine helped to dull the headache. Cola it's not on the pre op diet but I don't think it will prevent my liver from shrinking.

I can't see why it should, I was told I could have it but the diet version. You were so strong with that chicken, and the pizza! My DH hasn't has one not meal since I've been on the liquid, he cooks for himself because I'm disabled, I keep telling him to but he says it's not fair, that makes me feel guilty. As I said above I'm a week and a day after you now. You'll be back at work before I'm even in! The headache is normal, you're being so disciplined, you can do this.