I can use sugar-free items to flavor like Crystal Light or my fav: Mio.I can also have one serving of fruit a day. I verified that I can have a serving of V8 low sodium as my fruit if I want something savory. I can also have a tomato as my fruit. NO GARLIC: it's a blood thinner.
I stop my vitamins after today. I don't start them again until a week after surgery. I have to have at least 60 grams of protein and 64 oz of water everyday. NO CAFFEINE. The reason for the liquid diet is to shrink the liver.
The day before surgery I have to drink a whole bottle of Citrate of Magnesium. Then I will have to drink at least 8 oz of water every hour for 4 hours. After that I can only have clear liquids and nothing after midnight before surgery.
It's day three of the liquid diet. The first day sucked. I was starving! It was hard that day. My stomach was grumbling and all I could think about was food. It was more head hunger than anything. It sucked. Day two wasn't quite as bad. I still was hungry all the time, but not as severely. Now on day three, I'm still hungry throughout the day, but only a little here and there. I'm mostly hungry when I think about food or when people talk about it.
For my three daily protein drinks I have been drinking either my: EAS:AdvantEdge Carb Control, Vanilla which has 17g of protein and 3g of carbs; Bariatric Pantry's Cream of Mushroom Soup which has 15g of protein and 6g of carbs (it is delicious!!!! Especially when you're sick of sweet and want a savory protein powder. This is just like other protein powders except you mix it with hot water and it's yummy); and last, Bariatric Pantry Hot Chocolate (this was really good and tasted like regular hot chocolate to me) which has 15g of protein and 3g of carbs. I know that I'm not getting quite enough protein from those so I ordered powdered nonfat milk (Organic Valley Nonfat Dry Milk Powder) to supplement my protein drinks. I should receive it in a day or two. It has 9g of protein, 0g fat, 0g carbs.
I had a little crying spell yesterday. My boyfriend's working a second job, my mom can't come for my surgery, my best friend being stressed out with finding a place (I wish I could help!) and no one really seeming interested in hearing me talk about the surgery for the millionth time. I guess it got me a little down yesterday. I cried and told him I felt all alone and like nobody cares. I know I'm not alone and I know people care, but I still had those feelings and it felt good to cry it out. I felt much better after that cry.
I have plenty of positive things to focus on too. My boyfriend is going to be home with me the two days at the hospital and first day home. My friend April is going to help babysit me during the day the first week. My friend Sarah will visit me in the hospital. My Aunt mentioned she wanted to visit. My dad is taking my daughter for 2 weeks. I'm having weight loss surgery!!! I lost 14 pounds already before the liquid diet. Like I said, plenty of good.
Anyways, enough of my blabber.
Ciao!
-Cat
(Gastric Kitty)
