Pre Op Struggles

Oh noooo…. can you wrap up and get out of the office for some fresh air and away from the office going’s on’s…!!!!

Just keep thinking of the big picture…make  yourself an oxo drink or have a sugar free jelly.

you are doing amazin and not long now… at least you’ve got the weekend away from the office after today

You can do this, focus on all the reasons for wanting to lose weight too – always a good motivator xx

Aw I feel for you Charlotte. The pre- op diet is so hard but it’s not for long. You’ll soon have your band

ps when I struggled and wanted food I swapped to the solid food option. At least I got a meal 😃

Charlotte tell all your work mates they are mean and nasty LOL  hope you got thru the rest of the day ok

Good luck for your surgery in a few days – You’ve got this 💕xxxxxxxx

Aw yes good luck Charlotte. Let us know how it goes xxx

Hi Charlotte.
that’s amazing weight loss 😃but don’t worry about not losing enough weight for surgery. The pre – op diet isn’t anything to do with weight loss but is purely to shrink the liver prior to surgery ( it’s a very welcome side effect though 😘) xx

I posted somewhere else but think this is more relevant. I messed up the whole of last week as fell off pre op wagon ( ex husband woes) but scale says only lost 2kgs and only have 5 days to go until surgery. Will they cancel?  How long does it take to shrink liver. Spent weekend on a food bender. Do I ask to postpone. Oh my gosh I am so silly. Can’t believe I did that.

Hi Kerry – oh no the liver shrinking diet really is so important to follow to the T

OK…It would probably depend on your BMI – I would contact your care co-ordinator tomorrow and be honest, she can liaise with your surgeon.  It would be gutting to have to move your date a week or 2, but would be even worse if you went under the GA and the surgeon couldn’t move your liver and the surgery be aborted mid flow 🙁

Let us know how you get on huni xx

Hi Kerry how did you get on luvly..??  hope things are still good to go for you xx

I left 3 messages for my co Ordinator and have emailed her and the nurse I saw and no one has returned my calls or emails.  So I go in tomorrow morning at 10.  Been super strict this week and have lost in total almost 1 stone.  Not sure what my liver is doing but can only hope that everything OK tomorrow.  Not had a very good experience with communication I have to say.

You can’t say you haven’t tried…!!!!   Good luck for everything tomorrow and hope everything goes as planned

Please do let us know how you get on 💕xx

Good luck today. Keep us posted of your progress xx

All went well. Up and about. Sore at biggest wound so assume that is port and then referred wind pain in shoulder but not too bad. No hungry pains so pleased even though my booklet said the band is empty.

Hi Kerry – so glad everything went as planned for you

even with an empty band, so early post op you will have all the swelling so the hunger can be minimal at this stage.

Sip protein based fluids nice and slow and steady to keep nutrition and hydration levels up 🙂

Yayyy let the journey commence xx

How’s things going Kerry ? Xx

Hi, I’m new here 4 days into my pre-op to be exact. I’m struggling so much I’m being super strict and not breaking rules, I’m feeling awful tho. I feel sick, shaky, have horrible cramps, light headed and I have zero energy. Please someone tell me this gets better 🥴🥴🥴

Hi Vicky – welcome to the site

Keep strong – honestly it really does get better..!!

Did you read the article on the site – might give you some hints and tips to help you through the next few days

Just keep thinking of the big picture and how bad you want the surgery,  the liver shrinkage diet is purely so your surgeon can move the stomach safely out the way to access the stomach.  It really does get easier as the days go on

Do you do Facebook – there is a closed group with lots of support on, feel free to join that too – BandBoozled Bariatrics

Wont be long now – the first few days are always the worse as the body goes into withdrawal mode – make sure you are getting enough fluids in too

We are all routing for you – keep focused you can do this 😘 xx

https://bandboozled.co.uk/struggling-pre-op-diet/

Thank you. I do have fb so will go find the group.
Glad to hear it gets better because keeping up with the kids and being sick is pushing me to the limits now lol x

haha it really does, you will be running rings around the kids before you know..!!!

Keep strong – take plenty of walks to get away and clear your head – takes your mind off hunger and food also

You can do this huni 💕xx

Good advice but I have to shield from now until my surgery so I can’t go out. I’m taking in all my calories or carbs as I just feel to sick. I’ve been very faint too. Hoping it’s over sooner rather than later now lol. How important is my weigh ins now? X

I should say I only ask about the weigh ins as I see a section for it in the site. Is this something I need to do every week/month?

Hey Vicky

oh cause, forgot your in isolation mode….!!  grab a  book and pour a nice bath… get some you time

The pre op isn’t designed for weight loss, likely is you will drop a few pounds as the cals are so low, but getting weighted isn’t too important at this stage, some of the pre op loss may even go back on once back onto normal diet – just bear that in mind if you start weighting in now

Maybe weigh in once a week..?? we wouldn’t recommend any more than this – you can log your weight and don’t forget the all important inches – you can log them on the weigh in section also 🙂

Another day down..!! not long now xx

Good luck.  The pre – op is so hard but if you can get through that you can certainly get through the post – surgery dietary phases

keep us posted xx