Yesterday I began the 2 week liquid/pureed diet that leads up to surgery. It's hard to believe that I am almost finally there! This has been quite a year getting all this figured out. Yesterday was a rough day and I spent most of it grossed out by the pureed food and hungry too. I have to alternate between 1200 and 800 calories each day so I anticipate hunger being a pretty common theme the next two weeks. I know my body will also start to detox from sugar which I know is unpleasant (from what I have read anyways). I am doing a decent job of getting in plenty of water, evidenced by having to get up twice last night to go to the bathroom. Bringing my own ice to work helps since the ice machine is broken. My water has to be ice cold or I don't like to drink it as much.
My main hope is that I can stick with this and that it will do the job it is supposed to - shrink my liver and help me lose more weight before surgery.
I attended my pre-op appointment on October 20th which consisted of getting labs run, weighing-in, meeting with the nurse, a dietary group, meeting with the nurse practitioner, and meeting with the surgeon. After I did all that, I met with anesthesiology to get cleared by them for surgery as well. I was up there from 9am til about 2pm. Thankfully I had taken some breakfast muffins I had baked that are both filling and healthy. The ARNP was proud of me because I hadn't gained any weight and had actually lost weight before the pre-op. Apparently, many people gain back a little before pre-op because they are "saying goodbye" to all their favorite foods. I would have been mortified and too anxious to have risked gaining weight right before surgery!
So, I just have to get through the next 14 days and surgery day will be there. I could have waited until today to get started but I thought that it would be better to start on a Monday officially. I have done a good job so far of prepping everything the night before. I usually have trouble on weekends so I will have to work extra hard to stay on track. I know I can do it though!
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