Two days before Surgery

Ok Im on my two days of clear liquids and Im about to pull my hair out. OMG I am starving. I am becoming angry. I wish I could sleep these next two days away. I also have a confession, for the past week I have eatin everything under the sun. That was probably th worst thing I could have done because my stomach now is looking for the food.  Help how do I get thru these two days. And I thought I would just ******vous wreck the closer I got to the actual day and now all I can think about is FOOD

 You're very lucky you only have 4 days of liquid diet, I'm on my second week of a three week liquid diet. I did the same thing as you, I somewhat binged for a week before my liquid diet. 

If you are aloud have beef or chicken broth it helps so does SF Jello (if you are aloud)

Hope it gets better, good luck 
 

 Do you work?  If not, sleep when ever possible.  If you do, can you have gum?  You are doing great so far. You are almost there!  

Anew---The ironic thing is that day 4 is usually when the cravings die down a bit=( Can you have sugar free pops or sugar free jello...I found those were good and kind of filling. Hang in there...you are so close!!!!!

I had to do a week, and after day 3 I had to FORCE myself to drink my protein shakes.  I was allowed 3-4 protein shakes a day instead of meals, and then all of the clear liquids I wanted.  No joke...my PCP gave me a BIG BOTTLE of Xanax for that week because I teach junior high, and he didn't want me to throw a kid through the window!

I would come home and go to bed almost as soon as my husband got home.  I would help him get the kids settled, then take my Benadryl and Xanax so I wouldn't SMELL him cooking the kids dinner, and I was too tired to care. 

Good luck...you can do it, and it will be SO WORTH IT when you step on that scale right before surgery and see that you already have a good start!

I drank all day long.  I bought chicken boullion cubes and drank hot chicken bullion throughout the day.  I think a couple times I put a drop or two of sesame seed oil in it.  I just loaded up on water, tea everything and anything that was on my list.  The chicken broth helped me the most.  However I too was on the 2 week liquid pre op diet, so by the tme the clear liquids came around, I was more accustomed to it.  Also, my surgeon performs an endoscopy prior to surgery...that was a great motivator to keep me honest.

Damn you are lucky.  I have to do 2 weeks and from what I hear the first 2 days is the hardess.   I love how everyone has a different diet..lol  I notice when I drink lots of water I am less hungry.

Jenny

In a couple days your hunger will disappear!  You can make it through these 2 days!

Try some Chinese soups like Egg Flower;  it actually tastes like you're getting food, even if it's just the same chicken broth.

Good luck!

You are lucky...I had 2 weeks.  Advice....drink a lot and stay busy.  Visit friends/relatives, housework, hobbies....I had the cleanest house those two weeks.  Staying busy was the biggest help.  Keep the tv off because the food commercials will kill you.