Pre-op....FINALLY!!!

Jan 29, 2013

Wow, I thought I'd never see the day when I'd be on the pre-op diet. It's been a long time coming but it is finally here. I'm still kind of in disbelief. If I'm in disbelief now, I can only imagine how I'm going to feel after surgery. So they changed absolutely everything from last year when I was supposed to initially have surgery. Pre-op in 2011/2012 was 6 days liquid diet consisting of chicken broth, tea, etc. NOW the pre-op diet is one week of protein shakes. Boy, have I had a time finding protein recipes that I could tolerate but I believe I've finally found the balance.

I'm on day 2 of protein and unfortunately, I cheated last night. The cheat was mainly due to me having to fast the night before for labs and my IVC filter placement. After all of that, I did manage to do protein for that day but later that evening I was sooo hungry that I had to eat something. I'm going to pray for strength during this week and during this entire journey. The only one that can truly help me through this is the Lord. Nobody said it would be easy, but MAN is it hard...

I'll keep updating and staying prayerful as usual

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