Surgery prep
Surgery prep
Dec 20
Well I had my pre-op visit with Dr. Nicholson and this week (yes, the week of Christmas) I’m going to go in for all my pre-op testing which only includes (to my surprise) an upper GI and blood work. Surgery is scheduled for Monday the 27th. I can’t believe it’s already here.
My pre-operative diet has been going well and I’m already down 8 lbs. Dr. Nicholson has me on a 1200 calorie diet which includes 5 Slim Fast shakes a day with a pretty healthy and surprisingly large dinner of 5oz lean meats and 2 cups veggie. I’ve found that I really like the sugar free Carnation drinks but for some reason they are a bit hard to find in my local stores so I’m sticking with the Slim Fast which I’ve found the Cappuccino Delight to be the best out of all of them. Although the drink falls VERY VERY short of a good Cappuccino if you close your eyes and pretend you can imagine yourself in a roadside coffee shop surrounded by other people also pretending to be drinking something close to quality coffee. It’s not horrible but not fantastic at the same time. I haven’t felt hungry at all which is a big surprise.
I feel good. Going to the store today to buy everything I will need for the first three weeks after surgery.