Pre-op education class & First day of liquid diet

Mar 06, 2012

Today I had to go to a pre-op education class at the hospital where the surgery will be done. We had a round table type discussion with the bariatric nurse coordinator and the dietitian. It was okay. A lot of the information given has been presented before, but I can see where repetition can be helpful. There was some good discussion about what to expect the day of surgery and during the hospital stay. Otherwise it was just another hurdle to jump through to get to surgery (required by the surgeon not insurance, of course). I'm glad that I got to put another check in the box. Next is my pre-op H&P with the nurse practitioner and then on to surgery! In fact, I can't believe that one week from today I will be post-op!!

The liquid diet is going fine so far today. I figured today wouldn't be too bad since it's the first day and all. I have a bit of a headache and I am hungry, but it's not too bad. I figure tomorrow will be worse. But, it's just one more thing to get through. Soon this will be over and eventually I'll be eating real food again---just not like I used to, that's all.

Now, time for some jello!


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