Re: Ideas Nutritionally before and after surgery

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FIVE MONTHS!!???!!!?? WOW! My husband is going in on Friday to have bone

spurts removed. The Drs aren't sure wether or not his rotator cuff is torn.

:-( They say they won't know until they get in there.

I hope all goes well with your dad. I can't wait to read the answers here.

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From Vicki at the Radiant Recovery forum. She is talking about the whole foods

program at RR by the way.

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I have had 3 major surgeries in the past 3 years - a hip replacement in 2006, I

had my gall bladder removed in 2007 and both my knees were replaced last August.

Let me share some of the things that worked for me.

First of all, Kathleen suggested that I get a book called " Prepare for Surgery

and Heal Faster " by Peggy Huddleston. It allowed me to go into surgery totally

relaxed and to wake and recover from anesthesia more easily. I only had general

anesthesia for the gall bladder surgery, and that definitely took me longer to

get over.

I worked out with a very good personal trainer prior to surgery to get the

muscles that would be needing work to rehab after surgery as strong as possible

ahead of time. That worked amazingly well. I recovered from my joint

replacements much faster that the doctors expected.

I do not know what step you are on, but, I took shake ingrediants to the

hospital with me. And, I spoke to the nurses ahead of time and let them know

that it was very important to give me only IVs without added sugar or dextrose

in it. My family was great about bringing food to me if I was not able to get

program friendly food in the hospital. I didn't have much of an appetite, but

small shakes helped a lot.

I had help at home for the first week or so after I was released from the

hospital. That was really important as I was not up to shopping or cooking. I

also had meals in the freezer for when I didn't have someone to help.

Give yourself at least 6 weeks for healing, during which time you will need naps

at least once a day.

Good luck, Roseanne. I hope some of this helps. I think preparation is huge.