Re: LONG: we have the same surgery date!!!!

February 23, 2004

Hi Ellen, Congrats on the upcoming surgery date!! Its an amazing gift!!

Make sure you have sugar free jello and SF Popsicles in the house. I love

crystal lite so i had plenty of that bought. I went to bjs or sams club where

its

alot cheaper to buy it and bought raspberry ice and pink lemonade...i mix

those two together and make raspberry lemonade..its great....also as for protein

drinks i would not recommend for anyone to buy alot of those before surgery

because i did and after surgery i did not like any i had bought..so now i am

stuck with two cases of chocolate and two jugs of green apple nectar...now what

i

would recommend is going to Vitalady.com and ordering some samples, the

Nectars are great and you can mix those with water so you can, or i was told

that i

could, have them from the beginning.

If you dont really LOVE coconut stay away from the carribean cooler, but if

you do get that kind mix it with crystal lite orange/pineapple...that is a

GREAT drink that i love and about 30 grams of protein per drink. But i really

recommend you ordering the samples and save them for after surgery. From what i

hear, and i belong to many MANY support groups..its hardly anyone that can get

in the amount of protein they are suppose to when they are newly postop..so if

you are not able to get in all of your protein the first few weeks that is

normal. the " pouch " is still swollen and it takes a few weeks for that swelling

to go down...make sure you drink PLENTY OF WATER...that is the most important

thing newly post op...

also, i bought several cans of broth, (beef, chicken) and had it on hand

although i never really used it..i had alot of wonton soup, without the wontons

of

course....

when you go the the hospital, TAKE A PILLOW WITH YOU....not only is it

comforting at the hospital..you will definately need it for the ride home,

especially if you are having open....as soon as you can after surgery make sure

you get

up and walk walk walk...that is the most important thing for you to do newly

postop. and trust me i sure as hell did NOT want to get up..but i had to force

myself, and i had to force myself to breathe into that stupid machine...OMG

did that hurt my lungs...but it loosened up alot of crap from the surgery that

they say i could have very easily gotten sick from. and also as for walking my

surgeon would NOT let me go home until...humm how do i say this correctly

LOL..would not let me go home until i " passed gas " lol...so the walking helped

with that also...

Good luck

10-21-03

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February 23, 2004