Re: Clear liquid diet?? (Ensure and soy milk)

[Guest guest]

Really?? Ensure has milk in it though, doesn't it? I have only

bought boost or no-name so far (I am trying to get used to them

before surgery=) And I know there's milk in those brands although

it's lactose free ~ I pay attention to the ingred's b/c I'm lactose

intolerant. Hopefully I won't be on the " clear " diet for very long

~ maybe soy milk is okay to drink, anybody else try this?

I will be sure to ask my surgeon, but since I won't see him until

the pre-op and be stuck in the hospital for 3 days I am feeling

desperate about what I will be able to drink while I'm there?!

> > >

> > > I recently read that after surgery you can only drink clear

> > liquids

> > > for a while ~ could someone tell me how long this is for? And

> does

> > > this only include water and juice? I am a vegetarian so I

doubt I

> > > will be able to have any of the broth at the hospital ~ is

> watered

> > > down tomato soup okay? I was wondering b/c I have to drive

down

> to

> > > Halifax for this surgery which is about 7 hrs away and I will

be

> > in

> > > the hospital for 3 days. At first I thought I would bring

Boost

> > > with me etc. but not if I will be on a clear diet until I go

back

> > > home.

> > > Thanks! and thanks to all who answered my pre-op questions,

you

> > > helped me a LOT!=)

> > >

> > > PS ~ also, do they GIVE you a syringe or do you have to buy

one

> > > yourself afterwards? Do they give you anything else normally?

[Guest guest]

Nope. Ensure doesn't have milk. I haven't looked at the ingredients

in a long time, but unless I am much mistaken it is not a dairy

product. I don't know about Boost.

Call the doc's office and ask whoever answers the phone. Either that

person can give you the answer, or should be able to find someone who

can. It's not unreasonable to want to know what to buy while you can

still get out to do it, and docs are there, at least in part, and

have office staffs to help with just such things that they know all

about and we don't!

C.

> >

> > Also, Ensure sometimes fits into a " clear liquid " diet, because

it

> is

> > not milk-based.

> >

> > Our GI specialist, for example, lets his patients who are

> preparing

> > for colonoscopies have Ensure, even when they are on clear

> liquids.

> > Not everybody knows this -- I have had to battle with some

> hospital

> > staffs about it. But do ask your doc. If he doesn't want you to

> have

> > it, of course, do not!

> >

> > Cammie

> >