Quickie post: gastric bypass tidbits

[thistlechaser]

Tomorrow is my last day to eat, then I have to have nothing but clear liquids (broth, water, juice diluted with water 4:1), sugar free Jello, or sugar free ice pops for Saturday and Sunday (and nothing at all on Monday). I really, really hope Jello is filling.

One of the selling points of gastric bypass was that (supposedly) you weren't supposed to feel hunger for the first year. The nutritionist and someone else told me that. However, I spent today reading the blog of someone who documented the whole process from weeks ahead of surgery to months after, and she was hungry the day after surgery! Arg! I'm really disappointed. Blah.

Tomorrow I have a phone appointment with the hospital for a pre-check-in pre-check-in interview. Yes, two pre-check-in. Doing the interview so I can do the pre-check-in so I can do the admission paperwork. Whatever. As I have to be there by 5:30 AM on Monday, I'm fine with whatever we can do ahead of time.

Still having bad dreams (though not to the point of nightmares, thankfully, just stress/bad dreams) every night. But at least that means I'm sleeping, which is more than I suspected would happen.

My mother flies in on Saturday afternoon. She'll be staying with me for two weeks.

I really don't feel like I'm ready. I had so many (SO MANY) classes and stuff, but I feel like it's all out of my head. I spend hours reading and researching stuff (yay internet).

I'm a whole lot less depressed than I was earlier this week. I'm not happy or enthusiastic, but I don't feel like everything is hopeless and lost and I'll never enjoy anything again.

Final meal, unless I get some kind of craving tomorrow, will be Hawaiian Barbecue. Today I went to Burger King to have onion rings (I would have liked to have had better ones elsewhere, but BK's have the lowest calories by far, and I'm paranoid about gaining too much back.) I'm almost, almost, almost looking forward to fasting over the weekend. I'm so tired of thinking about final meals, "I'll never be able eat this again", etc. Plus I think, while not fun, it'll be kind of interesting to fast like that. (Can it be called fasting if you're having broth, Jello, etc?)

Comments

[elo-sf.livejournal.com]

keep us posted *hugs* and good luck

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Will do! Thanks! *hugs back*

[ashmedai.livejournal.com]

I'm sending you good thoughts and hope everything will go just fine. Please let us know how it went, if and when you feel up to it.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Thank you, I will. I intend to bring my ipad to the hospital with me, so I can hopefully post an update from there.

[ani-mama.livejournal.com]

Good luck with everything!*hugs*

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Thank you! *hugs back*

[gonzostar.livejournal.com]

Although I had a different surgery, I'll let you know that for me, I very rarely get hungry now. And if I do, it doesn't take much food to be full. I love feeling "satisfied" and not hungry all day. I'm only now at 4 months starting to battle head hunger and a need to snack. But if I stop and think about it, my body is physically not hungry at those times either. It's the BEST.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Whew! Thanks, hopefully that's what will happen to me. While that blog I read was full of information, a lot of it was stuff I didn't want to know (like how much she cheated, how early she ate the wrong foods with no bad effects -- I do not want to know how much I can cheat and "get away with it"! I don't want to cheat at all!).

[gonzostar.livejournal.com]

I'm just not going there. I tell myself it WILL make me sick and I don't eat it. I don't want to know if it doesn't. I've had zero candy, baked goods, pasta, rice, bread, chips, soda, anything like that. I've only had the couple of approved fast foods (pintos and cheese from Taco Bell is a nice treat, Subway salads are great on the go). It's a slippery slope once you try foods that aren't allowed.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Yep, that's just what I'm worried about, too. My nutritionist gave me a big trick some patient used to eat a lot of really bad food*. She was doing it to warn me, but man, I did not want to know!

On approved fast food, the chili from Wendy's is supposed to be a fine meal for us (especially since we can eat only half of a small one). I'm going to keep the Taco Bell one in mind! For some reason, I feel like I'm going to miss it, even though I very rarely eat it.

*Being vague on purpose.

[gonzostar.livejournal.com]

Oh right, the chili! Another good one. :) I had chili at home the other day and I couldn't even eat half the can (and I can eat a LOT more now than I could even a month ago). Also, you're in CA -- the protein style burger at In n Out is good too. Just have to resist getting fries!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Good thought on In n Out! Luckily their fries are awful and I skipped them even before this. Makes it easier after!

I'm so torn between excited, nervous, and dreading it. Mostly I just can't wait until it's done and I can get on with my new life.

[al-zorra.livejournal.com]

Best of luck with all these processes, the surgery and recovery.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[hamsterwoman]

Best of luck with the final preparation, and the surgery itself, of course!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :D Hard to believe it's nearly time.

[kamalloy.livejournal.com]

Good luck! I hope it goes as smoothly and straightforwardly as possible!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Me too! Thanks. :)

[call-me-katya.livejournal.com]

So much luck! And enjoy your Hawaiian barbecue!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

I did! So full now. :) Thanks!

I may well be admitting too much.

[bastets-place.livejournal.com]

For me, being hungry often doesn't actually, technically, have anything to do with needing food.

Re: I may well be admitting too much.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

That's good then! I'd rather need food and not be hungry than be "hungry" but not really need food.

[gconnor.livejournal.com]

Good luck! Hang in there.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Will do! Thanks!

[fbhjr.livejournal.com]

As always, best wishes for it all going well!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :)

[wizardelfgirl.livejournal.com]

In case I am not able to read your last post before your surgery, I wish you the best of luck. It has been a difficult process, and I know it hasn't finished and you'll still have to deal with a lot of stuff, but a lot of good will come out of it in the end, I'm sure.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Thank you for your kind thoughts! Having lots of LJ people to talk to makes this easier. :)