Comments on: Getting scared as time gets closer

By: Neva Marjory

Neva Marjory — Sun, 16 Feb 2003 14:35:56 +0000

onna, you can mix Carnation Instant Breakfast
with water (and you can add powdered milk or not).
Also try Ensure. There are a few tasty protein drinks
I’ve found in GNC: Challenge (Strawberry) and Designer
(vanilla). I mix them both with flat 7UP or Ginger Ale. They
are nice tasty (some of the protein drinks I’ve tried
really gag me). The Strawberry Challenge is particularly
nice. Good luck, hon

Susan

By: Neva Marjory

Neva Marjory — Tue, 11 Feb 2003 11:37:48 +0000

on’t worry Donna, everything will work out just
fine. You don’t need instant breakfast drink. There are
plenty of other ways you can get your nutrition,
including a lot of breakfast drinks that don’t contain
lactose. I’m sure your dietitian will be of great help in
that department. Anyway, a few days after surgery and
you will be able to eat a vast variety of foods. Just
be sure to chew thoroughly and eat slowly. Trial and
error will be among your best learning tools in getting
used to your new digestive system.

I just had
surgery twelve days ago and today had my first trip to a
restaurant for lunch with a friend. I had three delicious
bites from a puffy taco (a San Antonio delicacy) and a
frozen margarita. For dinner I had a few spoons of baked
squash with tomato sauce and a few very small pieces of

roast pork. My doctor is okay with all of this
including the frozen margarita. Some doctors may not be
willing to give such bold advice, but the quicker you are
able to eat food that looks and tastes like food, the
better you will feel. I also had my Flinstones vitamins
and my Tums with calcium. No lactose.

I want
to be honest so I have to admit that the first 24
hours after surgery will be rough, but after that it
gets better fast. In my first twelve days I have
already lost four inches and close to twenty pounds. The
short lived pain I felt will be all worth
it.

Now I have just a little soreness but otherwise I
feel good and I feel strong.

Since you will be
eating very small amounts of food at a time after
surgery, you may find that your symptoms from colitis will
disappear. They will probably be gone before you leave the
hospital.

The best thing that you can do to prepare for surgery
is to be good to yourself and make arrangements to
reduce or eliminate as many of the sources of stress in
your life as possible during your recovery.

I
wish you well.

By: Neva Marjory

Neva Marjory — Tue, 11 Feb 2003 06:17:01 +0000

i Donna, just read your post. I haven’t had my
RNY surgery (am scheduled for surgery 4-14) but I was
recently diagnosed with colitis and I am lactose
intolerant. My surgeon never suggested any problems with this
after my surgery, however I’m not on any "instant
breakfast" prior to surgery either. Let me know what you
find out, I’m very interested!
About your fear
with the up coming surgery, I can understand
completely what you must be feeling. I too experienced that
fear. Sharing your feelings can help you get it all out
and also find support for your fears. I’m afraid of
the pain, the lack of independance for a short time,
of not eating right, not losing weight, failing and
the embarrassment when I’m scolded by those that
don’t understand or support me. It’s okay to have these

feeling, it’s normal! I’m not doing this for anyone else
but ME. Be strong and be encouraged for what you’re
doing and taking that giant step toward better health!
I’ll be thinking of you on YOUR day and say a prayer
for you! God
bless!
Wendy….Clearfield,UT
pre-op 345
open RNY 4-14-99
Dr. Gerald
Goodman
Cottonwood Hospital
"since you’ve wanted to fly for so
long, you must be tired of being that
catapillar"
author unknown…….