My VSG journey begins
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, 03-01-2014 at 01:29 AM (1688 Views)
I am on day 5 of my 10 day liquid diet today. I can say that each day gets easier than the one before. The first two days, I had headaches and felt like my stomach was growling so loudly. But I was too scared to fail at this. I am using all of our money to pay for this surgery, if I failed at this, I was going to fail my family too. I am not hungry after drinking broth or having jello, but I WANT food, I want to chew it and eat it and taste it. I miss it. So embarrassing to actually say that.
Now the hardest part so far, has not been not eating. It has been trying to hide it from all of my coworkers. I work in a medical office and we all have lunch around the same time. So all of a sudden I am only eating soup and EVERYONE comments on how unhealthy it is to only eat that, and how I've been drinking too many protein drinks etc. etc.. I am glad I done with work until after my surgery. But since I'm so busy at work, I don't have time to think about food. Food does seem to be the main topic of conversation all day though..
At home, the craving for food gets worse. I cook for my kids and husband and I want to eat. No cheating at all though, unless you count the gum i accidentally swallowed today.
I am hoping the weekend flies by because I am 5 days away from surgery! I am afraid of the whole idea, the trip, the flight, the Mexico, the surgery, the coming home, the everything. I want to just get it over with! But above all, I feel proud of my self for sticking with the pre-op diet and I am happy that I am finally doing something for me and for my health.