My surgery is coming up this Friday May 4th and I can't wait! I was so nervous before, even considered not doing it at one point, and now its only a few days away! Purchasing my protein products, shopping for a new blender/chopper (by Ninja), cream soups, frozen fruit to mix my unflavored protein powder with, sugar free jello, cottage cheese, Mio water enhancer, and my grape protein shots to make my jello with. OMG! have I forgotten anything??
Now for the protein shots I found that Amazon was the cheapest...here is what they are http://www.amazon.com/New-Whey-Protein-Watermelon-12-Count/dp/B0030DM28C/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1335705712&sr=8-2. Welcome and Good Luck to you Stub!
So if you drink six shakes that are 10 ounces each you have already had 60 ounces of your required fluids.
It took longer than usual though (3 hours) because they had to avoid the area directly below my navel due to a hernia repair I had last June. Mesh was used to reinforce the repair so the hernia would not happen again. Because of the mesh they had to make my incisions above the "normal" area so they could go underneath the mesh to get at my stomach, etc. The worst part for me was the 4 day hospital stay. My biggest fear was of being in bad pain but the pain was well controlled and it seemed like someone was checking in in me every 5 minutes *LOL*. I don't think I slept more than 2 1/2 hours the entire time I was there. They over hydrated me so I had 24 pounds of excess fluids in me by the time I was released. It was good to get back home.