Another installment...
This was Day One of the liquid diet, which was a final push before surgery to shrink my liver just a little more and clean out my system. I was allowed to have only Isopure, sugar-free Jell-O, fat-free broth, water, decaffeinated tea or coffee, and that's about it. I remember drinking lots of broth, which tasted like the best thing on earth that day, choking down Isopure, and waiting for the misery to end.
I went shopping that day in an effort to keep my mind occupied. Since it was very close to Christmas, and I would be incapacitated for a bit, I finished up Christmas shopping and anything else that had to be done before my surgery on Monday.
I got through the first part of the pre-op diet relatively easy, since I still had some solid food, but this liquid diet was tough. No amount of water, Jell-O, and broth will fill you up when you're used to eating large meals. Sure, it might fill the void for a bit, but you never feel quite satisfied.
It was rough, but I got through the first day OK.
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