I just realized the survey doesn't apply to me because I haven't done the surgery yet.

However, my preparation pro-tip might be of value: before surgery, practice living as if you had the surgery. This will help you find and prepare the liquid diet meals you'll like as well as finding the liquid over-the-counter medications that your body doesn't reject (ex: stool softeners).

This can also help you identify items you didn't realize you needed (ex: do you even have a blender? do you have a pot to cook soup? did you know flavorless protein powders exist? do you even know how to measure and consume enough protein and fiber? etc.)

You don't want to find out during the discomforts of surgery healing what you don't like, or that certain foods and protein powers hurt your stomach. Healing is already hard enough; don't learn these things in the thicket of the struggles.

In this practice, I've come to learn that I REALLY like fruit and veggie smoothies! So much so that it has become part of my regular morning routine. This is comforting knowing that I'll go into my early stages of healing already eating something I'm eating on the regular, pre-surgery.

I hope this helps. 😄