Yes, gain weight now. There are a lot of high calorie foods that are also nutritious, so add a few avocados, peanut butter and other nuts to your daily intake. Nuts are loaded with nutrition. Eat huge plates of pasta. Desserts every day. Double your caloric intake. If someone told me I had to gain weight, I would have great fun!
Order supply samples now. I'm in another country so I don't know how you do this, but someone else here will tell you. Maybe through the stoma nurse at your hospital, who could also explain things.
Sounds like your doctor wants to get you in as good a shape as possible, including mental shape. Do what you need to do to in that regard: have fun, be it sports, movies, friends, etc. Get into a life-is-good state of mind.
And even if he decides to do 3 steps instead of 2, there is no reason to let that get you down at all. On the contrary, it means you can schedule the final operation according to your own plans, and more importantly, 3-step jpouches have less problems after reversal, so the 3-step procedure is wiser in the bigger picture of things - and the bigger picture of your life and future is what this is all about
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Post Edited (B'Dereh) : 1/3/2013 3:27:16 AM (GMT-7)