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Food to eat the night before an operation

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    Food to eat the night before an operation

    Tomorrow I go in for my shoulder surgery. Im going to be operated on for around 2hrs.

    As Im nil by mouth from midnight tonight, what should I have for my tea (dinner for the Southerners...) tonight? Do people fart and stuff whille under a general anaesthetic?

    I didn't say it was your ******* fault, I said I was blaming you!

    #2
    Is this a last meal on earth question or a should I avoid sprouts one?

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      #3
      Originally posted by Pondlife View Post
      Is this a last meal on earth question or a should I avoid sprouts one?
      More the sprouts...
      I didn't say it was your ******* fault, I said I was blaming you!

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        #4
        Ok, understood.

        Erm... avoid sprouts.

        HTH

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          #5
          Originally posted by Pondlife View Post
          Ok, understood.

          Erm... avoid sprouts.

          HTH
          I didn't say it was your ******* fault, I said I was blaming you!

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            #6
            Originally posted by Pondlife View Post
            Ok, understood.

            Erm... avoid sprouts.

            HTH
            Definitely avoid the sprouts. one unconscious fart and it could be the last meal on earth question.
            merely at clientco for the entertainment

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              #7
              If you really want a laugh, I'd go for some combination of Pickled Onions and Eggs, Leeks, Beans, and Sprouts.

              We'll all look out for you in the Lancette.
              Never has a man been heard to say on his death bed that he wishes he'd spent more time in the office.

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                #8
                Had a knee op recently; was my first time so was careful what I ate the day before as I didn't know how I was going to react.

                I read somewhere that it's wise to avoid anything too spicy or fatty so I stuck with pasta, fruit & black coffee the day before.

                Be careful what you eat afterwards thought. I was starving & ate a dominos pizza and about a gallon of coke. I didn't get off the bog for the next 5 hours.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Scrag Meister View Post
                  If you really want a laugh, I'd go for some combination of Pickled Onions and Eggs, Leeks, Beans, and Sprouts.

                  We'll all look out for you in the Lancette.
                  Hopefully he added jerusalem artichokes and lentils.
                  "Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what's for lunch." - Orson Welles

                  Norrahe's blog

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                    #10
                    All operations carry a risk. I'd probably try to balance out the risk of the operation by eating a menu consisting of:
                    • Fugu
                    • San Nak Ji
                    • Cassava
                    • Giant Bullfrog
                    • Ackee Fruit
                    • Silver-stripe Baasop
                    • Echizen Jellyfish
                    If you survive that the operation should be a doddle.

                    Most Poisonous or Dangerous food

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