Page 4 - Family Help

Exercise .................................................................................................................................... 12

Back home ................................................................................................................................ 12
Driving ...................................................................................................................................... 12

Eating and eating out ............................................................................................................... 13
Sleep ......................................................................................................................................... 13

Psychological effects and support ........................................................................................... 13
Relationships and sex ............................................................................................................... 13
Review with your surgeon ....................................................................................................... 13

Three to six months after surgery ............................................................................................ 13
Back to work............................................................................................................................. 14

Appendix .......................................................................................................................................... 15
The art of eating ....................................................................................................................... 15

Breakfast .................................................................................................................................. 15
Mid-morning ............................................................................................................................ 15

Lunch ........................................................................................................................................ 15
Mid-afternoon .......................................................................................................................... 16
Dinner ....................................................................................................................................... 16

Adding nourishment to your meals ......................................................................................... 16
GLOSSARY......................................................................................................................................... 17

For your own notes .......................................................................................................................... 21

Former patients have gone on to …

… perfect "sploshing" with her 2-year-old grandson;
… take a photographic holiday around India;
… enjoy a cruise in the Mediterranean;
… go on safari in South Africa;
… get married!