Thank you in advance and thank you for your service!!

Hi there, sorry for the delayed response!
I can’t think of much that would be helpful beforehand. My husband was a huge help afterward by keeping track of my medications for me. He made a grid schedule of which meds I was supposed to take at which times of day and even ground them up in a coffee grinder and mixed them with juice for me.

My biggest problem was trying to breathe with all the dried blood in my nose. My doc said there wasn’t much you could do about it other than keep using the nasal spray (hard to do when you can’t even get the nozzle where it needs to go!). I used my kid’s nebulizer with just water in it, which helped.

Lastly – and this was a big one for me – the doctor recommended drinking ensure or other meal replacement shakes, but did not warn me to stay away from dairy based shakes. Dairy makes mucus production worse. Get a good selection of vegan meal replacement shakes/powders. I had a really hard time getting enough protein to keep me feeling half way normal until I figured that one out. I liked Amazing Meal brand Vanilla Chai flavor, but there are several out there. Another friend recommended Arbonne vegan protein shakes, but they didn’t have them near us. As soon as I got rid of the dairy shakes and switched to vegan ones, I felt a million times better and stopped losing weight.

I hope that helps! Good luck!

– hey brother! I just ranlomdy came across a picture of your wife thru fb and saw something about this website. Didn’t even know you were having this done! Ryan and I were checking out your update Wow that’s intense! Hope you’re doing well- we’ll be checking back for those before/after pictures. Take it easy for a while!