Just wanted to give an update that I discharged myself from hospital without surgery (for now).
My water retention and lack of bowel movement issues resolved themselves as soon as I got home and was no longer on the hospital diet.
Iām now fasting for a week to reset my nutrition, lose the (water) weight I put on in hospital and hopefully get some positive autophagy results for my āslippedā discā¦
Fingers crossed, Iāll be able to manage without surgeryā¦
Oh wow, Crazy how fast you can turn it all around by eating right.
Fingers crossed for youā¦ Good luck!
I had to endure āpublic serviƧeā to recover from a foot injury. When they kept bringing me carbs, because āyou need strength for resistance trainingā, I answered: āPlease donāt insult my intelligence - I still have 11cans of corned beef in my cupboard!ā Which I had!
Itās great to be home! 
64y.o.
I hope so! Keep us posted how youāre doing. Have the symptoms that put you in hospital eased?
Iām taking food in with me when I go in for surgery in just over a week. Plus very low carb protein powder to make into shakes if I canāt stomach eating.
Good idea, shakes, rinds, and snacks. I make keto bread before a trip and bring it with me. That way I can eat sandwiches that are not full of carbage
Sighā¦ my Dr is sending me back to hospital tomorrowā¦ Same ward, same foodā¦ I plan to be better prepared this time tho and to eat āas keto as possibleā - including asking them about all options availableā¦ And maybe taking some food in with meā¦
Last time was all too much of a mad medical emergency chaos situation to be worrying about foodā¦
I need to pay attention to food this time tho, because it was a factor that made me feel so much worse last timeā¦
(Also, I really, really donāt want to go back to hospitalā¦ Like, really donāt want to goā¦ At allā¦ Ughā¦)
Doing much better about eating Keto-ish in hospital this time!
Feeling better as a result too, obviously
Did have one lapse last night around midnight thoā¦ Iām having surgery today and midnight was my cut off time for stopping solid food intake and so at 11 pm I wandered down to the hospitalās vending machines and got some salted peanuts (keto) and some chocolate (not keto) and some liquorice (also not keto).
I figured since Iām semi-freaking out about surgery, kidsā comfort food is an acceptable part of managing those sort of kidsā fears about scary situations.
Not ideal as regards nutrition, but hey, nutrition is only one part of the overall situation.
Itās 6 am here now and time for me to stop any liquid intake too (water) and just waaaaiiit for surgery at a bout lunchtimeā¦
(Unless they have a big pile-up accident on a freeway nearby and then the air ambulances would be bringing emergency surgery patients into hospital, and would of course through the scheduled surgery plan out of whack a bitā¦)
Sighā¦ feeling normal levels of pre-surgery anxiety about this and I guess itās my job to manage those as best I can for the next 6 hoursā¦
Nice self care, in my opinion. And a meaningless blip on your keto journey 
Hope the wait wasnāt too awful and your surgery went well. Keep us posted and all the best!
Next time I need to spend time in hospital, Iāll bring a care package of hard-boiled eggs, pepperoni, and cheese. Not to mention the pork rinds!
@PaulL: Sounds inadequate to me but itās quite possible your hospitals there have a bigger amount of meatā¦ Hungarian ones have a tiny budget. Itās like school lunches in my childhood in many places and once I have cried as a tiny girl because the meat was so very little for me. I barely ever ate meat even at home but well, plants (except legumes but the tiny chicken drumstick didnāt come with that) werenāt satiating, I needed some proteinā¦ I still remember this. I bit poor chicken leg bone into two easily and cried. I was a crybaby as a lil kid. Not at all later.
Andā¦ It depends what is the cause of hospitalization. I have heard people with a trauma or illness need little food so they are fine with barely eating in the hospital. I only had broken bones and my appetite and hunger was just fine.
About @sugar-addictās comfort food: Whatever works for you and easy your difficulties. I personally wouldnāt want most carbs to make me feel even worse but thatās me. I did have some comfort carbs as a keto newbie and they helped so I understand.
Hi all, a quick update: Surgery went really well, Iām improving really quickly, am almost pain-free and feel ready to go home already, tho theyāll probably keep me here until Wednesday.
Iām doing a much better job of eating Keto-ish here this timeā¦ Just leaving everything thatās carby on the plate and āeating around itā and feeling so much better for it.
Bout to go and have a wander, to build up strength again and to reduce the hospital boredomā¦
Glad I got the surgery doneā¦ It was for a herniated disc and the surgeon said heād rarely seen a bigger herniation and it was a good thing I got that thing removed!!
Grateful for the lovely staff at the hospital here, everyoneās just being so kind, bless their hearts. 
These are great news, good to hear Except staying until Wednesdayā¦ I know the feeling when you just want to go home. When I had it, I told them I WANT go home and they acqiuesced, yay! I donāt know why they wanted to kept me after surgery at all, I just had a wrist surgery and my blood stopped flowing into the container almost immediatelyā¦ I was thankful for the successful surgery but thanks- bye-I am off! 
Let the bed used by someone who actually needs it!
My SO had a serious accident but he wanted to come home immediately when he gained consciousness tooā¦ And walked until he couldnāt leave. With 17 broken ribs and vertebrae, after a splenectomyā¦ You canāt keep some people in bed so easily.
My aunt had an even bigger accident, broken HIP (and wrist)ā¦ That must have been a nightmare, just hanging there, literally 
I am so glad for my health and only a couple of minor accidentsā¦ 