By the time you are on the pre-op no anything prior to surgery, then you are recovering from surgery and won't want to get up to get it you will probably be without and over your "detox". When you are worrying about how much protein and fluid you can force yourself to have for the first few weeks you may find you don't have time to worry about it. Plus if you can't tolerate it after ....believe me you will KNOW...you will lose the urge for it once you "think you are going to die from the one sip"....No ice cream for me for 7 months! Tried twice, after one bite nausea, dizzy, hot flash, tummy ache. Hope this helps. I am 8 months out and can now have about 5 bites of ice cream. You will learn to re-treat yourself with healthier options or feel like crap.