swmann12

I was placed on a pre surgery Protein shake diet. I was to drink 5, 8 ounce shakes per day (Bariatric Advantage) with the option of having 4 high protein low carb meals under 600 calories as a shake replacement. I followed this diet well my first 5 days, then for 4 straight days I ate meals I shouldn't have eaten (Christmas Eve dinner and Christmas Day dinner). I ate 1 full meal each of those days and now I am 4 days outside of my surgery date and I am starting to worry I may have ruined the liver shrinking diet. I am drinking nothing but the shakes the last 3 days to be sure, I was just looking to see if anyone else here that had the surgery done laparoscopically that had to follow a similar diet cheated on it as bad as I did... Were there any major complications? I can't have my surgery rescheduled, if I do its going to cost another $2000 out of pocket, as of right now, insurance is covering my hospital portion 100%. Should I be worried? I'm afraid of reaching out to my doctor about it in fear he will want me to reschedule.

Chiming in about my surgery I had done on the 30th. All went well and the doctor said my liver was perfect regardless of me eating. Surgery took right at 1 hour and I was home on the 31st with minimal pain. My only issue is eating at this point. I basically have to force myself to eat and I absolutely dread it. Will this go away with time or is that just how it goes?

I ate when I was going through severe headaches and dizzy spells... If I were to do it over again, I probably would have done the same thing to be honest. I've been following a diet for the past 6 months to prep for surgery and lost close to 50 pounds alone on that. I follow instruction, the protein shake diet however made me feel like complete crap 90% of the time, like I wasn't getting adequate nutrition. Of course trying to contact my doctor about it over the Christmas holiday was impossible. :/ My surgery date is 12/30.