WoodenHearts

So I've got 2 days till my surgery and have failed on the pre op diet completely, I was told to do a 1000cal diet for 2 weeks consisting of 2 shakes, then a high Protein low carb dinner. Over the past 14 days I would estimate I've done about 6 days total where I have stuck to it. I vowed that the last 3 days I would stick to a liquid diet, but have sabotaged myself yet again by going to a social situation! I'm so angry with myself! Why can't I do this?! I done it 6 weeks ago perfectly fine but then my surgery was postponed, I don't want friday to come around and they turn me away because I haven't shrunk my liver enough. I have no idea what to do now, do I try again tomorrow in the hopes that it may make a difference? One thing I definitely don't want to do is tell the nurse or surgeon that I have strayed incase they postpone me again.

@@B-52 I don't know 100% of ive screwed up in just assuming I have, my surgeon didn't say I needed to lose X amount of weight he just said stick to the pre op diet to shrink my liver, I have lost about 12lb in the process but that's been over 6 weeks. So I don't want to go tomorrow they have a look and say my liver isn't small enough then don't operate that's the only think I'm worrying about. Thank you for replying

@@cruehead thanks so much for your reply, I try not be too hard on my self but im my own worst enemy, I'm just a mixture of nerves and excitement at the moment and just looking forward to the journey ahead which im sure will a big learning curve for me. Congratulations on moving past your goal!!

So my surgery was due on 12th of June, got a call Friday to tell me that it was being postponed AGAIN! Because I needed a psychiatric assessment! So over the weekend I have been eating like a woman possessed, I thought im not getting my surgery for another few weeks I can have my food freedom again for a while, so this morning I get a call from the nurse saying the psychiatric assessment is no longer needed and the surgery is still going ahead on the 12th! Prior to my phone call on Friday I had been doing the post op diet for 8 days, My question is, would I have done much damage to my liver shrinkage over my weekend foodathon, which didn't include alcohol and only 1 pudding, And if I do the liquid diet till Friday do u think that will be enough for me to possibly shrink my liver a bit more for the op? Thanks

Thanks guys

Hi all, I had been thinking about having band surgery for years, I finally took the plunge 3 months ago and went to see a consultant to get the ball rolling, I had my date scheduled for 22nd May, and I was to do a 2 week pre op diet (which I done for 9 days). So the day before my surgery me and my partner are travelling by train to our hotel as the hospital is 3 hours from where I live, I get a phone call telling me that my surgery has had to be rescheduled to June 12th because they didn't receive the correct info from my GP, needless to say I was gutted, seeing as we'd already paid for the hotel we still went anyway, but I had my food freedom back plus feeling so down that I wouldn't be getting my surgery I absolutely stuffed my face with anything I could get my hands on, burgers, fries, cake, sweets, you name it I ate it. Now I'm 10 days pre op and I'm seriously struggling to stick to this diet where as before I found it easy, yes I was starving but the thought of having the op made me stick to my guns and I powered through, I'm just finding it so hard to get that motivation back again and I don't want it to cause me another setback. Any advice would be very welcomed

Thanks guys I'm trying my best to do it, maybe I should get my jaws wired for the next 10 days lol