My super exciting pre op diet

[emeraldinthesky 0]

I don't have to drink Optifast or Protein for 1/2 week(s) that goodness. I can eat anything EXCEPT things with carbs,sugars and starches and then 2 days before it is liquids only. My doctor is the 2nd doctor in America to perform a lap band surgery. Apparently, it takes only 2 days to shrink your liver down to the optimal size for surgery.

Has anyone else heard of this?

I'm so excited that my surgery is a week away. Can't wait for the first day of my new life.

[racheyrach 0]

yea i've heard people saying this too. they say its the doctor and what they chosse my doctor requires 2 weeks. Personally i know this will be hard but i think its good cuz after surgury you will be on a liquid diet then mushys. so it nice to know what its like without being thrown in to it.

neway gl with ur surgery and ur new life!!!!

[YouGotBiggie 0]

My Doc told me that it really depends on the patient and where they carry their Fat. He also said that African American Women were the easiest to band.

Your Liver will start to shrink when you stop eating Carbs and sugars. I was on a no Carb or Sugar diet for 2 months before my surgery. Being White Male I am one of the hardest to band. I also Started at 440lbs and the doc wanted me to lose some weight before hand. I never had to do an all liquid diet before hand. I did one the week after surgery.

[BetsyB 9]

Different docs, different patients, different bodies, different rules :smile2:

You didn't get a particularly liberal diet--you are getting, from food, the same things others get from Opti-Fast. A low-carb diet that will reduce the liver's glycogen stores.

My doctor's regimen is not as restrictive as many--but it is severely carb-restricted, and lasts 2 weeks.

The carb restriction is what shrinks the liver. You can achieve that using shakes---or a number of other ways. Like the one your doctor recommends

The two days of liquids clear out the bowel.