Day 5 of Preop Liquid Diet (Question!)

armywife1129 · March 28, 2011

So I started my preop on Thursday. Its been rough but nothing im going to roll over & die because of. I posted a few days ago when i was on day 1 or 2 and i was extreemly weak and tired, i was even starting to look pale (other family members noticed) i have dropped 7 lbs in the last 4 days which i havent weighed myself yet today. I still have another 10 days to go before surgery & im super nervous. My diet is strictly liquids the last 3 days ive been having a hard boiled egg (WHITES ONLY) because I feel like im loosing all energy & strength & i have a hyperactive 3 year old so I dont have room to be burnt out & tired with no energy. Is this bad that ive been having egg whites daily for the past 3 days. I eat one in the morning and one in the evenings. I dont want it to affect my liver shrinking yet i dont understand why some doctors required the 2 week preop and some dont when everyone wants there liver shrunk, so my question is, is having an egg white in the morning and evening of a 2 week preliquid diet going to affect my liver shrinkage? today i have not have egg whites and i dont feel like i had much energy as i did yesterday, im hoping today ill go without them even if it makes me tired all day.

ShrinkyDinkyDoo · March 28, 2011

I am on my 2 week liquid diet too I have cheated myself, and have seen quite a few posts about others cheating too. Every doctor is different. My neighbor and I are going through this at the same time, with different doctors, and she just has to do the Atkins diet for two weeks, and liquids the day before....seems a little unfair, for us two week liquid-ers. If I feel the need to cheat, I have kept it extremely low carb (in the way of the Atkins style) Just like you, that usually means eggs, or low fat cheese. Also, I read a page where someone else had to do the full liquid diet, but could do broth too, not just shakes (like im supposed to) so I got some low sodium broth and added lots of non salty spices to make it taste good. The problem with me and the shakes, is that im constantly cold. I posted a similar post about this topic earlier called "a little confused" and a lot of people gave good advice on the replies, so reading that may help too. Other than that, you are almost there! Hang in there!! Since your screen name is Army Wife.....I was wondering where you are stationed....im an army wife too. Right now I live in TX because my hubby is deployed, but we are actually stationed at Ft. Sill.

armywife1129 · March 29, 2011

Thanks for the reply, i figured an egg a day wouldnt hurt compared to others not having to do the diet at all. I know after the surgery I definately will not eat because I want to heal correctly, right now I just feel the need of energy, I have a full support system with my family that will be taking my son daily to school and picking him up for the week or two after surgery so i will be okay feeling loss of energy since Ill have alot more help after. My husbands deployed to Afghanistan right now, we are stationed in Germany. Ill inbox you maybe we can keep in touch. =D