Eating the day before surgery???

[NJGirl32 43]

Someone I know who had the band wanted to see if I wanted to meet for lunch. I told her I am on liquids and she said everyone has the last supper the day before surgery. I never heard of this- I said no-but boy-oboy I sure could use one last spurge!!! Has anyone else eaten a regular meal the day before surgery? I am SO tempted but I have been so good all week.

[vickyd 24]

Nope - I was too scared that I might mess something up and not be able to have surgery. My last splurge was the night before my pre-op diet started.

[ButterflyM 2]

U know that picuture with the little devil sitting on your shoulder with his pitchfork???? Tell ur friend to stop with the early sabatoge! lol

[NewStart95987 35]

Lol, little devil, indeed!

I did a little "cheating" but WILL NOT do so before surgery. My surgeon even said, mellow, easy, bland foods the day before. Broths, cottage cheese, veggies, etc. She said no salad or meat because it takes a while to digest. I wouldn't do it, not worth possibly messing something up for a couple of bites of something.

Good Luck!

[Russian_BANDit_inNY 4]

U know that picuture with the little devil sitting on your shoulder with his pitchfork???? Tell ur friend to stop with the early sabatoge! lol

What ButerflyM said. Watch out for friends like that after the surgery as well!!!

[LVGirl 4]

I did my "Last Supper" on Sunday. I wouldn't chance anything. Tell your friend that you need her support rather than a big meal right now

[honk 780]

You should def. follow your doctors orders. I was not on a doctor ordered diet. I was only told to not eat after midnight. Day before surgery I had a Protein Shake for Breakfast and dinner and went out to lunch with my mother and we shared one meal.

[sandy1 1]

No last meal for me either. I followed my diet right up intil the end! I was too scared something would go wrong and they wouldn't place the band!

[kll724 3,055]

I seem to remember that i had to clean out the night before. I can't imagine splurging on a bunch of food and then cleaning out!

Yuck!!! Do the right thing, that you know is best. Good luck. Karen

[jczajkow 1]

I had my last supper last night: vegetable lasagna yum! Today is the first day of my pre-op diet and I'm planning to stick to it. I figure the more I can stick to the diet, the easier and safer I'm making my procedure.

[malta760 0]

if your serious about your new lifestyle this should not even be a issue..... sorry, but it's all or nothing !

[als33 0]

The day before i started my pre-op I had planned to have an extravagant "last meal", however I must have been too excited/anxious for what the following days were going to bring because I could not eat hardly anything! I am on day 9 now of the pre-op diet, and so happy with how I feel already.

[Rachel412 116]

I didn't have a pre-op diet but the surgeon's staff warned me not to eat a "last supper" and stuff my face. They said "trust me, when he gets you open, he'll know". And I guess it makes sense, all that food would still be in your system somewhere... so don't do it. ESPECIALLY if you're been on a liquid diet, it'll be so obvious.

We ordered chinese food on the night before my surgery and it was disgusting. I barely ate any of it

[Jess55 97]

I had my last supper the night before I started my pre op diet. It worked out because it was the night of my jobs Christmas party. So I had a good time there and stayed on my diet the next morning. I would have been to afraid to do it the night before surgery, in fact the night before I was at work and I was so bored of broth, I just didn't eat anything. Of course I had to do the broth again after surgery.

[B-52 7,113]

I was banded on a Monday Morning. I had my last pre-op meeting with the surgeon on Friday. I had lost the needed weight, and then some.

On Saturday, I went for my last meal. Thought hard about what I wanted, decided on a Chinese "All-you-can-eat" Buffet. Because I knew I would never visit that place (one of my favorites) ever again.Just a shake or two on Sunday, then the pre-op routine that night.