NO PRE-OP Say whaaat?!

[CurlyDiva 5]

So I was lurking on this forum for about a month (by the way you all are amazing!!) so after being approved for surgery this past Friday I was expecting them to say, "oh and by the way, only liquids from now until surgery...Welp, I was in for a big suprise when she said "Just come here on July 6th for pretesting, and your pre-op appt with the dr will be the day before surgery." soooooo Maye she'll tell me only liquids at the July 6th appt. Even still, my surgery is July 13th so that's only a week of liquids!!

Sound familiar to anyone?

[Grider 92]

So I was lurking on this forum for about a month (by the way you all are amazing!!) so after being approved for surgery this past Friday I was expecting them to say, "oh and by the way, only liquids from now until surgery...Welp, I was in for a big suprise when she said "Just come here on July 6th for pretesting, and your pre-op appt with the dr will be the day before surgery." soooooo Maye she'll tell me only liquids at the July 6th appt. Even still, my surgery is July 13th so that's only a week of liquids!!

Sound familiar to anyone?

[Grider 92]

I thought that was to make the liver soft and pliable? maybe you are a softy! Good luck and congrats!!

[AlienBandit 10]

Not all doctors require a preop diet.

My doc doesnt but my BMI was low so my liver wasn't a problem. Sometimes he has patients that have fatty livers but he still doesnt require a pre op diet.

[Rachel412 116]

I had no pre-op diet, I was just warned not to gain weight in that last week before surgery. Congrats!

[DaddyD 1]

I have a pre-op diet, but it's more of an Atkins-like thing (very high in lean Proteins, low in carbs) rather than a liquid diet.

One week tomorrow is surgery day!

[papoose 48]

My pre-op diet was only the day before surgery. I had to drink only liquids. After the surgery I had to do a liquid diet for 1 month and then I could go straight to eating regular food. We had no mushy stage. No eating for a month nearly killed me.

[Debora Anne 3]

I was on a liquid diet for 8 days before surgery

So I was lurking on this forum for about a month (by the way you all are amazing!!) so after being approved for surgery this past Friday I was expecting them to say, "oh and by the way, only liquids from now until surgery...Welp, I was in for a big suprise when she said "Just come here on July 6th for pretesting, and your pre-op appt with the dr will be the day before surgery." soooooo Maye she'll tell me only liquids at the July 6th appt. Even still, my surgery is July 13th so that's only a week of liquids!!

Sound familiar to anyone?

[thsisme 14]

my surgeon required no pre-op diet and only wanted liquids on the day before surgery and one week after surgery. then he progressed me onto mushies.

[anewwayoflife 0]

So I was lurking on this forum for about a month (by the way you all are amazing!!) so after being approved for surgery this past Friday I was expecting them to say, "oh and by the way, only liquids from now until surgery...Welp, I was in for a big suprise when she said "Just come here on July 6th for pretesting, and your pre-op appt with the dr will be the day before surgery." soooooo Maye she'll tell me only liquids at the July 6th appt. Even still, my surgery is July 13th so that's only a week of liquids!!

Sound familiar to anyone?

[anewwayoflife 0]

My sugery is this Thursday, June 16th. I went in for my pre-op last Wednesday. I was given a diet that wasn't oo bad. All Protein and starch free veggies, stay under 30 carbs per day for five days. Last two days nothing but liquids, Jello, sugar free popsicles. I was surprised at the amount of weight I have taken off in such a short time. He was very serious about having our livers be shrunk and like jello so that he can move around it to get the band on. I'm on all liquids today, I am hungry, but it is not that bad. Good luck to you.

[nurse535 30]

You're lucky! It really depends on the surgeon and even then they sometimes give pre-op instructions on a patient by patient basis depending on overall health and BMI.

[2Fat42Long 0]

Trade ya, 3 week liquids pre-op, 2 weeks liquid post-op, 2 weeks mushies!! On day 8 of the pre-op, not too bad yet.

[ErinMarie 186]

I had no pre-op diet requirements and it was only suggested I do Clear Liquids after midnight until my surgery (which was 12:30 pm the next day). It surprised me too, but it was also pretty great

[Jess55 97]

You're lucky! It really depends on the surgeon and even then they sometimes give pre-op instructions on a patient by patient basis depending on overall health and BMI.

My surgeon didn't even do it on a patient by patient basis. In the packet that was given out at the seminar it had a one week pre op diet list in it. It is weird because it was probably almost 7 months prior to surgery and I dint think he reminded me to do it before surgery. I still did it