Can the Liver Shrinking Pre-op Diet cause Pain?

[bsellis 105]

I'm on day 7 of my pre-op diet. The night before last I developed severe pain throughout my mid back. I did a lot of walking the day before so I thought this might be muscle pain. The pain reminded my of when I would have gallstone attacks but instead of just under the right shoulder blade it went across my entire back. Well now the back pain is gone but I have severe pain on my right side that goes under my ribs. It's a constant pain that hurts the most when I'm sitting down. I know the liver is in that location and I'm consuming bewteen 90-100 grams of Protein a day right now. Has anyone else heard of anything like this? I hope I'm just being paranoid and it's a strained muscle. I'm going to the chiropractor today to get an adjustment. Maybe that will help.

[DELETE THIS ACCOUNT! 12,703]

No, in fact nothing should cause that pain, let alone a pre-op diet.

You need to call your medical doctor before seeing a chiropractor. If your doctor finds nothing wrong then try the chiropractor but you don't want a chiropractor for an actual medical issue.

[stept04 465]

The pain sounds a lot like it did for my kidney stones. You ought to call you PCM for this one. I don't mean to scare you just telling you what happened to me. Good luck. It did not have anything to do with the pre-op diet for me.

~~~Stephanie

[GuyMontag 1,264]

Yeah...kidney stones or gall bladder? Definitely not a normal part of the pre-op diet though.

[Red bird 20]

Sound like gall bladder or ulcer. Get it checked, hon

[CHEZNOEL 4,061]

Not the pre-op diet... Call your regular doctor for a visit.

[bsellis 105]

Thanks guys. I did go to the doctor and he thinks it was severe muscle spasms. I get them in my low back and usually get a steroid shot but this close to surgery that is not an option. Pain is much better just really sore. I knew it wasn't my gallbladder bc I've had that removed and I had kidney stones back in January and although the pain was similar it was lower with the stones. 7 days left on pre-op diet and hoping for no more issues. I would rather deal with one thing at a time! Lol!!

[GuyMontag 1,264]

Better safe than sorry. Glad you checked it out.