Pre OP Weight Lose -

[dlamp112 34]

What is everyone been asked to loose before surgery can be done? I have heard of 10 lbs and I thought that was pretty normal. However, my doctor is suggesting 25? I know why (to shrink the liver) but I wanted to hear from you what you were asked, if it was more than the 10 lbs?

Thanks!

[melissag43 51]

my doctor asked for more as well. I got down 15, good luck. My surgery was july 10th and all went well.

[gowalking 10,790]

My doctor never said anything about how much she wanted me to lose as she explained that the diet was to shrink the liver, not shrink me. Having said that however, I still lost 17 lbs. on the preop diet just based on how restricted it was.

[Amberley 97]

My doctor wanted my bmi under 50 so he placed me on a liquid diet for 4 weeks. I lost 28 pounds. It was tough going. I almost forgot what it was like to chew!!!!

[Sharpie 3,306]

I think it depends on how obese you are.. I didn't have a set amount to lose either but my bmi wasn't that high.. it's all for shrinking the liver to make surgery easier.. good luck on your upcoming surgery

[Deweydoer 111]

I'm on day 6 of a 10 day pre-op diet and I've lost 8. My surgeon gave me no weight loss goal pre-op, he just wanted my liver to be as fat free as possible. My BMI was only 43%, so I guess BMI does make a difference. By the way, I'm not happy with a BMI of 43%, it is nothing I am proud about, but I'm doing the right thing now so I feel ok about it.