No pre-surgical diet required

shutterbug · November 2, 2009

Hello to everyone, my name is Chandra and I am having the VSG on November 17, 2009! I'm so excited and scared and anyone out there feeling a little like.. what if it doesn't work for me like it does others? But really my question is that my surgeon does NOT require a pre-surgical diet. I am ok with that as long as it's a healthy decision. Anyone else out there have a surgeon that does NOT require a pre-op diet? and if so.. did they give you info why they choose to not require that for their patients?

Thank you,

~Chandra:001_smile:

Manatee · November 2, 2009

None required for me, but I wasn't the standard bariatric patient. I understand that the doc doesn't require anything except Clear Liquids after noon the prior morning for all his patients.

shutterbug · November 2, 2009

Thanks for the feedback! They assured me it's ok and that I will be taking milk of magnesia the night before at like 5pm then stop eating but that is it.

shutterbug · November 2, 2009

p.s. enjoying your live journal... you look great!

deedee · November 2, 2009

My surgeon did not require a strict pre-op diet for me. My surgeon looks at each person's individual situation and prescribes pre-op diets based on need. (I was a lower bmi, so I guess he wasn't too concerned with my liver.) I was told at my first nutrition meeting to follow an Atkins like diet until my surgery and I did for the month before surgery and managed to loose 16 pounds. I had to do two days of clear liquids directly before my surgery to help clean me out.

beautyqueen · November 2, 2009

I didn't have any special pre-op diet either. He just told me not to gain weight when I first saw him in August but when I had gone for my pre-op physical with him before my surgery I had gained 4 lbs and he called me out on it. I worked hard the 2 weeks before my surgery and I ended up losing 7 lbs.

I was supposed to eat "light" the day before my surgery and nothing after midnight. No biggie. Now that I'm on Day 11 of liquids I'm so grateful I didn't have to do 2 weeks of liquids beforehand. I'd be going crazy by now. Kudos to those who do liquids before.

Tiffykins · November 2, 2009

I didn't have a strict pre-op diet for either of my surgeries. For my band, I had to do clear liquids the night before surgery, and low carb a week before surgery. For my revision from band to sleeve, I had to do high protein/low carb for a week before surgery.