Presurgery diet question

[bchrist 0]

My doctor does not require us to do a presurgical diet. Is this normal?

[Krista2653 5]

My doc requires it for some, but not others. I had to do one because my BMI is higher and the point of doing it was so that the liver would shrink and make it easier to do surgery.

[salty91 0]

my doctor has me eating 30-50 carbs a day and one Meal Replacement shake - and my surg will be in dec.,

[mp8btpc 33]

All doc's are different just like the post op diets are varied too. Depends on what the doctor feels comfortable with. With one doctor I was going to use I did not have to do a pre-op, then switched docs and had to do a week of pre-op. I say yay to the no pre-op diet docs lol. I would suggest that if your a big caffeine drinker that you possibly stop that a week or two before surgery because I know I always got bad headaches when I didn't get my caffeine. So stopping it cold turkey after surgery could make you have unnecessary withdrawls and discomfort.

Just my thought

[Papillon 7]

I have been on a pre-op diet for almost two weeks. I can understand the need for one. I think it would be very hard to go through caffeine, calorie, and portion size withdrawal all at the same time while healing. I made sure to stop caffeine the weekend before. I do miss coffee but, I am to the point now where I hardly notice. Listen to your doc.

[Maddie 9]

My dr required 1 week of liquids prior to surgery. This is to help shrink your liver. The liver is moved aside during the surgery and shrinking it makes this safer.