Ive got a date… and a pre-op question

[JennChap 38]

January 27th at 11am… yeahhhh and after the first submission to insurance! I have no been put on any pre-op diet!?! I will be seeing my dr for my pre- op on the 25th and was told I would get told about any pre-op diet then… Is this okay. Most people I see are not very strict pre-op diets for weeks?!?!? Is this okay?

[2muchfluff 1]

I was not on anything but liquids 2 days before and Clear Liquids up until midnight the day before. All was good. It is good to cut your carbs preoperatively to help reduce the size of your liver so the surgery will be easier.

[Carmy 0]

I too did not have to do liquid only except for the day before (tuesday) i am suppose to. I have cut out carbs for the last few months mildly and since last thursday completely.

good luck

[pumpkin07 32]

I think you could put yourself on a liquid diet. I did it for 2 weeks before surgery, and why should you not have to suffer this way? Just kidding. Actually I think the preop diet made me dehydrated. I would suggest doing it yourself, but not going so fanatical that you get weak or dehydrated before surgery. I think it did help in that it wasn't such a shock to not be able to eat after surgery bc I was already kind of use to it. Of course I still suffered, but mentally it helped me not to mention the extra boost of weight loss.

Each doc does it different. Just make sure you have a good doctor so you don't get complications. Has he done at least 100 sleeves? Mine hadn't, but I didn't know to ask for that. I'm pretty sure mine has by now though.

[KabinKitty 11]

I will be on full liquids for two weeks prior to surgery and clear liquid for two days before surgery. My surgeon does this (as he explains) to cause the liver to produce less digestive juices and shrink it out of the way.

I will be following this plan religiously to assist my surgeon in doing an excellent job on my surgery. I've also read that if you have a fatty liver it can be slippery and difficult to manuver out of the way during surgery.

I wish you the best for your surgery and recovery!

[TexasTeacher 7]

My surgeon had me on full liquids for a week prior to surgery. It was not the most fun week of my life, but not too hideous either. As this was the week of Christmas, I did slip on Christmas Eve---worried the rest of the time that I was going to be rejected or something as soon as he saw my liver! Needless worry!

[M2G 1,836]

No pre-op diet required here either (and I had a 6 months insurance-required wait time) so I had plenty of time to diet, but since it wasn't required then I didn't do anything pre-op. Just follow whatever your surgeon's plan is to a "T". Every surgeon is different and the plans pre and post-op vary wildly. So just go by what your surgeon requires and you should be fine!

[swizzly 901]

My surgeon just told me to eat totally normally, and not to do any kind of dieting prior to surgery. I am a bit envious of all the rules and guidelines you get in the US, because I don't really know what to do apart from all the pre-tests.