Dr. Aceves and smoking

[EJStorm 13]

Does anybody know if Dr. Aceves will operate on a smoker?

Yes, I know I should quit, but that's not the information I'm looking for.

[lucill35 73]

Does anybody know if Dr. Aceves will operate on a smoker?

Yes, I know I should quit, but that's not the information I'm looking for.

I was advised to quit smoking 10 days prior and do breathing practice blowing up ballons. I am scheduled for surgery on Saturday and hope he will do the surgery because while i have cut down, i have not been able to quit. I can let you know.

[EJStorm 13]

I was advised to quit smoking 10 days prior and do breathing practice blowing up ballons. I am scheduled for surgery on Saturday and hope he will do the surgery because while i have cut down, i have not been able to quit. I can let you know.

Thank you.

Does he require a pre-op diet?

[Rootman 1,101]

YES he should require it and it is for your own safety and health. The area that is being operated on is very near and "under" the liver, eating the pre-op diet will help "shrink" the liver as it is no longer as heavily involved in processing the stuff out of whole foods that we eat. This makes the surgeons job easier and makes it easier on you too.

Also, if you are on a pre-op diet without a gut full of waste from whole foods there is a lot less likelihood that you will get constipated after surgery - which can be VERY painful and even life threatening if you allow it to become a blockage.

WARNING GRAPHIC:

I was chatting with a couple of guys from the housekeeping staff at the place I went. They both had VSG's. They were bragging about pigging out on chicken wings, tacos and vodka shots the NIGHT before surgery. They both admitted that they were so sick and got so stopped up that they wished they'd of died. The pain was incredible, one fellow was afraid to "push" on his bowels lest he burst his incisions, he eventually had to and pushed out a dry sticky mass that felt like "someone's fist being pushed out from the inside". The gut pain was better after that but he said it was a few days before he could sit upright on anything but a pillow. He was laughing about it when he spoke to me but says he was in tears when it happened.

So given both issues I'd HIGHLY advise a liquid pre-op diet. Take a laxative a few days before surgery too so as to get cleaned out.

[lucill35 73]

Thank you.

Does he require a pre-op diet?

I"m sorry. I missed your question about a pre-op diet. Dr. Aceves requires a high Protein low-carb pre-op diet starting 10 days before surgery for patients with a bmi over 40. I'm not sure about those w/bmi under 40. If you email to his website indicating your are interested in surgery, nina his office coordinator will email you a ton of info regarding their procedures/practices etc.

[Secret Surgery 34 4]

I went to Dr. Aceves in November. My bmi was 35 so I had no pre op diet. At the time I did quit smoking a month in a half before surgery on my own doing. So I am not sure what his requirements are. They are wonderful people there. I would just call or email and ask. Good luck.

[SouthernSleever 228]

Yes, you must quit 10 days before surgery and if your bmi is over 40 it's a week of low carb. Dr Aceves is amazing well worth the trouble!