Uh Ohhhh A little worried

[Dud2Stud 25]

Well my surgery is tomorrow morning and my doc required 1 measly day of liquids only and here I am binging and stuffing my fat face like usual... Tired of food taking over my life.

How deep in poo am I because of this?

: /

[kellyw74 258]

Hopefully it wont happen to you, but I have heard of people being sent home the day of surgery because they did not follow the pre-op diet!

Good luck!

Kelly

[Wheetsin 714]

You really need to do your day of liquids (I assume SF liquids). It's to reduce the size of your liver, which will make your surgery much more doable. An elarged liver, or liver that is not sufficiently shrunk, can cause your surgery to be postponed. Kind of. They have to cut you open & get in there before they know. So if you have to go through it anyway, just buck up, do oe single day of liquids, and don't risk it. (Kinda late telling you this at 3:30 pm though).

If I were you, I would call my surgoen's office and let them know. Then at least there's a chance of avoiding a "surprise" tomorrow. The surgeon can better work with things when they are expected.

You've undoubtedly been giving some fasting instructions too, should be for at least 12 hours prior. This one is important, too.

[Rootman 1,101]

Well 2 guys who worked at the site where I had mine done both said they went hog wild the EVENING before their surgery and they lived to tell about it. Nachos, buffalo wings and tequila shots, YIKES! They said they got real sick but didn't define it exactly and I was reluctant to listen to the gory details as my own post-op tummy wasn't up to hearing about it. I would be very concerned about post-op Constipation too, having your gut packed with waste when anesthesia sometimes hangs up the colon might be pretty painful.

Whatever you do fess up to it and take the consequences. Better safe than sorry.

BTW: I was on liquid diet for 10 days, just wanted to make it as easy as possible and wanted to jump start the weight loss.