Pre-Op Diet

[kcmabee 3]

I have read many of your posts and quite honestly I am going crazy having to wait until my may 21 date (95 more sleeps!)...sounds like I am not alone.

One thing I am really curious about is Pre-op diet. How is it possible that all of us who are getting VSG can have such a wide variety of Pre op diets. Some people have 30 days of liquid and/or really restricted diets. I only have liquid 72 hours prior to surgery. Have any of you asked your doctors why? How do those diet differences affect post op weight loss or pain/recovery time?

kc

[clk 3,519]

It's been brought up on the boards here before and honestly it just varies by each doctor and what they prefer. I haven't yet seen a real difference in our recovery due to diets prior to surgery. The only big difference is that I have noticed that people that do an extended pre-op diet don't seem to have that initial big drop in the first month post op. They seem to lose a more reasonable amount of weight, more in line with what they'll lose each month for the first three or four months.

I had Dr. Aceves and he required no pre-op diet but he does have one of the strictest post-op diets.

Just do what your doctor says and you should be fine. Everyone is different but your surgeon has his/her particular diet plan for a reason, even if a different doctor disagrees with that approach.

Best of luck. The time until your surgery will go faster than you think. Hang in there!

~Cheri

[kcmabee 3]

Thank you

[300PoundsDown 101]

I think a lot of it could vary according to how overweight you are. I know for me personally I started at a very high weight and my liver was enlarged. The doctor needed me to shrink my liver as much as possible. I was put on a 2 week pre-op diet as a result. In reality, he did not require me to do it but he firmly suggested it lol !! Good luck!

[kcmabee 3]

Oh that makes sense. Thank you holly!