Dr Garcia

[ready2bskinny 31]

Oct 10th and on the paper work I received it says ill need to follow a pre op diet 7-14 days prior how do I know if I need to do 7 or 14 days?

I'm 5'2/255lbs if that helps any..

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[Jesser 295]

I haven't had the surgery yet, but from browsing around on here for months I've read a lot of different replies to this. In my opinion, I would try to do the pre-op for as long as you can- in your case the 14 days if at all possible because it will shrink your liver. That makes it easier for the surgeon to maneuver around. I also read that if it is small enough, the surgeon may only have to do 4 incisions instead of 5! again, I'm just kinda telling you a little bit of what I've read along the way.

[5DogMa 62]

This higher your BMI the longer the pre-op diet. Shrinking the fatty liver helps with the surgery. So the more you have to shrink, the longer the pre-op. Ask the coordinator or doctor and they will tell you for sure. My daughter had a lower BMI. I think it was 36 and she only had a 3 day pre-op with Garcia. I had a 42 BMI and my doctor wanted me to lose 10% of my body weight before surgery which I did and he said my anatomy was perfect the the pre-op weight loss helped a lot. In my opnion, lose as much as possible before surgery to help make things easier for everyone. The quiker your in and out of surgery the better.

[Threetimesacharm 1,400]

I had surgery with Dr. Garcia on the 10th. I asked my coordinator, Alma, and I had a BMI of 36 so she said to do one week. I did 9 days instead and did not have to have the extra incision to hold up my liver. As the other poster said, if you can do it longer it will only benefit you in the long run.

[ready2bskinny 31]

Thanks everyone, I appreciate all the responses.

Amazon what about the 3 day liquid phase does that include the Reg pre op diet?

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[muffintop 62]

These diets are weird I have a 34 Bmi and was given a 7-14 day diet. It's going to be difficult but I can do it( mind u I have not started it yet)