Sorry, may be a stupid question..

[JessicaAnn 564]

This is all new, but I was wondering what is the point of the 2 week pre-op diet? Is it to lose some weight before the surgery? Or to clean out your stomach?

[FeeIsMe2 508]

It's to shrink your liver for a safer surgery.

[JerseyGirl68 1,172]

It's a fair question. I was told it was to shrink my liver prior to surgery, making the surgery itself and recovery easier. I found it to be a good starting point so I wasn't dealing with the shock of surgery on top of severe diet restrictions afterward.

Some with a high BMI have to do a longer pre-op, sometimes needing to lose 10% of their weight prior to surgery.

The last thing I would have wanted to do was compromise my surgery because I couldn't follow direction for two weeks.

All doctors are different, you won't know what yours expects until you speak with them.

Good luck!!

[Rootman 1,101]

As mentiones, to jump start the weight loss and empty not the stomach but the colon. I would HIGHLY recommend it as it does NO harm and my make you more comfortable and shrink your liver a tad and reduce the chance of it being nicked during surgery.

Be sure to ask your doc first.

[LindaS 316]

I was told the purpose was to reduce the size of my liver to get it out of the way during surgery. That reason was important to my doctor but I didn't really see the outcome. For me, the benefit was more in that it kick-started my mental work.

The pre-op diet was probably the hardest thing I ever did. It made me realize how serious my surgery was and gave me a good example of what my after-surgery diet would be. It helped me get on track mentally and prepared me for after surgery.

I remember before surgery how hard it was because it was such a little amount of food. And then after surgery, I remember how hard eating was because it seemed like it was so much food -- but it was only a portion of what I was eating pre-op. This really helped me rethink my idea of "too much" or "too little" and put it all in perspective for me.

[Catherine Shinn Habhab 97]

Remember:

THERE IS NO STUPID QUESTION!!!!

[amitch17 17]

Lol well some questions are stupid but hers wasnt.

[JessicaAnn 564]

Lol well some questions are stupid but hers wasnt.

Haha thanks!