Pre op diet

[anewme1004 3]

I'm noticing people saying they have to have a pre op diet but my dr said I didn't have to have one I wonder why.

[kooks3003 41]

Might be that ur smaller around the belly area. Forms I carry a bit too much there and it makes it harder for surgery . My friend got it and only needed a week or two cause she had a waste line of some sort lol

Think it depends

[anewme1004 3]

Might be that ur smaller around the belly area. Forms I carry a bit too much there and it makes it harder for surgery . My friend got it and only needed a week or two cause she had a waste line of some sort lol

Think it depends

Oh ok I don't think I'm smaller around the belly lol but ok thx

[jdedeyan 6]

• I'm the same, my NUT, said that it was because my fat levels in my blood were ok. Apparantly, my live wasnt really fatty either. However, I had a radiologist say my live was getting fatty. I decided to do a 2 week one atleast. :0)
  

[tracyhelen 35]

I heard that a pre-operation diet helps to shrink the liver before the operation because your

stomach is right next to the liver when the doctor does the gastric sleeve. I think it depends on what

your surgeon wants.

[clk 3,519]

It varies by surgeon. There are benefits to having one and benefits to not having one.

I didn't have one, either, and it was one less thing to worry about.

Good luck,

~Cheri

[MichiganChic 3,262]

I had to do one, for two weeks. As others have said, varies by physician. My doc's process is based on BMI; the higher it is, the longer the liquid diet. In my case, 2 weeks, lol. Their rationale is that it shrinks the liver by 15%, decreasing chances of liver laceration during the procedure, and gives more room to work. I did the diet, and when they got in there, he said I had a great looking liver....so I doubt 2 weeks of liquid diet did that. Your doc knows what her feels comfortable with.