Pre op diet questions

[axd0424 33]

Why are there so many diff types. My girlfriends was 10 day..I'm 5 days. But I'm reading on these forums. Some people don't have to any. One girl wrote she was eating lobster the day before. So who's right?

[Jessica H 79]

Depends on the physician. I have a 2 week liquid diet. You'd think it'd be the same across the board!

[Richard Foor 655]

It more or less just has to do with what the individual surgeons and NUT's believe is best. Some of them use the preop as a preparatory phase for the patient to better be ready post op for what they have to do the first couples weeks especially.

[AmyinMI 5]

I was told it is up to the surgeon. My surgeon has a 4 week requirement. I just scheduled my surgery for 5/15 and started it Friday. She did say my labs & overall health would qualify me for a shorter preop period, but she didn't have anything available.

[mjameyson 3]

Lobster is actually pretty low fat, seafood in general is healthy. As long as she didn't dip it in butter! Lol