Drinking alcohol

[srboyd86 21]

Is it okay to have a glass or two of wine for this pre-op diet? I I have an evening banquet ball to attend I was Wondering if I can have a glass to socialize with my colleagues

[TES 858]

I would opt for something like sparkling Water instead if you can.

[jensjoy28 351]

I say no time like the present to start adjusting your mindset for social situations...choose something else to drink that is non-caloric...will prove to yourself that you can do it, and post-op you will have to get comfortable with how you navigate both eating and drinking in social situations...if it is helpful, imagine yourself pregnant...you wouldn't feel "pressured" to drink alcohol with everyone else because you would know that isn't a healthy choice...or if you were on medication that couldn't beiges with alcohol...you wouldn't take a drink then, right?

[RickM 1,748]

If you are on a pre-op diet, it is usually because your surgeon is looking to improve the condition of your liver to make things easier on him when he is working around it during your surgery. This typically is a low carb diet of some sort and as alcohol is a carb, you don't want it from that perspective, and then you also don't want it for its toxic effects on your liver at this time. Not all docs require these diets, but if he does, then want him to be as comfortable as possible when he is working inside of you; some docs take this seriously enough that if they take a look inside and don't see what they like, they close things up and tell the patient to try it again in a few weeks.

[srboyd86 21]

Thanks for the advice!!! Ill stick with sparking Water with a lime!

[Sydney Susan 333]

It's not about the calories... more complex than that. Most pre op diets are ketosis diets (high Protein, low carb) to help mobilise fat out of your liver, and so shrink it. Alcohol will take you out of ketosis and it will take a couple of days to get back in. Precious time lost pre-op. it's a bummer, but I wouldn't do it.