Day of surgery turned away

[cari73 64]

A friend told me that on day of her surgery she saw someone get turned away for losing to much on the pre op diet. Anyone had problems or heard of this? My pre op diet starts Monday

[lynn2win 142]

Never heard of that...you would think that would be a plus

[cari73 64]

That's what I thought.. I thought the point of the pre op diet was to sharing liver for an easier surgery

[angiem1973 11]

That is bizarre - my only thought is perhaps they fell below the BMI requirements from the insurance company - but that would be so weird, because the weight will come back as soon as you start eating "normal".

[Sleeveless in seattle 208]

My surgeon has turned people away for not following the pre-op. Has even gone to start surgery and backed out because their livers were not shrunk. The only reason I can think of turning away losing too much is if they were starving themselves and not strong enough for surgery.

[Cupcake 801]

My surgeon cancel a surgery because the person gained to much weight and didn't loose.

[Imanurse 27]

I would think they are sick- fever, chills and such but not for loosing to much- that doesn't seem right.

[cari73 64]

Typo I put liver sharing. Was supposed to say liver shrinkage..

[sblissp 16]

I was only required to lose 35lbs but I lost 60 and my liver was still very large and difficult to maneuver around. My surgeon mentioned that the other lobe was smaller, but not the side that needed to be...but all went well anyway..just took longer.

[NMJG 1,266]

My surgeon also cancels the day of surgery if you did not lose what you were supposed to, or in my case if I gained any (i had a lower BMI). I lost 5 lbs to be safe.

Never heard of canceling because someone lost too much. Sounds odd. Maybe if your BMI got below 30.....