No pre-op diet.......

[John.L 25]

My pre-op diet is only for three days, with nothing after midnight the night before. My guess is that some patients might benefit more from certain pre-op precautions? I want to do everything I can to make this go smoothly so I'll follow his advice to the letter!

[Pelicanlady 122]

My doctor didn't require it. The day before surgery I could eat light with no food after 6 pm and nothing by mouth after midnight.

[crazzeescrapper 125]

No pre-op requirement here either. Was told to eat light for 2 days prior to surgery. Of course nothing after midnight the night before. My surgery is Thursday and I tried to do all liquid yesterday and broke down at dinner time and had two slices of ham and cheese and a yogurt. So today I had a shake for Breakfast and brought yogurt and Jello for the rest of the day, I'm going with the eating light plan instead of all liquid since I have no requirements. My friend had the same surgeon and she ate everything she could right up to the night before her surgery and didn't have any issues. Not sure why there is such a difference in requirements by surgeons.

[old_rn 110]

I have been on a preop diet since June 20 with no surgery date yet. Also not dealing with insurance requirements since mine won't pay a dime. I have shake, bar, shake, bar and 3oz of Protein and 1 cup of fresh veggies at dinner. I can have a sf Jello or popsicle. I also have to drink a minimum of 64oz of Water daily.

[Forsythia 882]

My pre-op diet was really ... Atkinsesque. High Protein, low carb, but not liquid. I took this as an invitation to eat lots and lots of delicious meats. Steak. chicken. Bacon. But mostly steak. Then, the night before no food after midnight. I lost weight on this meaty diet. From 312 to 294.

[Ccr3 16]

Wow that is great! I feel much better now. I hope the transition will be smooth after surgery. I am starting to,get anxious now!

[lastingdreams 57]

I weigh 396 pounds. My doctor gave me no pre op diet with the exception of eat 80% less in the 10 days before surgery and no food after midnight the night before. I'm scheduled for August 18 as long as i can bring down my white blood count.