Wine and Pre-op Diet

[SleevePerry 248]

I am one week into a three week pre-op. My diet guidelines are 3-4 Protein shakes a day and 1 Lean Cuisine-type meal. Goal is to keep my calories under 1000-1200/day.

I've been very good at keeping on plan, and I plan to stick with it. No cheating whatsoever. I'm having 3 shakes and the frozen dinner. I haven't been drinking that 4th shake, as I thought I'd reduce my calories as much as possible. One thing I was wondering, though, and I do plan to ask my doc on this, is if I can have one small glass of red wine several days before surgery. I realize I won't be drinking for 6 months or so after surgery, and I'm cool with that, but I would love to have one last glass sometime between now and my surgery, if it's not going to do any damage. I'd welcome your thoughts on this...

[Sharon1964 2,530]

My thoughts are... do what your surgeon says.

[samuelsmom 670]

Asking the doctor or nutritionist is a good idea. Just my opinion here--- I don't think a small glass of wine will derail your pre-op diet unless it is a trigger for you. For example, french bread is a trigger food for me and pre-op I could not stop at just one piece!

[SleevePerry 248]

Thanks @samuelsmom. I plan to ask the doc before doing anything. I would ideally like to have a glass of wine next Friday, which would be ten days before my surgery. I'm hoping that, if I stick to the pre-op diet to the letter, one 100 calorie glass won't destroy three solid weeks of dieting.

[Inner Surfer Girl 12,015]

Yes, ask your surgeon. The intent of the pre-op diet is to shrink your liver. Based on my pre-op diet, which was fairly generous, wine was not allowed.

[Totoro 66]

I had a 4 Week preop diet prescribed for me, and a family wedding right in the middle of it. I asked the surgeon if I could cheat just on the wedding and he said of course I could!! So I ate and drank to my heart's content. Then I had my sister's 40TH birthday dinner the week before surgery and I had a margarita. My liver was absolutely fine.