Pre op diet dilemma!

[missy5099 16]

Hey everyone!

I haven't started my preop diet yet waiting for surgery date but had a question about it.

The preop diet my doctor said will be 4 weeks. I have to drink 3-4 Protein drinks and one meal that consists of 4oz lean meat, fish or poultry with 1-2 cups of veggies.

I just realized that I have a bachelorette party weekend to go to about 2 weeks before surgery. How detrimental would it be if I had a weekend full of drinking? I can stick with the diet but it would be unrealistic to say I'm not going to drink. If I am not drinking 26 out of the 28 days of the diet, is it really going to mess everything up?!

I mean I have worked so hard to get where I am at that I obviously don't want to mess up the surgery so of it will mess things up, I would miss the weekend all together. But just be honest, did people slip up on their diet? Did it affect the surgery? Thanks!!

[Dar200 285]

Ok. I'm no doctor or nurse or anything. My gut feeling is this. We do the pre op diet in order to make our livers shrink. The liver lays across your stomach and if it hasn't shrunk down, it is very difficult for the surgeon to work around. I think if it me, I'd call the nurse about it. Good luck!

[butterfly23 423]

While I am not a healthcare provider, I work in liver disease. The goal of the pre-op diet is to help shrink the liver and alcohol is the worst toxin for the liver (and causes inflammation of the liver). I hate to tell you this but I'm worried that drinking could affect your liver and therefore the ease of surgery. I'm not saying I was perfect on my preop, but I was really careful the last two weeks and my surgeon said that he could tell by my liver. I don't envy you, this would be a tough decision for me as well. Best of luck