4 pound weight gain on pre op liquid diet

[princess of Monaco 1]

I'm to have my surgery on Feb 2 I weighed myself today I gained 4 pounds I have liquids until Monday I go to sign paperwork and testing I'm diabetic as well

Will this effect my surgery has this happens to anyone before

Any feedback would be cool

[perforce 243]

It depends on your doctor. Some are very strict on their pre-op and weight gain. The pre op diet is mainly about shrinking the liver though, what were you eating that made you gain the weight? if your liver is too big it could indeed affect surgery, but you do have a few days to fix it if you're strict with yourself.

[Ohsosleeved 13]

Depends on the doc. My surgery was just cancelled due to weight gain of 15 lbs over the last 5 months. They didn't tell me about these rules beforehand so I am very upset. Four pounds doesn't seem like much but it really just depends on how strict your doc is. Mine is very strict clearly. They want me to lose the weight before they will schedule me again. While I will be losing the weight (I've already lost 2 lbs since Wednesday), I will be consulting with other surgeons because I have a strict timing window due to work. I already have prior auth from the insurance company.

[Kindle 8,667]

How long have you been on liquids and did you strictly follow your instructions? My surgeon absolutely would not have performed my surgery if I hadn't lost the required 5% of my body weight on my preop. I was so nervous about it I started my preop early and just to be safe I lost 9%. Not only does it make for a safer surgery, it just makes less weight you have to lose postop.

[cindyw41 761]

You must stay strictly on your liquid diet so you shrink your liver. My dr had an allowance of 5lbs weight gain during the 6 months pre-op phase but again every dr is different. If you are disciplined on the liquid diet and only have what is allowed you should be fine. I dropped weight quickly on it.