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Hi

I am due to have my surgery next week and I am worried I haven't lost much yet! Just 3kgs. Is it possible surgery could be cancelled if I don't reach the suggested 5-10kgs loss?

Thank you

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I guess that it is possible, depending upon why they are imposing the diet and what their expectation and requirements are. The VSG itself doesn't require any particular pre-op diet other than the day before to ensure that things are empty when they do surgery, but individual surgeons and programs can impose them (or not) for their own specific reasons.

In your particular case, if the diet and loss requirements are something that your surgeon believes in, then he may delay things if he doesn't think that you are making adequate progress. OTOH, if your surgeon is more of just an employee of the practice or hospital and the diet is someone else's idea or policy, then he may well give you a pass on it if he doesn't really believe in it.

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Definitely a question for your surgeon. Mine did not care if I lost anything prior to surgery.

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