6th day on liquid diet and frustrated!

[kerrik54304 35]

Anyone else loose little to no weight on their preop diet? I feel like I have been do really good with nothing to show. I am afraid that my doc isn't going to believe that I did it! My surgery is in two days.

[plain 12]

Yeah, some docs are really strict and won't do the surgery if the patient hasn't lost enough weight.....and some are pretty flexable. Good luck!

[dburk 0]

Apparently each doctor is quite different in the diet requests. I have 3 friends who were told to do a 2 week liquid diet prior to surgery but I was told to do only 7 days (and we're all fairly close in size). I didn't even get weighed on the morning of surgery so they didn't watch that closely. Just stick with it for health reasons and I'm sure you'll be fine!! Good luck!!

[teachergirl 0]

I am really hoping my doctor isn't really stick about the diet. He didn't seem to be when I met with him. I guess I will know in a couple of days (having surgery on Thursday). I am self-pay...hope that helps him not tell me NO!

[plain 12]

Well, see, the weight is not the thing, per se. What will really decide if somebody gets the band or not is if they have significant fat deposits around their liver. A fatty liver can make it difficult (and more dangerous) to place the band.

[teachergirl 0]

Mine said that it was just easier on him and me for recovery. How do they check if you have too much fat around your liver?

[AngelWhisper 0]

They have no way of knowing until they actually go in. The 2 week or however long liquid diet or high Protein no carb diet is to shrink the liver so the chances of it being too big are a lot less.

[plain 12]

Yup. What Angel said. Since there is no way to really know without going in laproscopically, weight lost is the next best indicator. In theory, a person could lose a lot of scale weight, and their liver may still be too heavy to place the band, I guess.

[Jacks2009 0]

I only lost 3 pounds on my liquid diet - and my dr was fine with it. He told me not to worry that the surgery would take place. So don't worry to much about it. If they don't do it - they will really only delay it about a week, but for the most part they will do the surgery.

Keep us posted and good luck.