Liver diet? Should I be doing that?

[Fluffy420 0]

The only rules my doc said were not to eat or drink anything after midnight the day before surgery. What if he gets in there and cant get past my liver? I weight 265 (down from 276!) I had really good results with my blood work they said everything was perfect. What is the liver diet so maybe I can do some sort of that just to make sure?????

[RestlessMonkey 7]

Trust your doc if you trust him. Not everyone has a liver large enough to stop surgery and in fact it's pretty rare. Believe me, if your surgeon thought you needed to shrink your liver before the surgery, he'd tell you!!!

Just brace yourself to be strong post op; it's tough to follow that post op diet but vital. :smile2:

If you are REALLY worried about the liver thing, ask your surgeon so he can reassure you.

[SuzanneG 1]

Seems to me that it certainly can't hurt. Mine was 10 days protien shake for Breakfast and lunch and lean and green (4 oz meet and a cup of veggies) for dinner.

Good luck to you!

[FailureIsntAnOption 0]

It is my understanding that not everyone has to be on a liver shrinking diet. I believe it depends on your BMI. Friends of mine, husband and wife both had lapband surgery from the same surgeon as myself. The husband who was 400+ pounds had to be on a liver shrinking diet pre-op but the wife did not. She was 280 pounds. I had a BMI of 53 and did have to be on a liver shinking diet. If this is something you would like to do, ask your surgeon if it is alright for you to do this and ask for the info.

[SuzanneG 1]

I was BMI of 37 and my surgeon had me do it. It's likely personal perference, but the way I see it, better safe than sorry.

[Headhunter 6]

If your surgeon does not SPECIFICALLY tell you to follow a diet for "the liver", then don't.

You would likely know by now if there was a liver problem that needed some form of intervention, medically.

Simply do EXACTLY what the Dr told you to do, and don't do anything else. Very often diets that people go on to specifically impact one organ or function can have ANOTHER (sometimes negative) effect on an entirely different organ or function.

So don't mess with it; do what the Doc said. :biggrin:

HH

[RestlessMonkey 7]

I agree with HH! Besides, who willingly tortures him/her self? Those liver shrink diets are harsh! :biggrin:

Ask your surgeon if you're worried, as I said...but you are kind of in his/her hands during the preop and postop phase. You need to communicate with him, follow his rules. You'll make it through and heal well that way!