fatintennessee

You are absolutely right that it's ridiculous 'they' expect us to do this weeks long starvation diet when we're having surgery because we have issues with food in the first place (generally speaking; most of us)!

I understand why they want us to do it, from a surgeon's standpoint, which is to shrink our liver since it rests directly over the area they need to work on when inside ur belly. However, its damn near impossible for us to do it for longer than 1-2 days..and even then... I'm postop and fortunately only had to do 2 days of it, but that was damn hard too!

So, I say all that to say...don't beat urself up. We've all been there. Quite frankly, they're expecting us to cheat at some point, especially the longer the diet/preop diet timeframe. If u just cut out the fried crap, sugary stuff, breads, Pasta, potatoes, and DON'T GAIN lbs on the scale, u will be fine. Ur going to be ok!! Good luck!!

October 10th with Dr. Illan in Tijuana.
I'm having mixed emotions over it.

I will! When is your date?
I have a friend who had hers done by Dr. Illan in May and she was VERY pleased and is doing well.

October 10th with Dr. Illan in Tijuana.
I'm having mixed emotions over it.

I will! When is your date?
I have a friend who had hers done by Dr. Illan in May and she was VERY pleased and is doing well.

October 10th with Dr. Illan in Tijuana.
I'm having mixed emotions over it.

Im having mine done by Dr Illan in Tijuana as well. PLEASE keep me posted. My emotions differ minute to minute. Mostly excited though! [emoji4]

I applaud you for what you do! Shaping the future by teaching is amazing. On my BEST day I couldn't deal with 100 12 year olds!!! [emoji51]

October 10th with Dr. Illan in Tijuana.
I'm having mixed emotions over it.