I'm on the preop diet since 1/18 and I had a breakdown today, I had a big fight with my son's dad, and I ended up eating some of my son's KFC popcorn ck , and know i'm so mad at myself and scared that i reaaly messed . My sugery is next Tuesday the 2nd. Has anyone else go thru thisand if so did they cacel the sugery, or was everything ok? I didn't have my last 2 shakes in hope to balance it a little

Hi Tweety,

How much did you eat? It sounds like it was one meal. My bet would be that it is OK, but fess up to your surgeon to be sure.

I doubt you are the first to mess up on the pre-op diet. Some surgeons don't even require a pre-op diet. But as yours did, admit what happened and let the doc decide the best way to proceed.

Best wishes!

It was about 2 cups, I sure hope you are right, I will be very upset if my dr say differnent!!!!!!!!:bored:

Tweety, my bet is that 2 cups is not a big deal, but I understand your fears! Just be certain to stick with the pre-op for the remainder of the time!

Part of me thinks the surgeons expect we will cheat. They know we suffer from Last Meal-itis during this time. They also know most of us are food addicts, and are dealing with many issues during the pre-op time!

At the same time, I am not recommending you should lie about it...maybe he won't ask

Thank you for the imput, it makes me feel better!

My office Christmas party fell half way through my 2 week pre-op, I emailed my docs nurse before the part and said... "what if..." her advice was to just get back on the wagon the next day and it wouldn't be a problem....and he never asked Good luck!

I fell off the wagon during my pre op diet with shrimp fried rice. I ate the entire container over two days. I just got back on the wagon and surgery went fine.

Aww Tweety, I am sorry that happened to you. I would just give the Dr. a quick call and then jump right back into your pre-op. Should you have the shakes though--the idea is to build up your protien intake as well as to shrink your liver--that popcorn chicken is lots of breading (carbs) so maybe you should still have your shakes?