Today is day 9 of my liquid diet and my scale shows that I am down 25 pounds, but I will know for sure on Thursday at my pre-op appointment with my surgeon.

I had to eggs last night cause my body felt like it was shutting down..

between the she dizziness and the vertigo and weakness feelings i have been having my surgeon pulled me out of work.

anyone else eat anything 1 week prior to their knife date ?

Any info is appreciated

I just started my preop diet today. My surgeon has me on 2 protein shakes for breakfast and lunch, then small portion of lean protein and small portion of veggies for dinner.

I'm on day 6 (out of 14) of my pre op diet.

Other than a few issues yesterday (nope I didn't cheat) it has been going as well as it can.

I am on a 100% liquid diet. 90g of Protein and all the SF juices and drinks (64oz water) I can have. No soda No caffeine (I live in WA this is hard with all my usual Starbucks shops screaming at me to stop) jell-o and Popsicles are ok but they have to be SF as-well.

Good luck to us all!! Remember it should get better.

I hope you are feeling better soon.

~Kris

Just try to get back on track for the pre op diet. The idea is to shrink the liver. I was able to have a meal replacement for breakfast and small portions of meat and vegetable for lunch and supper (2-4 oz meat with 1/2 cup vegtable and 1/2 meal replacement) for day 1-7. Snacks were a protein bar or liquid. At 3 days prior is when I had to have only clear liquids with no caffeine or carbonated drinks. As much as I felt hungry, the idea of giving my surgeon the best conditions possible for sucessful surgery kept me focused. My nurse who prepped me for surgery said they see the pre op weight loss average of about 20lbs.