So I was lurking on this forum for about a month (by the way you all are amazing!!) so after being approved for surgery this past Friday I was expecting them to say, "oh and by the way, only liquids from now until surgery...Welp, I was in for a big suprise when she said "Just come here on July 6th for pretesting, and your pre-op appt with the dr will be the day before surgery." soooooo Maye she'll tell me only liquids at the July 6th appt. Even still, my surgery is July 13th so that's only a week of liquids!!

Sound familiar to anyone?

So I was lurking on this forum for about a month (by the way you all are amazing!!) so after being approved for surgery this past Friday I was expecting them to say, "oh and by the way, only liquids from now until surgery...Welp, I was in for a big suprise when she said "Just come here on July 6th for pretesting, and your pre-op appt with the dr will be the day before surgery." soooooo Maye she'll tell me only liquids at the July 6th appt. Even still, my surgery is July 13th so that's only a week of liquids!!

Sound familiar to anyone?

I thought that was to make the liver soft and pliable? maybe you are a softy! Good luck and congrats!!

Not all doctors require a preop diet.

My doc doesnt but my BMI was low so my liver wasn't a problem. Sometimes he has patients that have fatty livers but he still doesnt require a pre op diet.

I had no pre-op diet, I was just warned not to gain weight in that last week before surgery. Congrats!

I have a pre-op diet, but it's more of an Atkins-like thing (very high in lean Proteins, low in carbs) rather than a liquid diet.

One week tomorrow is surgery day!

My pre-op diet was only the day before surgery. I had to drink only liquids. After the surgery I had to do a liquid diet for 1 month and then I could go straight to eating regular food. We had no mushy stage. No eating for a month nearly killed me.

I was on a liquid diet for 8 days before surgery

So I was lurking on this forum for about a month (by the way you all are amazing!!) so after being approved for surgery this past Friday I was expecting them to say, "oh and by the way, only liquids from now until surgery...Welp, I was in for a big suprise when she said "Just come here on July 6th for pretesting, and your pre-op appt with the dr will be the day before surgery." soooooo Maye she'll tell me only liquids at the July 6th appt. Even still, my surgery is July 13th so that's only a week of liquids!!

Sound familiar to anyone?

my surgeon required no pre-op diet and only wanted liquids on the day before surgery and one week after surgery. then he progressed me onto mushies.

So I was lurking on this forum for about a month (by the way you all are amazing!!) so after being approved for surgery this past Friday I was expecting them to say, "oh and by the way, only liquids from now until surgery...Welp, I was in for a big suprise when she said "Just come here on July 6th for pretesting, and your pre-op appt with the dr will be the day before surgery." soooooo Maye she'll tell me only liquids at the July 6th appt. Even still, my surgery is July 13th so that's only a week of liquids!!

Sound familiar to anyone?

My sugery is this Thursday, June 16th. I went in for my pre-op last Wednesday. I was given a diet that wasn't oo bad. All protein and starch free veggies, stay under 30 carbs per day for five days. Last two days nothing but liquids, jello, sugar free popsicles. I was surprised at the amount of weight I have taken off in such a short time. He was very serious about having our livers be shrunk and like jello so that he can move around it to get the band on. I'm on all liquids today, I am hungry, but it is not that bad. Good luck to you.

You're lucky! It really depends on the surgeon and even then they sometimes give pre-op instructions on a patient by patient basis depending on overall health and BMI.

Trade ya, 3 week liquids pre-op, 2 weeks liquid post-op, 2 weeks mushies!! On day 8 of the pre-op, not too bad yet.

I had no pre-op diet requirements and it was only suggested I do clear liquids after midnight until my surgery (which was 12:30 pm the next day). It surprised me too, but it was also pretty great

You're lucky! It really depends on the surgeon and even then they sometimes give pre-op instructions on a patient by patient basis depending on overall health and BMI.

My surgeon didn't even do it on a patient by patient basis. In the packet that was given out at the seminar it had a one week pre op diet list in it. It is weird because it was probably almost 7 months prior to surgery and I dint think he reminded me to do it before surgery. I still did it

My doc requires a 5 day CLEAR liquid diet for 5 days before surgery. But, he told me that since my BMI is over 50 that he wanted me to do EIGHT days instead! My surgery is June 20th and I have been drinking chicken broth, eating sugar free popsicles and Jello along with three Protein shakes a day since June 12th and this is totally for the birds. I just want to curl up and go to sleep only to wake when it's time to go to the hospital and have my surgery!

Today I went to the store to buy foods for post op and I almost passed out in the store. I was broken out in a full sweat and everything. Plus, I have had diarrhea since I started this diet so running errands has been hard because I have to be constantly aware of where the bathroom is everywhere I go.

Gah! I can't wait for this to be over with!