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I wonder way there are so many different pre- op diets?



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I live in NJ, for a lap band my Dr. Only required a 24hr clear liquid diet for this procedure. Did any of your Dr's say why some if you had to be on a week long liquid diet? I was just wondering, I understand for a sleeve or gastric banding to clean out all the pipes. But just for a band o_0. Just asking. :-)

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I was on two weeks of liquids, I believe, so my liver would shrink prior to surgery. I think that is my docs standard procedure.

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My dr said the same thing, about wanting the liver to shrink. But I went in for my consultation with him on Monday and had my surgery on Friday. He told me to eat light on Thursday and that was it. I may have died doing 2 weeks before and 2 weeks after of liquid! :)

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My doctor requires it to shrink the liver. It's easier for them to do the surgery since they have to move around it to place the band.

For me personally, the 2 weeks on liquids prior also helped to prepare me for the liquid phase after surgery.

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24 hour liquids prior to surgery is standard procedure for any surgery under full anesthesia....required by the anesthesiologist in the event of possible vomiting and aspiration...

As far as the pre-op diet, my Dr. did not care what diet I followed as long as I lost 15-20 lbs (?) or else....a full liquid just happens to be the most efficient..

BTW, what part of NJ are you and where did you have your surgery?

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My anesthesiologist said NPO after midnight, my surgery was 12:30 the next day.

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My doctor insists that we shrink our liver. He explained to me that he has to move the liver out of the way and that it is very delicate and can rip easily. I actually had to do 3 weeks of the pre-op because my surgery date was postponed for a week. That was hard and I must admit that between the 2nd and 3rd weeks I cheated over that weekend.

There was a guy waiting for surgery in the stall next to me. The doctor came in and discussed that he only lost 7 pounds and there was a possibility he wouldn't be able to do the surgery if the liver was still too large. Scary! I'm glad I had lost 15 pounds. Doctor took the guy back and I didn't hear what happened in the end. I sure hope he went through with placing the band for that patient. It would suck to get in to surgery and be closed up and told to go diet some more.

Strange how some docs are strict about this and others are not.

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It seems there are almost as many guidelines as there are doctors. You will find that all the time on the forum. Nice to see what others do. Congrats and best of luck!

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I was on two weeks of liquids, I believe, so my liver would shrink prior to surgery. I think that is my docs standard procedure.

That is the same thing my Dr said to shrink the liver, I have noticed there are serveral different diets, I get to shakes in and a 4 oz dinner with greens, for two weeks.

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@ B-52, I'm in Morristown and had it done at Morristown Medical Center. My Doctor was Nick Bertha he was very nice.

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Oh ok, I guess they can tell by the blood work, my doctor told me I had a small liver which is way I only have 3 incision sites.

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    • Alisa_S

      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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