I'm 4 days into my liquid diet, surgery is the 28'th. I was reading my pre-op paperwork yesterday and seen that I could have as much broth as I wanted as long as it was a low sodium. Well, I was really wanting something other than a shake or sf Jello, and I didn't have any low sodium broth at the house so I figured I'd just have normal broth and not drink any diet soda or anything today to make up for it.

I just got back from the sore getting some low sodium broth, and I wanted to compare the two, and that's when I noticed one of those little cubes makes 14 servings? The hell? How do you split 3 cups of Water between 14 people? I thought I maybe I had a days worth of sodium or something, (30% of a days sodium per cube, and I figured it made 2 or 3 servings tops) but it seems I had like 4 and a half ? (14 x 30 = 4.2 days worth of sodium)

I'm worried about retaining some water so I'm just going to drink water from now till the 28'th to try and flush as much salt out of my system as I can. Is there anything else I can do? Besides making sure to read the whole label before eating something from now on.

Honestly, I think you'll be just fine. Drinking Water and cutting down on the sodium will flush it out pretty quickly. Green Tea is good for water retention, too.

Good luck with your surgery!

I agree with Missy! Great job reading labels though...It will serve you well in the months to come! Good luck!

You're fine...you didn't really mess up. Water retention has little to no effect on the amount of fat you're trying to eliminate from your liver. Want to hear about somebody messing up on the preop diet? I'll spare you...just know that I didn't get serious until 5 days before my surgery and I was fine. But don't let my bad behavior influence you to do the same. Keep reading labels and doing the best you can, nobody is perfect.

Oh man. You're so screwed. Just kidding. Lol. Honestly, you're being more conscientious than most which probably means you'll do really well with the band. Good luck!

WOW, you should do really well with your lab band Journey.

I agree with the others just go one from here. Your just beginning and just remember to keep coming back to this board and follow your DR's instruction. Keep them informed as well through the good and the bad.

Haha, ok. Thanks guys. I just don't want to blow the 5 months it took to get to this point.

Don't worry you'll be fine. I had some high sodium broth by mistake and it did not make a difference but Missy is right. The water will help flush out the excess sodium.