Hello to everyone, my name is Chandra and I am having the VSG on November 17, 2009! I'm so excited and scared and anyone out there feeling a little like.. what if it doesn't work for me like it does others? But really my question is that my surgeon does NOT require a pre-surgical diet. I am ok with that as long as it's a healthy decision. Anyone else out there have a surgeon that does NOT require a pre-op diet? and if so.. did they give you info why they choose to not require that for their patients?

Thank you,

~Chandra:001_smile:

None required for me, but I wasn't the standard bariatric patient. I understand that the doc doesn't require anything except clear liquids after noon the prior morning for all his patients.

Thanks for the feedback! They assured me it's ok and that I will be taking milk of magnesia the night before at like 5pm then stop eating but that is it.

p.s. enjoying your live journal... you look great!

My surgeon did not require a strict pre-op diet for me. My surgeon looks at each person's individual situation and prescribes pre-op diets based on need. (I was a lower bmi, so I guess he wasn't too concerned with my liver.) I was told at my first nutrition meeting to follow an Atkins like diet until my surgery and I did for the month before surgery and managed to loose 16 pounds. I had to do two days of clear liquids directly before my surgery to help clean me out.

I didn't have any special pre-op diet either. He just told me not to gain weight when I first saw him in August but when I had gone for my pre-op physical with him before my surgery I had gained 4 lbs and he called me out on it. I worked hard the 2 weeks before my surgery and I ended up losing 7 lbs.

I was supposed to eat "light" the day before my surgery and nothing after midnight. No biggie. Now that I'm on Day 11 of liquids I'm so grateful I didn't have to do 2 weeks of liquids beforehand. I'd be going crazy by now. Kudos to those who do liquids before.

I didn't have a strict pre-op diet for either of my surgeries. For my band, I had to do clear liquids the night before surgery, and low carb a week before surgery. For my revision from band to sleeve, I had to do high protein/low carb for a week before surgery.