Ok after I got the clearance from insurance(they told me it would be at least 3 weeks before I even would be scheduled) my surgeons office called Tuesday Sept 21st and gave me a surgery date of Monday Sept 27th. At that time she told me to start on a liquid diet I had already had breakfast and lunch by then, so I started the liquid diet the next day the 22nd, my dilema I struggled and slipped twice since then now my Surgery is tomorrow and I am scared, But the other dilema is if originally I was told I would need to be on a liquid diet for 2 weeks and I was scheduled for surgery with only 5 days of a liquid diet how important is it really? my BMI is 43 wt 267 ht 5feet 6inches need help dont know if I should cancel tomorrow and rescedule.

It all depends on your doctor. The main reason for the liquid diet is to shrink your liver a bit so that it is not in the way when they do the surgery. Everyone's doctor seems to have different guidelines for liquid diets -- different foods allowed & different lengths of time.

i weight 240 and my dr only has me on a liquid diet for 3 days.

my dilema I struggled and slipped twice since then now my Surgery is tomorrow and I am scared

I would get in touch with your doctor and be completely, 100% up-front with them as to exactly what you ate, when you ate it, and how much you ate. The reason for the liquid diet is so that your liver can shrink and give the Dr. room to operate. If that hasn't happened, then there's a good chance they'll sew you back up without having performed the surgery.

That being said, my Surgeon asks for 7 days of clear liquid diet, but when they moved my surgery forward, it really ended up being 5 1/2 to 6 days. No complications and things went great.

Communicate with your surgeon and see what they want to do.

Good luck!

My date is tomorrow too. And just so you know, my surgeon, who is one of Kaiser's best, only has be on liquids today and actually told me to have a regular breakfast and then just to clear liquids the rest of the day and evening. So don't worry. But you should tell your doctor if you did not comply with his protocol.

Ok after I got the clearance from insurance(they told me it would be at least 3 weeks before I even would be scheduled) my surgeons office called Tuesday Sept 21st and gave me a surgery date of Monday Sept 27th. At that time she told me to start on a liquid diet I had already had breakfast and lunch by then, so I started the liquid diet the next day the 22nd, my dilema I struggled and slipped twice since then now my Surgery is tomorrow and I am scared, But the other dilema is if originally I was told I would need to be on a liquid diet for 2 weeks and I was scheduled for surgery with only 5 days of a liquid diet how important is it really? my BMI is 43 wt 267 ht 5feet 6inches need help dont know if I should cancel tomorrow and rescedule.

I would go ahead and go the surgery on the 27th. I didn't have to do a preop and i had a bmi of 44. . . my doctor didn't even require it. . . he felt that was unnecessary. . .but the decision is yours, you spent so much time with the insurance company and you really want the surgery, why would you spoil the opportunity???? My doctor believes you can't "shrink" the liver within a 2 week period, it takes a really long time. . . but you make the choice . . . good luck!

Thank you for the responses I plan on being completelely honest with him and letting him know upfront

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Good Luck Pamela See ya on the Loser side!