Ok I'm having surgery on April 20, my pre-op appointment is April 18. My doctor has not put me on any pre-op liquid diet. I have lost 65 pounds preparing for sugery, i dont know if thats relevent. My question is anybody else not get liquid diet and how will this affect my surgery?

Ok I'm having surgery on April 20' date=' my pre-op appointment is April 18. My doctor has not put me on any pre-op liquid diet. I have lost 65 pounds preparing for sugery, i dont know if thats relevent. My question is anybody else not get liquid diet and how will this affect my surgery? [/quote']

Wow - 65lbs! Well done.

My surgery date is 26th April and I've been given a diet sheet to follow eg Breakfast = 1x mixed grain bread toasted with a tiny bit of low far spread. Snack mid-morning is half pot of yoghurt with Almond shavings (the other half is for afternoon snack with fruit), lunch is an open sandwich and dinner is 4oz of meat or Quorn product... I should say this is not accurate and is from memory as I am on holiday with family in Tenerife just now, but my dietician prefers patients to get used to the type and amount of food in preparation for post-op life rather than shakes. Perhaps, as you have obviously been hugely successful dieting pre-op he's happy for you to continue doing what you are doing?! I should be starting my pre-op diet tomorrow but won't be able to until we get home on Sat. Getting a bit worried about it so might well resort to shakes to catch up just don't tell my dietician!

The very best of luck on the 20th. Keep in touch and let us know how you are getting on:)

I was under the impression that the purpose of the pre-op (liquid) diet was to shrink the liver so it's easier to lift up out of the way during the procedure.

Perhaps your surgeon feels your 63 pound weight loss has shrunk your liver for you already?

Congrats on your pre-op weight loss, btw. That's impressive. Best of luck with your surgery.

I was also given a preop diet to follow in order to shrink my liver. I was on a lowfat atkins diet. If that's basically how you are eating now, I would say you are good to go.

Best of luck on the surgery! Please keep us posted!

No pre-op diet for me. When I asked the surgeon about shrinking the liver he just laughed and said he could work with any size liver.

Wow, good for you losing all that weight before surgery! I too, did not need a pre-op diet. All doctors are different I suppose. Mine just frankly doesn't believe it does any good. . . he told me i could go ahead and do it if i wanted to, but it wasn't necessary. The liver, he said, takes longer then 2 weeks to shrink and he just didn't see the point of it. . . soooooo with that said, i'm sure there are others who'll disagree, but whatever. . . he also stated that my BMI wasn't high enough and that i was on the "small" side (hahaha, that one made me laugh) at 350 lbs "on the small side". . . so don't fret any, i'm out now 3 years and haven't had any type of problems except for malabsorption, but thank goodness for vitamins and doctors for that one! good luck!

Wow' date=' good for you losing all that weight before surgery! I too, did not need a pre-op diet. All doctors are different I suppose. Mine just frankly doesn't believe it does any good. . . he told me i could go ahead and do it if i wanted to, but it wasn't necessary. The liver, he said, takes longer then 2 weeks to shrink and he just didn't see the point of it. . . soooooo with that said, i'm sure there are others who'll disagree, but whatever. . . he also stated that my BMI wasn't high enough and that i was on the "small" side (hahaha, that one made me laugh) at 350 lbs "on the small side". . . so don't fret any, i'm out now 3 years and haven't had any type of problems except for malabsorption, but thank goodness for Vitamins and doctors for that one! good luck![/quote']

Did you have malabsorption issues with the sleeve?

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I was only on a pre-op diet for 10 days prior to surgery and it was no sugar, and no starchy carbs. Normally, too, the pre-op diet requires only 4 ounces of meat per day, but since I was "close" to not qualifying, I didn't need to adhere to the limited meat requirement. I lost 5 pounds in those 10 days - huh! Good luck to you!!

No pre-op diet for me. We just had to learn how to eat after the initial liquid, mushy stuff and learn about labels and all that nutrition stuff.