Was just wondering if anybody has had this done to them cause imvscared my liver won't shrink enough.

I was worried too but my doc insisted that if I follow the preop diet it would. He said he can tell as soon as he gets in if the person cheted on the diet or not.

I did not have this happen but my doctor did tell me that if he opens me up and notices my liver is in bad shape then he would back out. I have hep-c though. All went well tho and he said my liver looked great.

I have heard of this happening! Gosh that would SUCK!!!!!

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The past two days I have hardly nothing to eat. I have a banana, SF JELLO, 3 pieces of sliced ham and dry tuna. I plan on not eating nothing these next 6 days just protein water and Sf jello. Do you think my liver will be shrunk enough

I don't think you'll have a problem as long as you stick to your plan. I did 8 days of protein shakes, cream soup, milk and water.

I hate the protein shakes, I've order some chewable protein. What kind of cream soup? And you drank milk? I think I can do that.

This is nuts...FOLLOW YOUR DOCTORS PLAN! There is no need to guess and all docs are different. Just do what your doctor asked you to do. Starvation actually will backfire on you!

I got to agree with Iggychic...follow our doctor's plan and you won't have a problem. If you can have cream soups, I was really liking the cream of potato and cream of corn soups. Funny cause since surgery I haven't had any. Just the thought of them makes me gag.

So there is the great difference between docs plans. I can NOT have cream soups as I am far too limited by my carb requirements to even touch the stuff and yet as I type this I am just finishing a lovely glass of Pinot noir. I'm totally on plan as I'm sure the butter man has been as well. Follow your doctors plan!

Thank you for the advise, I am getting in protein and taking vitamins also getting in alot of water. The shakes are just hard to get down.

I would not go overboard and starve yourself. Follow your doctor's instructions to a T and you will be just fine =) Many of us have even had slips pre-op and still been alright. There's not much you can do other than follow directions, so try not to get yourself too worked up.

The only pre-op diet I had to do was clear liquids for 3 days as well as no vitamins during that time. That was enough time for my liver to 'shirnk' enough for surgery. As long as you follow your doctors orders and don't cheat you should be fine. I worried about every little thing before my surgery and everything ended up fine. Good Luck!

Thank you everyone. I am going to stop worrying and try to enjoy my excitement of the chance of a life time.