hi everyone!

so i met with the nutritionist today and start my liquid diet today.

the "grocery list" ddnt really mention anything about adding any Protein.

should i wait on adding protein powders?

Anyone else run into this?

sonia

Follow your pre-op directions and don't add or delete from it without checking with your surgical team. I was required to consume Medifast shakes with no added protein.

Can anyone tell me if they did NOT have to go on a liquid diet or fast for many days before their banding? Because I have to travel quite far for my surgery, I will not be meeting my surgeon until the day before, and all I have been told is that I will need to only have clear liquids the day before the surgery. Everyone else on this site seems to have had to diet for weeks or months before, so I am worried that somehow I have not been given the right information. Has anyone else not had to diet before surgery? Thanks for your help!

Sorry, I forgot to add that I have lost 5 pounds on my own, but the doctor doesn't know that. I am a slow loser so I probably won't lose much more than that before my surgery day....

From what I've read, just about ever doctor is different and sometimes the patients within the same doctor are different.

I had to do two weeks of low carb, low fat but another lady who went to my same doctor had to do liquids for two weeks before her surgery.

I have to do two weeks of liquids. I was given a choice among a few different drinks and I chose the SlimFast Optima for its price and convenience. I can have 5 shakes a day and up to 2 cups of raw or cooked veggies (no corn, peas, potatoes, etc.)

Today is day 4 and it's actually going better than I anticipated.

I only had to do two days of clear liquids preop.

i was told to go sugar free as much as I can and look at the nutritional info and make sure the sugar is low and have the Slim fast optima... but the optima have more sugar than the slim fast high protein... i wanted to call the nutritionalist while I was at the grocery store. I also checked out the atkins shakes and they had less calories and sugar than the SF. I bought a box of each and cut out the nutritional info. I figure I'll email the patient advocate and see what she thinks....

I will be banded on 10/23 and based on my B.M.I. which is 50 I was instructed to join the Optifast plan. I can have up to 8 items a day, you can choose from bars, Soups or shakes. I chose 5 shakes and 3 bars a day. The cost is about $300 for every 2 weeks - expensive!!

I have 11 days to go and it's ok, however not eating any food for 4 weeks has been hard. Especially when I sit down with the family at dinner time, everything looks so good. :hungry:

I think as I have been reading different post on this site that all doctors are different.

Good Luck! :clap2:

Is the reason we are supposed to diet before surgery to shrink the liver and make the incisions easier to do? If so, do you think that any diet we are on is OK as long as we lose something? Or is there something else to the clear liquid fast that is important? Thanks also for sharing your diet/fast requirements. Amazing the variation!

The doctor told me that they have to lift the liver in order to place the port and the liver is the heaviest organ in our bodies. The instruments that are used are small due to the small incisions so they need our livers to weigh less. Does that help?

Once that was explained to me I understood the reason for the diet, however what I don't understand is why 4 weeks of shakes for myself and others are only on shakes for 2 weeks or less?? Different doctors I assume have different ways of doing things.

Oh, well at this point I'm on the home strech - 10 more days!!:clap2:

Thanks Sharlee,

That explains it better. I hope my non-fasting diet will shrink my liver enough. Since the surgeon hasn't met me, she may be unhappy that she didn't insist on the fast! Good luck on your banding ---10 days will fly by --- Good Luck!

I don't have a pre-op diet...I think it just depends on your doc.