This is all new, but I was wondering what is the point of the 2 week pre-op diet? Is it to lose some weight before the surgery? Or to clean out your stomach?

It's to shrink your liver for a safer surgery.

It's a fair question. I was told it was to shrink my liver prior to surgery, making the surgery itself and recovery easier. I found it to be a good starting point so I wasn't dealing with the shock of surgery on top of severe diet restrictions afterward.

Some with a high BMI have to do a longer pre-op, sometimes needing to lose 10% of their weight prior to surgery.

The last thing I would have wanted to do was compromise my surgery because I couldn't follow direction for two weeks.

All doctors are different, you won't know what yours expects until you speak with them.

Good luck!!

As mentiones, to jump start the weight loss and empty not the stomach but the colon. I would HIGHLY recommend it as it does NO harm and my make you more comfortable and shrink your liver a tad and reduce the chance of it being nicked during surgery.

Be sure to ask your doc first.

I was told the purpose was to reduce the size of my liver to get it out of the way during surgery. That reason was important to my doctor but I didn't really see the outcome. For me, the benefit was more in that it kick-started my mental work.

The pre-op diet was probably the hardest thing I ever did. It made me realize how serious my surgery was and gave me a good example of what my after-surgery diet would be. It helped me get on track mentally and prepared me for after surgery.

I remember before surgery how hard it was because it was such a little amount of food. And then after surgery, I remember how hard eating was because it seemed like it was so much food -- but it was only a portion of what I was eating pre-op. This really helped me rethink my idea of "too much" or "too little" and put it all in perspective for me.

Remember:

THERE IS NO STUPID QUESTION!!!!

Lol well some questions are stupid but hers wasnt.

Lol well some questions are stupid but hers wasnt.

Haha thanks!