First, I'd liked to say I really have enjoyed this app and have found it extremely helpful. I'm 37, 315lbs. Four days out from start of liqud diet. Right now I'm having pain in my fatty inlarged liver. Doc says the diet will shrink it so hopefully it will stop hurting. I'm very excited about having this surgery done.

Good luck!!

First' date=' I'd liked to say I really have enjoyed this app and have found it extremely helpful. I'm 37, 315lbs. Four days out from start of liqud diet. Right now I'm having pain in my fatty inlarged liver. Doc says the diet will shrink it so hopefully it will stop hurting. I'm very excited about having this surgery done.[/quote']

Hi poker I live thus site as well. I'm also looking forward to surgery may 30th

Good luck. I'm on liquid diet for 10 days now amd am having a hard time. Does anyone have advice how they got through it?

Welcome to the board! This really is a great bunch of people; I wish you the best of luck with your surgery! I am 17 days post op from my revision to RNY surgery and am glad I found this board shortly before my surgery.

Kelly- as far as pre-op liquid diet; the first few days are rough. I found mixing up the shake flavors kept it interesting. Drink lots of fluids in between shakes as well. For my pre op diet I was allowed to have 2 cups of veggies a day (which helped me a lot) but it all depends on your surgeons pre-op plan. Just try to take it day by day! You can do it! Best of luck.

Thanks so much Mary! Trying to drink a lot of water day by day is right. I feel like oh many this many more days but then a day is over. Longest 2 weeks!

Thanks so much Mary! Trying to drink a lot of Water day by day is right. I feel like oh many this many more days but then a day is over. Longest 2 weeks!

Aww yeah it's a long 2 weeks; but try to keep focus on each day (and it is pretty sweet when you get on the scale before surgery and see the lbs have already started to melt away) this too shall pass

Good luck. Just had my surgery done. I stuck with the 2 week protein shakes and water. My dr fixed a hernia that I had if he wouldn't have done that I wouldn't be hurting at all. I feel kinda week at times but that is normal. Just try to walk alot too and you will do great. Good luck.

I don't know what to say but I failed, after five days I gave in and ate some meet. Although I feel a lot better I didn't enjoy it. I feel more determined to do this. Do I tell my doc? Will I have to resceduale? Funny thing is my live pain went down significantly the last few days. Now its starting to come back.

Be strong & just try triple hard.

Definitely don't tell your doc I was told that if your liver is too large on surgery day they just switch your surgery from lap to open so keep that in mind for the rest of your diet they had me so scared that I only cheated 1 time on the liquid diet and alls I ate was a little bit of popcorn and some twizzlers at the movies 2 days before surgery!! Sending you hugs and just know you can do anything you set your mind to!!

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It's interesting because my dr is not requiring me to do a liquid diet except for the day before and he rarely does open bypass surgery... Makes me wonder how the drs decide what we are supposed to be doing pre- op if the requirements are so different. My friend who just had surgery a week ago with a different dr only had to do liquid diet for two days and had no issues with having it done as a lap. It's just confusing

The doctor I'm going to told me to do a liquid diet a week before. I'm currently in it and it SUCKS! I want to cry! I haven't cheated and the closer I get the less I want to cheat but the harder it is! I have my surgery on Tuesday the 24th! But I want popcorn so bad! I want a hotdog so bad! I want chicken strips with rice so bad! I want a gigantic triple bacon cheese burger!

If your hungry and your going to cheat put something in your protein shake to make it taste better. Chocolate protein with peanut butter and a tsp of instant coffee make it taste good. Get creative! Make a vegatbla soup and puree it. I put garlic, onions, squash, and it was the best! Stay strong. I am on day 6. One more day left!!!!