I was a little surprised when my nut told my my surgeon doesn't require a special pre-op diet. They want me to follow what I've been doing to lose my 5% with the nut, but other than that no all liquid or anything! Is it just because he's very experienced and a pioneer in the field and isn't worried about knicking my liver? I'm wondering why he wouldn't want to play it safe...

Yes there is a tool. I met with my surgeon yesterday. He asked which one I was specifically asking about And rattled off a few different ones. I just wanted to make sure he uses the latest technology. He said he doesnt require a preop diet because hes never had a problem during the 3000 bypasses he's performed. And hes done patients with bmi's of 100!

Wow, I'm sure it's possible but a BMI at 100!

I don't think there is a tool or any such thing. Pre-op diets are to shrink the liver if enlarged which is easy to find with liver function tests. If they are normal you don't need a pre op diet.

I don't know you.

I know what you wrote.

You wrote "I don't think there is a tool or any such thing"

THAT IS WHAT YOU WROTE.

So you don't THINK there is a tool or any such thing, but now you say that you understand that there are "separators used."

Please don't confuse people with your double talk.

There is a tool. My surgeon uses it. Period.

End of discussion.

Wow! It's crazy on the post op side!

It concerns me that a surgeon would set an expectation to "never feel hunger again". My hunger returned about 7 months post op - I am two years out now. I do not have that 24/7, all consuming, drive to eat hunger that I did pre-op, but I definately experience hunger and I think most sleevers do.

There are many tricks and tips to managing that hunger so you can get to goal and stay there, but I think people need to go into this with the real info.

As far as preop diets, I didn't go to medical school so i picked a good surgeon and did what he told me. Does it really matter what others do? I had a 2 week liver shrinking diet but they weren't overly stressed about it. It was tough as hell to stick to and I can only imagine how hard these really long preop diets are. When they do the long ones, I think they want you to get weight off to sorta prove you can be compliant... well... that theory didn't work well for me. I am a compliant patient, butI needed the sleeve tool to acheive that.

My surgeon simply stated that many of his patients never experienced hunger again which is an observation, not an expectation. You would be correct in saying it doesn't really matter what other's pre-op diets are, So does that mean we shouldn't share our experiences? What an odd statement to make.

My Dr. said that he will have Pre-Op Diet for those whose BMI is over 48. I am under 48 but was thinking about doing Low Carb High Protein diet the week before to help with recovery. Not sure though, might just have 7 last meals lol.