Today is day 12 of my preop liquid diet, and it's actually been a lot easier than I thought it would be. Tonight, I tried to eat some creamy Soup (made with skim milk), but found that I couldn't eat it all. My stomach felt extremely full. Is this normal? Does your stomach shrink significantly during preop?

Today is day 12 of my preop liquid diet, and it's actually been a lot easier than I thought it would be. Tonight, I tried to eat some creamy soup (made with skim milk), but found that I couldn't eat it all. My stomach felt extremely full. Is this normal? Does your stomach shrink significantly during preop?

I found the longer I was on preop liquids, this was the case for me. My hunger became less and less.

I was the same way. Glad to hear you're doing the diet. I am 12 day post op, and the people that had surgery the same day I did that didn't follow the diet had a much harder time with their surgery. Just keep following that diet and you'll be a great surgery patient with no problems. Good Luck!

Mississippi Girl

I agrree ive done the pre op diet 3 times for a week to get my 10 lbs off i needed to... I found after i was fuller sooner as well . I even thought ... Wow do i even need the surgery ... My mind trying to take over ... Im listening to the professionals now ... Lol my mind got me to this weight ...