My surgery is November 3rd and my doctor has me starting my pre-op diet October 31st. Has anyone else had a 3 day ore-op diet? Breakfast & lunch I can have a shake and morning & afternoon snacks I can either have a low fat cheese stick or a hard boiled egg then for dinner 6 oz of chicken breast with 1 cup of veggies. I am very confident with my choice of doctor he is very well respected. I just see all these 1 & 2 week pre-op diets and wonder why I only am doing 3! Of course I had my last appointment and forgot to ask.

I will add that I am on the lower end for BMI of 35 but have sleep apnea. All his paperwork says 3 days so it seems like an across the board for all his Patients not just lower bmi.

I've had a similar diet for the past 2 weeks....today I do a flush/cleanse and start a 3 day clear liquid diet. GOOD LUCK!!

I had no pre op diet at all. Just clear liquids the day before and nothing after midnight the day of. I did ask him about how others have a 2 week pre op usually, and he said he has gone to conferences where they talked about the "liver shrinking", and he said it's so minimul that it doesn't even make a difference when it comes to surgery. All doctors are different I guess! I felt very happy to not have to go through a 2 week per op diet! It allowed me to enjoy a couple of nice meals and craft beers with my hubby before I had surgery Oh how I miss beer....

My pre op diet was essentially Atkins phase one. No liquid at all. Just lots of protein. My surgeon is attached to a bariatric center of excellence. I lost 18 lbs on it. So follow his instructions, it works for him and will work for you as intended.

I had an 8 day preop. 5 days of 1000 calories or less and then liquids for the 3 days prior to surgery

I had a one week pre op diet of full liquid only and clear the day before. It was the shrinking of the liver issue. I was so excited to get to that point I didn't mind it at all. My husband even did the preOp with me. What a support to have someone going through the same along side me. And he fed the kids so I wasn't in the kitchen smelling the food I cooked for them. He was a blessing before and after.

I did have a lower BMI and the surgeon told me that he actually had a hard time getting all of the instruments to fit!!!