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I ate a burger 3 days before my surgery-why?

I ate a burger 3 days before my surgery. I'm supposed to be on the Preop liquid diet and so far so good but today I just caved and had a burger. What do I do? I'm so devastated. Having some kind of mental breakdown.

will this mess up my surgery on Monday? I am calling the office but no one is picking up arghhh

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Yes just get right back on the liquids and from this point forward do not waiver. The reason you got the burger is because its hard to be on this liquid diet. Really hard. But it is a taste of what is to come once you get sleeved. So fogedaboutit, but really do try to stick to the diet for the next three days so that your stomach is in good shape for surgery.

Some surgeons only do a 2-3 pre-op diet so for safety sake you should be ok. But also keep in mind if you eat something 24-48 hours beforehand your surgeon will see it on your liver (or possibly in your stomach). So just get right back on track and move forward with your new life:-)

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Hi Gatzy!!' Good luck, it will go well.

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Yes just get right back on the liquids and from this point forward do not waiver. The reason you got the burger is because its hard to be on this liquid diet. Really hard. But it is a taste of what is to come once you get sleeved. So fogedaboutit, but really do try to stick to the diet for the next three days so that your stomach is in good shape for surgery.

Some surgeons only do a 2-3 pre-op diet so for safety sake you should be ok. But also keep in mind if you eat something 24-48 hours beforehand your surgeon will see it on your liver (or possibly in your stomach). So just get right back on track and move forward with your new life:-)

Hi! Thank you so much! This made me smile I feel better. The doctors nurse came back to me she told me it's ok. Breathe and this is it. No more after this and I'm like yes I'm sorry I had a moment of weakness. So it's still ok I just need to be on Clear Liquids so broth and stuff. Phew

Just breath, it will be fine. Had the same angst before I left. Then I read posts like "You Know When You Lost Weight When" and got refocused on the goal. You are giving yourself and the people you touch the gift of health, it is important.

Okay so let me play devil's advocate here, not the popular opinion I know. I would say of course you are human and it happens. We have all made mistakes but let me give you something to ponder. Why did you choose a burger? Think about why it wasn't a healthier choice. Just food for thought pun intended.

Move on it isn't the end of the world but for your success later, see if you can put your finger on why you chose to eat what you did. It may help when times get tough or when the head hunger gets loud.

Best of luck to you and wishing you a great, smooth surgery!!

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