HI,

I am considering an MGB. What is the prep diet? please share your pre-op preparation journeys with me.

I don't know what an MGB is (other than an old British sports car,) but pre-op diet protocols for WLS in general vary widely from surgeon to surgeon from weeks of liquids to nothing at all. My doc only requires the semi-normal day before GI surgery of clear liquids and a bowel clean out (same basic thing as is done before a colonoscopy,) for his sleeve and DS patients. From my perspective (and his as well,) the less of that the better, though from the long term success perspective, the sooner that you can adopt/re-adopt an overall healthy eating pattern the better.

Most Drs require "a liver shrink diet" consisting of liquids for at least some time before surgery. During this you take in lots of liquid and protein as shakes. Shakes can be bought pre-made or made from powders. The purpose of this is to shrink your liver so it is smaller and less sticky thus easier to move to get to your stomach. Your Drs office or nutritionist will tell you all about this. When you know what they want you to there are lots of us who can recommend brands of shakes and help you with support as you go through the process. Good luck.

Mini Gastric Bypass (MGB).

Hi,

I am booked for a MGB Feb 12th. My surgeon (Gold Coast Australia) only requires 2 weeks of an Optifast diet (Protein type shakes) prior to surgery. Purpose primarily to shrink the liver to make surgery easier as the liver sits in the way

I have to go low carb 10 days before surgery. July 28th with Dr iIlan.

My dietician does not want any shakes but fish vegetables for two weeks but I live abroad.

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Is anyone else not doing shakes ?

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