Ok,

I'm trying hard to trust this new doctor that is coming on..... But the surgeon I originally had told me I would have to have a full liquid diet for 2 weeks pre op..... And that its dangerious not to follow the diet. In fact, if I didn't that he would know when he opened me up seeing that my liver didnt strink and wouldn't preform surgery.

Got the call I've been waiting on today to schedule surgery..... June 14th!! Yay!!!

But she said this new doctor doesn't require you having to do the liquid diet pre-op as we have to deal with a lot as it is....

So please please please tell me if any of you guys were told the same thing and if you had good or bad results..... I only want to hear from people that was told the same thing!!! Thank you!

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My 1st Dr. said to do 4 Optifast shakes and one lean dinner meal for 4 weeks before surgery. I weigh 217 lbs. This new Dr. is not doing that but is doing a 2 week pre-opt diet. I'm hoping he tells me to do even less. I don't have a surgery date yet.

No liquid diet. Only have to eat 20% less intake the week of surgery

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Day #3 of preop diet... the struggle is real... felt a little homicidal the 40th hour... just went to bed 8:30 on Fri night...

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No preop diet for me. One day before of liquid.

I also wondered if that was ok- but I feel confident now that I've heard of so many others with the same requirement

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Every surgeon has his or her own methods. That’s why it’s important to choose a surgeon with good results (good weight loss and low complication rates) and then go all in – trust your surgeon completely once you’ve decided on one. Yes, as you see, it’s not unusual that your surgeon didn’t require the 2-week pre-op diet.

I got clarity on this confusion by our program staff after reading so many posts from people having to do that nasty liquid diet I didn't have to do and hadn't even heard of.

Whether or not you are told to do a 2-3 week long liquid diet pre-op (or whatever you are told to do pre-op) simply depends on where you have surgery. Different programs/centers will have different requirements - it's just program preference. Mine (a Center of Excellence) required 10% loss of excess weight on our own pre-surgery, with Clear liquids the day before surgery. (ie. someone 100 lbs overweight would have to lose 10 pounds) IMO, that's a preferred option, certainly for me. I don't think I would have survived a 2-3 week liquid diet with a normal stomach. Torture!

No liquid diet where I'll be having the surgery... To me that makes sense, you don't want to have someone in a weaken state heading into surgery.

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