Surgery in 9 days is it to late..... may 17

[findingnish 39]

I am freaking out about surgery I have ate some things I should have never ate.. I have implemented my liquids since may 3rd however I have had some other things....... long story short I'm about to drink a citrate magnesium and take the next 9 days for total liquids I hope it's not to late

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[KristenLe 5,979]

The pre-op diet is to reduce the size of your liver. Citrate magnesium will not help. It's important to stick with the diet moving forward and hope that it's okay.

[Miss Mac 6,261]

I had a 10 day liquid pre-op. If you are seriously ready to commit to surgery, start NOW.

Aside from shrinking your liver to get it out of the way, the liquid diet empties your stomach and bowels to reduce the risk of infection in your abdominal cavity.

The liquid diet is not just to test and torment you. Forgive yourself and carry on, soldier.

[findingnish 39]

I had a 10 day liquid pre-op. If you are seriously ready to commit to surgery, start NOW.

Aside from shrinking your liver to get it out of the way, the liquid diet empties your stomach and bowels to reduce the risk of infection in your abdominal cavity.

The liquid diet is not just to test and torment you. Forgive yourself and carry on, soldier.

Thanks

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[jane13 2,256]

@@findingnish - ^ Miss Mac was 100% correct. If you are SERIOUS then get back on track....you 'got this' !!!!

[Dub 9,922]

I'd have this conversation with my surgeon.

It's much better to reschedule for later than to find out the hard way during surgery that your liver isn't prepped.

[jackbh 30]

My surgery date is for the same day. Personally I'm sacred of having a bite of anything thats not on my pre-op list. I have to keep my mental focus right or else I might be going through what your going through now. From everything I'm reading thats what I keep seeing with the folks who are successful long term with this is that you have to get your head right about this or else why even do it. But like Dub said you might want to talk about this with your surgeon because who here is actually qualified to make that call? This is a helluva commitment to be made and you have to be sure that your ready to do whats required to be successful at this. It's not a matter of whether you can do it or not but are you truly willing to do it? These are some of the questions I had to ask myself about this. And yes there are going to be moments of temptation (everyday moments) but the way we think about all of this is going to make all the difference in whether we derail or sabotage ourselves.

[nikki99 0]

What kind of weight loss surgery are you having done? I had the Gastric bypass RNY done 15yrs ago, and I was glad to have it done. It made look at eating more healthier foods that I never ate before I had it done. All of my health problems that I had before my surgery went away after I had it done. So, my advice to you is to go on and have it done, you'll feel better in the long run.

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