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Alcohol pre op?

Hi everyone need some advice! I officially start a 8 day strictly liquid pre op diet on August 3rd for surgery the 11th... Is it safe to drink alcohol this weekend before the pre op diet starts? I'm in Chicago on a little trip and my doctor never said anything about alcohol before the pre op diet starting but wanted to hear any one else's opinion on the matter. Thanks!

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    • JamieLogical
      JamieLogical

      The OP is talking about drinking alcohol BEFORE the liquid diet starts. Seems to be a bit of confusion there. If your surgeon gave you no restrictions for prior to the start of the pre-op diet, then

    • john925
      john925

      Well I had my surgery my liver turned out to be small and fine! The surgeon only had to make 4 incisions instead of her usual 6! 4 days post op and am feeling pretty much back to normal minus my liqui

    • trekker954
      trekker954

      I'm sure your doctor gave you the instructions. I don't know anyone's pre op diet that makes allowances for Alcohol. You may as well start taking this seriously NOW.

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    Don't. You want that liver small. I drank a great deal before my surgery. I tapered off and quit completly two weeks before surgery. The result? My surgery was done in less than 30 minutes, greatly speeding up the recovery process. So think about what you want. I got in the best shape I could going in and did everything I could to make it easy for my surgeon. Why "cheat" on this?

    What procedure did you have? 30 minutes is easy breezy! I thought these surgeries we're like 5-6 hrs!

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    Don't. You want that liver small. I drank a great deal before my surgery. I tapered off and quit completly two weeks before surgery. The result? My surgery was done in less than 30 minutes, greatly speeding up the recovery process. So think about what you want. I got in the best shape I could going in and did everything I could to make it easy for my surgeon. Why "cheat" on this?

    What procedure did you have? 30 minutes is easy breezy! I thought these surgeries we're like 5-6 hrs!

    VS

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