Has anyone gotten their vsg surgery canceled because that cheated on the two week liquid diet?!

eriirosee

@@eriirosee There have been at least 3 people in the last few months that had their surgery's postponed due to not following the pre-op diet. One of them was during surgery - they closed her back up. The purpose of the diet is to shrink your liver and make surgery safer - do you really want to risk that?? If you're having trouble with the diet - call your surgeon and ask for advice (they may allow you to eat some protein).

i know they did tell us at the preop appt that if you have any food in your stomach the day of the surgery then they would close you back up and postpone the sugery. our pre-op diet is 2 Protein shakes and a small meal until two days before surgery... then its 3 Protein Shakes. we are allowed to have sugar free pudding, Jello or popsicles in between. I'm not sure what your pre-op diet is, but I would just try to follow it as closely as can. No one wants to risk the chance of being cancelled. Good Luck!!

The pre-op diet and the NPO (nothing by mouth) the night before surgery are two completely different issues.

Pre-op diet is sometimes to see if you can stick to a diet and often to shrink your liver so that less of it overlaps the stomach, and also for both reasons.

The NPO after midnight (or bedtime) the night prior to surgery is to ensure that your stomach is empty. Generally, the concern is that you could aspirate your stomach contents (from reflux) during anesthesia and end up with pneumonia. When you're having an operation ON your stomach, there's another obvious reason...your stomach needs to be empty so that no food is incorporated into the suture line, or spills into the abdomen in case of problems.

Either way, you need to tell your surgical team if you don't comply with their instructions...you want your stomach and liver to be in the condition they expect when they operate, not have them surprised by a full stomach or a still-huge liver.

Thanks everyone! I am trying to stay strong and push through. I was just curious about the cancellation. Still have ten more days of liquids!

eriirosee