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I went with a company called Belightweight, all the people working there had this surgery. Very friendly and professional

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Is the liquid diet to help prepare us for new life change and too prepare our stomachs? So they are empty for surgery?

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The liquid pre-op diet serves many purposes. From what my surgeon had explained to me:

It helps to shrink your liver (the smaller your liver the easier it is to perform a laparoscopic surgery because if the liver is too large it can get in the way.

It helps to empty your stomach.

It helps you to become accustomed to the full liquid diet you will be on for approximately 2 weeks after surgery (depending on your surgeons requirements).

Hope this helps :-)

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mine was only 1 day and my procedure was does in the us inpatient.

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I had to do a week of 1 high Protein low carb meal and Protein shakes. This week, it's all liquid Protein. My surgery is Tuesday and my BMI was 35. My doc makes everyone who has a lower BMI do this. Patients with higher BMI's start 4 weeks out.

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Is the liquid diet to help prepare us for new life change and too prepare our stomachs? So they are empty for surgery?

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The pre-surgery liquid diet is to shrink the liver to give surgeon more room to move around. You'll also lose some weight, or should. I start my pre-surgery diet in a few days.

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  • Two weeks of liquids are to shrink the liver. Tough as nails to get through though

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My surgeon does 2 days for bypass and one day liquid diet for sleeve. I am also on the lower end of BMI but I think that is for everyone he sees. I was sleeved 12/09 and did 2 days liquid as I went in for bypass but he said I did not have enough room to do bypass so he sleeved me.

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