Liquid diet worries

[Cathy Mettille 8]

I start my liquid diet on April 3rd. I will have Easter dinner as my last hoorah and then it's Jello, popsicles and broth along with three Protein Drinks for the day.

[Sprinkles1 358]

Hey! I'm on day 5 of a 4 week liquid diet! It SUCKS. It does get better though. 6lbs down since I started, so that's a little motivational.

Just be glad yours is 2weeks... [emoji31]

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[KatFight 207]

Hi. I became obsessed with jigsaw puzzles. I had fun and was completely occupied. [emoji250]

[mitchjoann132010 288]

I feel like my diet pre and post op are very strict.

PreOp and up to 7 weeks after my surgeon will not allow me to have any solid food.

Does anybody else have a diet this strict?

· 2 weeks preop diet: Protein Shakes and Clear Liquids only

· 2 weeks post op diet: Protein shakes and clear liquids only

· 3 & 4 weeks postop: I can add in creamy liquids

· 5 & 6 weeks postop: I can add in pureed foods

· 7+ weeks: I can slowly integrate solid foods.

[frust8 962]

Strict but stay the course, there must be a good reason.

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[mitchjoann132010 288]

Yep, they make every one of their patient's do it. Planning on following the rules. Just way different from everyone I'm seeing on BariPal.

[wjgo 272]

Every surgeon is going to be different. From what I understand, the pre-op diet is for making the liver smaller. Surgeons seem to have the period to be standard 2 weeks, more more, some less from what I see posted. A smaller liver makes the operation easier. There are tools that the surgeon can use if the liver is too large. But I imagine, that having to use extra tools would make the operation last longer and have other effects like extra anesthesia. Post-op, its about not abusing the newly shrunken stomach.

My program is 2 week liquid, then 5-8 days pureed, then move to moist food for 2weeks, then regular.

[frust8 962]

And holding a blubbery liver back could also bruise it. We had an OP on here suffering from post-surgical liver problems. Think I'll listen to whatever my surgeons says and make my liver clean, lean and fit, even if it takes the dreaded liquid diet[emoji22]

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