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Any1 liver too large &surgery was denied?

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Peachgodd    25

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Hello All! I'm Peach! 👋🏾

My surgery date is 6 count em.. SIX DAYS away. I was put on a 3 week ALL liquid pre OP diet. In the first week I cheated but I have been trying my best. So far I have lost around 10lbs.

I see alot of people say that if you are not successful in the diet and your liver doesnt shrink enough, the doctor could sew you back up and not operate.

My question is: has anyone ever been sewed back up and not operated on due to their liver not shrinking?

Tips, stories, &advice are all welcome.

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I'm sure it does happen, there was a guy mentioning that when I first joined Bariatric Pal. Then last year there was a girl that they did go ahead and the surgeon leveraged her liver, suspect,it happened when trying to move,he4 liver out of the way. Oh she recovered pretyu,goood but it was a miserable recovery. that she had. So Yeah very very rare , but it could happen. The fact that you did your . sinning" early in this process and went on to lose 10 pounds should work. out to your benefit. Looking forward to an update posting when your surgery is completed!

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Briswife15    890

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I didn't cheat but pnly lost 6 pounds on the pre op diet. I was afraid my liver didn't shrink enough but surgeon said all was fine. Good luck on your upcoming surgery!!

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Peachgodd    25

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I didn't cheat but pnly lost 6 pounds on the pre op diet. I was afraid my liver didn't shrink enough but surgeon said all was fine. Good luck on your upcoming surgery!!

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Good Morning!!
Thanks so much! I really appreciate it

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Peachgodd    25

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I'm sure it does happen, there was a guy mentioning that when I first joined Bariatric Pal. Then last year there was a girl that they did go ahead and the surgeon leveraged her liver, suspect,it happened when trying to move,he4 liver out of the way. Oh she recovered pretyu,goood but it was a miserable recovery. that she had. So Yeah very very rare , but it could happen. The fact that you did your . sinning" early in this process and went on to lose 10 pounds should work. out to your benefit. Looking forward to an update posting when your surgery is completed!
Oh wow!! I never thought about the recovering aspect of it! Thanks so much for the info!!! I figured it was rare because I haven't seen any posts about it and I have scammed thru alot of posts on here.

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Peachgodd    25

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Anybody???

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Briswife15    890

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I think if someone's surgery was denied they wouldn't be hanging around on a WLS support website. You're not going to get many responses.

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Peachgodd    25

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I think if someone's surgery was denied they wouldn't be hanging around on a WLS support website. You're not going to get many responses.

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Why not?
I'm sure the doctor would delay the surgery until the patient was compliant

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cubyblue6    61

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I remember reading someones story that she went under thinking all was fine and woke up to be told they were unable to do the surgery because they didn't feel safe with the size of her liver. She was told to lose more weight I think. But like frust8 said, because you did it so early you've had plenty of time to recover. You should be fine :)

Here's the post

Couldn't do surgery due to liver size

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Peachgodd    25

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I remember reading someones story that she went under thinking all was fine and woke up to be told they were unable to do the surgery because they didn't feel safe with the size of her liver. She was told to lose more weight I think. But like frust8 said, because you did it so early you've had plenty of time to recover. You should be fine [emoji4]
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Couldn't do surgery due to liver size
Thanks a bunch!!

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cubyblue6    61

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Wait, I just saw the date of the post and your surgery date... Did you have your surgery?

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Peachgodd    25

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Wait, I just saw the date of the post and your surgery date... Did you have your surgery?
I was denied last minute due to missin something for my insurance.

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cubyblue6    61

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Awe, boooo! So sorry to hear that. Are they resubmitting it to get you approved? Hang in there [emoji8]

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Peachgodd    25

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Awe, boooo! So sorry to hear that. Are they resubmitting it to get you approved? Hang in there [emoji8]

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Thanks! Yes they are submitting and in the mean time I am not on my liquid diet. I'm sure I will have to go on the 2-3 week diet again once finalized

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cubyblue6    61

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Not that it's a necessarily a thing but just think, you'll be an old pro at the liquid diet part for post op.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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