Anyone else NOT have a pre-op diet?? Mine is day before only. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[SINISTER 35]

I was required to do a liquid diet 5 days pre-op but I ended up doing a week instead. A co-worker of mine had surgery the day before I did (different surgeon) and he wasn't required to do any special pre-op diet. It didn't really bother me and I think actually helped me with the diet after surgery. Every surgeon has their own program and it's probably just best to follow what they ask. Both of our surgeries went well and we're both doing fine now, although I'm able to tolerate more foods than he is (probably totally unrelated to our pre-op diets).

[Nonnaof4 54]

I had to follow a healthy diet for the 3 mos leading up to the surgery then just Clear Liquids the day before.

[summerset 5,265]

On 1/25/2020 at 5:13 AM, newchange16 said:

Although I plan to slow it way down to plain diet 1 week prior because I’m so scared ... of everything. Would love to hear from others if they also had no pre op diet...

I didn't have one as well. It depends on liver size.

[BayougirlMrsS 3,935]

With the band i had to do a 2 week diet... one week of full liq and one week of clear. Than after the reverse... one week clear, one week full, one week puree, one week softs and then reg.

With the sleeve it was the same, but i only had to do the one week clear because my BMI was only 30.

[brooksbrittanyanne 6]

My doctor didn’t have me do a preop diet, but does make some patients do it. It just depends on everyone’s individual medical case