Has anyone had their surgery and had to drink liquid carbs beforehand? Sounds strange.

The program at my hospital is making changes starting for surgeries in feb (I'm on the 26th)

One of them is a bottle of liquid carbs the night before and 2 the morning of surgery.

They also changed the hospital stay from usually 2 to 1.

And we no longer get pain medicine that you self administer as needed.

Nope. Never herd of liquid carbs pre - op

Clear liquid diet is usually to shrink your liver pre - op. Most surgeons will recommend you adhere to a strict clear liquid diet days prior to your surgery. Clear liquids will include broth, sugar free Jell-O, sugar free popsicles, water and possibly one protein shake each day. Again, follow your surgeon’s instructions.

1 hour ago, Healthy_life2 said:

Nope. Never herd of liquid carbs pre - op

Clear liquid diet is usually to shrink your liver pre - op. Most surgeons will recommend you adhere to a strict clear liquid diet days prior to your surgery. Clear Liquids will include broth, sugar free Jell-O, sugar free popsicles, Water and possibly one Protein Shake each day. Again, follow your surgeon’s instructions.

Nope. I have no pre op diet. Can eat normally. Just have to have those drink the night before and day of. I found the exact stuff they gave me

https://ensure.com/nutrition-products/ensure-pre-surgery

Never heard of this carb drink, I’m New to this site looking to chat about the op I’m on list fir this month of February rather nervous and i am anxious. Anyone there feeling the same ?

Worried about the op but I guess this is normal ! Anyone feel the same ? I need some reassurance I guess

1 hour ago, Xx1jpt5xx said:

Has anyone had their surgery and had to drink liquid carbs beforehand? Sounds strange.

The program at my hospital is making changes starting for surgeries in feb (I'm on the 26th)

One of them is a bottle of liquid carbs the night before and 2 the morning of surgery.

They also changed the hospital stay from usually 2 to 1.

And we no longer get pain medicine that you self administer as needed.

I've heard of this but have not seen anyone use it yet

Let us know how it goes !

Yes, my doctor does this. They find if you carb load before surgery they have better recovery results. I had to dri k sugary drinks both the night before and morning of surgery.

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Yes I drank the presurgery carb drink 2 hours before my surgery. I think it was made by ensure and it tasted very good. Supposed to help with healing and recovery.

Never heard of this but it makes better sense recoverywise than the starvation one usually has initially with weightloss surgery.

Yes, There are no more self administered pain meds. They are very concerned with patients becoming addicted.

This drove me crazy as I was in a lot of pain (which believe me poster is not usual at all) and oxycodone did nothing to stop it.

I would have killed for a morphine drip.

Don't worry poster my situation is very different from yours I was getting a revision from RNY to SADI and I am sure you will be fine.