I Had surgery on 12/17/07. I did the lowfat diet and pre-opt diet. I went in to surgery and they couldn't put the band in because the surgeon said my liver was too heavy. People who have had gastric bypass done said they needed to have a sonogram done prior to surgery. Has anyone had to do this for the band. Imagine my disappointment to wake up in recovery to find out that 7 incisions later, no band.

Wow, I am so sorry to hear about your disappointment. Is there anything you can do? Best wishes Lana

Wow, that is horrible.

My doctor did a sonogram a month pre-op.. said my liver was borderline too big, and made me do a shrink your liver diet, but unless I was already knocked out, he didn't do another one. He had told me before if my liver ended up too big when they went to laproscopically place it, they would just convert to an open-surgery.

Did you doctor put you on a liver shrinking diet before surgery? Or just a low fat diet?

Usually a liver shrinking diet is where you eat a low carb, low fat, adequate Protein diet. You have to burn off the glycogen in your muscles and liver and then fat comes next. Is that the kind of pre op diet you were on?

I was on a liver shrinking diet and pre-opt diet. I found out later that the doctor told his p.a. that my spleen was too mushy. he said if he had converted to an open surgery he could have damaged my spleen and that with an open it would have caused me more trouble than it was worth.