Messed up preop diet

[hrichardson89 2]

I am on day 2 of 14 of liquid diet for preop and did not realize I’m not supposed to have sippable Soups or yogurt!!! Now I’m worried I’ve messed up my whole preop diet.

[NP_WIP 274]

Do not worry, just start new tomorrow and follow the plan as per your doctor's instructions, you still have 12 days left so make the best out of them.

Every doctor has a different preop program, I was allowed food from an specific list while others are not allowed anything other than liquid.

[Arabesque 6,565]

You’ll be fine. It’s your pre op diet & your misunderstanding (& that’s what it was & not a deliberate choice to not follow the plan) of something that is new & different to what you know &/or are used to is understandable. liquid diet so you think Soup & maybe yoghurt would be okay. I mean you didn’t eat a giant burger & fries. You realised & are getting back on track so all good.

Oh & this likely won’t be the first & only time you misunderstand something & ‘mess up’ through this. I would think we all did at some point.

All the best.

[Lipman 46]

I believe (at least I was told) that the purpose of the pre-op diet is two fold, first to get your mindset right for the journey ahead, 2nd (and more importantly), to shrink your liver so that the doctor has more room to work during the surgery (as the liver is apparently sits somewhere that the doctor needs to get to).

Because of the way timing worked out for me, I started my pre-op diet 6 days before my surgery. I was pretty diligent about it and my doctor commented post-op on how good of a job I did and that my liver had shrunk considerably and given him enough room to work. So just forget your tiny mistake and press on, you should have more than enough time to meet the goals of the pre-op diet. GOOD LUCK, you got this!