The clock is ticking. This morning I woke up and had to drink my breakfast... I already miss chewing and I have a LONG way to go. I am on a two day liquid diet before my surgery early Monday morning. My problem is I did not write down what time to stop liquids the night before and of course since it is a weekend there is no way to get a hold of my doctor or nurse to double check. I did call the hospital and talk to a nurse on staff, but she was not sure as she doesn't handle any pre-surgery planning. She guessed that 8pm would be ok... I think I will stop at 7 to be sure, that would be 12 hours before surgery. My question is - how long did you have to stop drinking anything the night before your surgery? Thanks for any help you can give me! ?

I think a lot of surgeons will tell you something like "nothing after midnight", or nothing for 8 hours prior, but I'm with you: 12 hours would be safer. After all, it would suck to show up and have them tell you they have to postpone the surgery.

Just my thoughts...

Thanks @SpartanMaker. One of my fears is something will happen to postpone the surgery... I am going to do all I can to prevent that!

i had an 8am surgery and was told no liquids after midnight...mind u i didn't actually get on the table until about closer to 10am...

I had to be at the hospital at 10am, but my surgery wasn't until 2pm, I was able to take my meds in the morning that my doctor wanted me to take before surgery that day with little sips of water only, otherwise, I stopped anything by mouth at midnight, well over 12 hours before surgery. I would err on the side of caution and give yourself 12 hours to have a dry stomach and digestive system before surgery.

Wishing you well on your journey.

Just to reiterate what everyone else has said - my surgeon advised to stop drinking at midnight before the surgery!

All the best of luck - you are going to be fine! ❤️