Hello all.

I'm 6 days from surgery. I have my EKG and blood draw on Monday and my surgery on Friday.

So here is my main fear and I would love to hear from some of you:

As a PCOS patient I'm really struggling with the pre-op weight loss. Fatty livers run in my family (I even have a sister 145# with a fatty liver, go figure) and I'm quietly terrified that I'll be bumped out of the surgery for it. The past week I've been on a very lo-carb hi-Protein diet, trying all the different kinds of shakes and nectars to find ones that I will be able to keep down. Since the liver tends to convert fat in the absence of carbs, I'm hoping this has an impact for me. Are you aware of anyone who has been bumped out of surgery for too big a liver?

Thanks in advance.

Hello--I can remember it was not that long ago I was in your shoes-- My band date was May 6th, I was so scared of having surgery because I had never had surgery before, My starting weight was 356- I lost about 20 pre-op and am down 48 total-- it is very slow going but I feel great now-- surgery was a breeze-- yes you will have pain afterwards-- I did have an enlarged liver-- they did have a problem with it but made it through ok, it did cause me more pain after surgery and more bruising because they did have a hard time getting around my liver. But I would do it again, Just stick with your high protein diet-- you are going to be fine--and before you know it it will be three months later you will be all healed up and have droped weight and feel better--your next big struggle will be post-op gas pain...oh just keep walking. good luck to you... i;m telling you its going to be OK!---I hope to hear about it afterwards-----Annette