OK I am scheduled to have surgery on Friday 11/21 and I had a week moment on Saturday now I am scared that I have sabotaged my 2 week post op diet! Please anyone else I need your thoughts!

I haven't had surgery yet and still waiting to finish all the pre-op appointments. So I am not sure exactly what they are looking for with your pre-op diet. However from reading all of the threads I believe the pre-op diet is to shrink your liver. If you only cheated on Saturday and got back on the wagon on Sunday and have been following your diet since, don't worry. The one day will not big that big of a deal. Just keep moving forward and stay focused. You'll be fine. Good luck with the rest of the week and NO MORE CHEATING :smile2:. Also good luck with your surgery Friday.

OK I am scheduled to have surgery on Friday 11/21 and I had a week moment on Saturday now I am scared that I have sabotaged my 2 week post op diet! Please anyone else I need your thoughts!

Hi there. I did that too and like you ,I was really nervous about it. I think you will be fine. The worst ,the very worst that could happen is that your liver may be too large and they may postpon your surgery but I really don't think you will have a problem. I worried the week before surgery and I ended up worrying for nothing. Just get right back on the "2 week pre-op diet" and I think you will be just fine. Congrats on your surgery and let us know how it goes : )!

Just make sure to drink extra water and flush it all out of your system. Good luck!!!

Hello All, hefer7629 you should be fine just go back to how you are suppose to eat. i'm going on week 4 Post-Op and was right there where you are ! i cheated and had a boiled egg(protein) and another day had a piece of cheese toast:glare:, and let me tell you it tasted sooo darn good:drool: ! but anyhow i called my office and for the most part stay away from the sugar and carbs and you will do fine, although i don't advise you to cheat. even after surgery it's had because you (or at least for myself) have to go back to a clear liquid diet for 2 weeks :huh2:and 1 more week after that of full liquids:sad:. So right now i'm kinda like enough already:cursing::smile2:..lol but i do know if you introduce the calories, carbs,and sugar back the weight will slowly come back also. Yeah you will be fine, i've heard worst stories !

Dr.Ernest C. Rehnke

Palms Of Pasadena

St.Petersburg, Fl.

Thank you all for your encouragement, I have decided to only have my slim fast, protien shake, and nothing but water until then. I am so nervous, excited, happy, scared, gosh there are so many emotions but this is the one thing I not only want but need! Best of luck to you all and I will keep posting!:smile2:

we don't even do a pre-op diet with my Dr....l wouldn't worry

Rest assured you are not the first poster to say this....and you won't be the last.

Just don't cheat anymore and tell your doc. Chances are everything will be fine.

You should be fine. My Dr told me to go out the day before surgery and have a steakl and bake potatoe. He wanted me to enjoy a good meal before surgery because he new how hard I was working that PRE OP and he new that 3 weeks after that I would be eating soft and mushy foods. Don't worry!

Just so I don't get accused of saying go against your doctor's order, please let me say this...FOLLOW YOUR DOCTOR'S ORDERS AS BEST YOU CAN.

Now with that said, every doctor is different. My 2 week pre-op diet consisted of a Protein shake for Breakfast and lunch, and a low-carb-high-protein frozen dinner for supper. That was all the way up to my surgery date. Post surgery...the first two days was all liquids...broth, sugar-free popsicles, Protein shakes, etc. Beginning the 3rd day (2 days after my surgery), I was eating soft foods, eggs, flaky fish, pimento cheese, tuna, oatmeal, etc. After the first week, I began a regular diet. I say this only to say...Don't worry about the occassional cheat. My doctor also said don't make it a habit or you won't lose...but if your going to "cheat", enjoy it and don't feel guilty. You just have to know what you need to do to get back on track.

AGAIN...FOLLOW DOCTOR"S ORDERS AS BEST YOU CAN, but you'll be just fine.

when you say cheat do you mean like a cheesesteak 5 days before surgery lol i did that and i still got operated on i think it depends on how fat your liver is he wont know till he gets in there dont say a word just dont cheat anymore

I gained like 4 pounds before my surgery, and the night before, i didn't eat after 6pm. I am not telling you to do what I did. I think they tell you all that to prepare you for what is to come after the surgery. You will be find, don't stress out about it. I am sure that you will have a slip or two after the surgery as well. I have read many that fell, but got back up. No worries.

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