I've been hearing about this preop diet...could someone fill me in on what you have to do on this diet and why your liver needs to shrink???

Thanks

Ashley

Some Dr's are different in that they vary the length of time and what your pre op diet is.

The Dr I have wants you to loose 5% of your weight prior to surgery for a few different reasons. Main one is like you say shrink the liver. The liver is in the same area as where the band is going to be placed. If the liver is too big they can not get around it properly to do the surgery. Just loosing the 5% can greatly reduce the size of your liver. I personally have been on my pre op diet since I decided to do this which was the end of Dec 2008. I did it for a couple reason, one to loose weight but also to see that I could do it. I do 2 Protein shakes a day and a sensible dinner. I figured if I could not do it before, who was to say that I could do it after. And since I am self pay I wanted to make sure that I coud do it.

Hope that helps!

Julie

its very important to stick with the pre op diet, people have been turned away because of cheating, its not worth the risk..the more weight you can lose the better it is for the surgeon & reduces the fat on your liver to make their work easier for them..

good luck on your weight loss

I've been hearing about this preop diet...could someone fill me in on what you have to do on this diet and why your liver needs to shrink???

Thanks

Ashley

Most surgeons require a pre op diet, mine did not, or at least didn't for me. It seems that most are requiring 2 weeks. You will have to ask your surgeon what he requires.