I am on my liver shrink diet and I am to have a protein shake for breakfast, fruit mid morning, protein bar lunch, fruit mid afternoon, salad and 3 oz leat meat for supper, fruit and 6 unsalted crackers. fruit for evening snack. My surgery is April 6. Would it hurt to have a little extra lean meat? I am talking boneless skinless chicken strip marinated in fat free italian dressing done in the george forman. What do you think? :welldoneclap:

My diet called for 97% fat free deli meat. I think I did have some chicken from Georgie Boy and I was fine.

I am on my liver shrink diet and I am to have a Protein shake for breakfast, fruit mid morning, protein bar lunch, fruit mid afternoon, salad and 3 oz leat meat for supper, fruit and 6 unsalted crackers. fruit for evening snack. My surgery is April 6. Would it hurt to have a little extra lean meat? I am talking boneless skinless chicken strip marinated in fat free italian dressing done in the george forman. What do you think? :welldoneclap:

I am a month away from surgery so I honestly am just not as experienced as others on here. But you are ONLY 2 days away from surgery.. why throw a wrench in it now?? You are so close to the light at the end of the tunnel!!!! Be strong and stick with that your Dr. prescribed for you.

Good luck!

I agree with Sassysara....stick to what your doc prescribed! It's just chicken; so not worth risking your surgery for! Probably it would be ok but the doc gave you your diet for a reason. Just hang in there!

Just FYI because of reading posters here who said "it won't matter" and "it won't hurt" (and I'm sure they were well intentioned, not trying to be mean) I "cheated", lost 15 pounds (YAY) and did NOT get my band the first time because for me, it DID matter and it DID hurt. So please...just hang in there. It is not worth it to come to in recovery and be told you didn't get the band.

thanks I guess I will just be tough. Restless monkey did the doc not know going into the surgery that your liver was thick?? Don't you think that they should do a xray before hand to see if this is the case. I too am afraid of this. I think that my doctor will open you up and do it if they cannot do it lap.

YES he knew That's why he gave me a 3-week long preop diet! BUT I cheated. I didn't tell him. I lost 15 pounds; he thought I'd done as he asked, but I didn't.

It wasn't his fault, it was mine for not doing as he asked.

And yes I read on here poster after poster who either didn't have to do a preop diet, or "cheated" and it was fine, or "their doc told them not to worry" so I figured I'd be ok. WRONGO! So do what your doc says, not what others are told, not what others "get away with". Because you may be ok but if, like me, you aren't, it is dreadful.

And my doc said "I could've opened you up but I know you had nursing school starting at the end of August and you would not have been able to attend because of a lengthy recovery" so I'm glad he didn't "open me up" The recovery is MUCH longer, the surgery is MUCH more drastic. SO not worth it!

Thanks for the information. How did he know that your liver was thick pre op?

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I didn't ask him "How do you know!!!" LOL

I assume blood work, GI results, ultrasound results, his experience.

The "take home" for me, is: If I had done what he told me to, I would've gotten my band as scheduled and only had 1 surgery instead of 2.

I did what he told me after that. In 2 1/2 weeks I lost 17 MORE pounds and he was successful in banding me. I wish I'd just done as he asked originally.

Just don't eat the extra chicken LOL and you should be fine if you've done as your surgeon asked of you!

I have done very well, just sometimes my salad that I ordered at work for supper may have had more than the 3 oz of lean meat that it was suppose to have. Other than that I have done great.

The only tests that I have had done was blood work, ekg and chest xray Liver function on blood work was great. Hope this means that it will be okay.

Then I'm sure you'll be fine! :welldoneclap:

Thanks I am a little bit of a worrier. Did you worry before the surgery about the anesthesia??

Remember the old saying "Don't borrow trouble"?

Well...Don't! If you've done as you were asked you're bound to be fine. Just remember as you go through this that while I know people are truly truly trying to be nice and helpful when sharing on here, if you get advice that contradicts your doctor, proceed carefully. Doc's aren't gods and aren't always right, but if you trust them enough to cut you open etc..then don't cavalierly toss aside their advice about dieting etc :welldoneclap:

You'll be great I'm sure!

Sorry just saw your last question. No I didn't worry about anesthesia because I'd had my gall bladder removed in 2003. I was petrified that I would die. I wrote about it just recently so don't want to beat a dead (LOL) horse but ...

I oriented myself immediately in recovery (because you don't feel time pass under anesthesia like you do when you sleep) by looking at the time, I lay still and took deep deep breaths (whether it hurt or not) to clear my lungs, and as soon as they took the mask off of me I started talking to the nurse. In other words I fought to wake up. I refused all except 1 mg of morphine(which she snuck by me LOL) because I wanted to be awake and alert. and my recovery was rapid and smooth with very little pain. I drank as soon as they would let me (water, not juice; less likely to nauseate) and urinated, walked, etc ASAP. I was honestlly so happy to be alive and without that stupid gall bladder! It was OVER! I was very cheerful! I copied that behavior for my 1st and 2nd lap band surgeries and recovered smoothly each time. Only needed tylenol pain meds, slept in my own bed from the start, etc.

I was scared the first time but just decided that I had to have it done, that other people lived through it, and that I needed to quit whining (internally!) and make it an adventure. That type of self-talk works for me (obviously)...so I WAS scared, but not any more!

hopeful,

It is understandable to be worried, I was; and I have had a few more surgeries than I wanted. From what I have been told by my doc is that the higher you BMI the more likely you will have a fatty liver. My liver shrink diet was 2 weeks and not really to bad, I have an off center lifestyle that has me in a bar 5 nights a week, menu chocie is limited. Since I could have veggies and lean meat, I would get a garden salad with chicken and be very careful of the amount that I ate. I was happy to "drink" dinner but not every place would let me bring in outside food or drink. My doc said my liver looked good, I had lost about 15lbs. in the two weeks. I did fine in recovery, as soon as my eyes opened they were there with ice chips and talking to me. When got to my room, I was able to get in the chair without aid within 30 minutes, and continued the ice chips until they ran the GI

test which went fine. I had juice when I went back to the room, for dinner I was on full liquids. My doc put in place a medication delivery system called On-Q, this was in until my second day home. I slept on my side the first night, went home and didn't get the script filled for pain. I went out that night and every night without problems. I didn't need any other pain meds. The gas kicked in the second night but walking eased it and it stayed with me about a week and a half. I have had no problems from the surgery and I know it's only been just shy of a month but all has been good. I had an issue with a hardboiled egg, but I learned to slow down when eating real quick. You will do just great and try not to worry to much. I am down from a 22 to a 16 jean :welldoneclap: