:confused:As of thursday the 19th I will be starting my pre-op clear diet and boy am I nervous... Yes I do want to be successful and I dont want to cheat. Is it really possible to go from eating any and everything u want to pure clear liquids with no sugar(Im starting to panic). Im going to have to do a lot of praying because Im so use to cooking for my family and being a big late night snacker. please help me with any suggestion.... Im trying to be positive and not think the worse to be honest I dont know what to think or what to expect because I know that everyone is different and what might work for u may not work 4 me. My doctor office told me not to do protein shakes and Im looking like huh??? :redface::smile2:

:confused:As of thursday the 19th I will be starting my pre-op clear diet and boy am I nervous... Yes I do want to be successful and I dont want to cheat. Is it really possible to go from eating any and everything u want to pure clear liquids with no sugar(Im starting to panic). Im going to have to do a lot of praying because Im so use to cooking for my family and being a big late night snacker. please help me with any suggestion.... Im trying to be positive and not think the worse to be honest I dont know what to think or what to expect because I know that everyone is different and what might work for u may not work 4 me. My doctor office told me not to do protein shakes and Im looking like huh??? :thumbup:

I was just banded on the 12th sooo....Im a baby. However....

Clear fluids preop and no protein???? I don't think I have ever heard of that. I only had to do a 7 day pre-op low calorie, high protein diet, and 24 hours of clear liquid only. Protein drink included!

After reading so much on these boards and so many other surgeons ways of doing this, it may your doc's way! When are you scheduled for surgery?

my surgery is scheduled for tuesday november 24th.. and Im sooo confused because when I went to the doctor yesterday to get my instructions thats where all the confusion comes in at. the papers sd that I will be on liquids from the 19 till 6weeks and she sd no shaked but in the bookltet they gave me it sd that after 2weeks of clear liquids I can have protein shakes with the mushy foods. I just dont know what to do or what to buy tomorrow. Im really stressing!!!!!!!:thumbup:

Hello!

To be honest with you, that doesn't sound right at all. I think first thing tomorrow you need to call the clinic you go to and speak with someone until you are completely sure what your "meal" plan is.

I got a calender just for this or use whatever calender you have and write on it while you are talking and have them help you nail down specific dates for what you can eat,drink or what ever and when.

This is how it usually goes...10 day pre=op some sort of liquid diet (with protein) or a mix of liquid and very healthy dinners

POST-op Clear Liquids (no protein) -->Full Liquids (Protein yay!)--->pureed Foods--->Mashed foods--->Soft foods to Normal...YAY!

Or something like that...now the post-op I think varies more than the pre-op. Some doctors take months to get through the stages but with my Doc, I was through them before two months was up.

Our clinic give out a handbook to help you understand all of this and I had an apointment just for this information alone.

It is very improtant to know what you need to do so make sure you find out and understand all of the stages.

You can do this!! :thumbup: I have a wicked food addiction and it was very impowering to know that I really could control myself when I put my mind to it!

good luck!

~A

Yeah, I've never heard of pre-op doing clear diet...as Ale78 outlined, thats how it usually goes. I, however had the Atkins as my pre-op diet for 2 weeks.

Definitely give them a call to clarify.