Yet another pre-surgery liquid diet rant... I got FOUR weeks!

You were allowed ONLY skim cow's milk for a month?! THAT is sadistic! and doesn't sound remotely healthy.

Oh I could have water, crystal light and anything else liquid with no calories in between my skim milk meals. I hate milk, much less skim milk so it was indeed torturous. The very worst part tho was I got the lap band so for all that I barely lost any weight! So I'm still the designated fat person.

That isn't remotely healthy.  She would have been suffering from protein deficiency going into surgery, which is dangerous.  Her recovery would have taken longer than it should have, had she been well nourished going into surgery.

hmm vancouver wa, no doubt the same barbarian dr i have...lol  good to know you made it!  what was your experience overall with it?

I like both the docs there, they are just old school, wish they'd lighten up with the silly diet tho. The first few days were pure hell then I kinda got used to it. I used Davinci sugar free flavorings to add a little zip to the skim milk. About the 3rd week I went a little crazy and had to eat something, had a slice of swiss cheese for 3 days in a row, then regrouped and got back on track. I felt very good about accomplishing it, made me feel like I could do most anything I had to to be a success with the surgery. Unfortunately that was not to be, the band was just a poor choice for me since I already ate less than 1000 calories a day and couldn't do much exercise because of health issues. So there wasn't anything to change after surgery and nothing I could do to increase activity so I lost a whopping 20 lbs. woohoo! They are awesome docs tho and care very much about their patients.

my revision pre-op instructions are to stop solids by noon the day before my 7am surgery.    shakes & liquids afterwards...... that's just insane if you ask me.

Wow I love my surgeon more and more the more stories I hear! I was not forced to do any liquid diet at all with exception to no solids for 24 hours or so prior to surgery. My surgeon simply asked that I stick to a bland diet high in protein and low in fat and carbs for a couple weeks prior to the surgery which was totally doable. I can tell you that there is no way in hell I could have done 28-30 days of liquids only whether it be protein shakes or milk, I call that crapola! lol And I whole heartedly agree that if I could stick to that kind of diet for a month prior to surgery then there really would be no need for the surgery in the first place!

Best of luck to you though, you will definitely need it!
Amy

With all my surgeries I was told I could eat until midnight the night before.  You can bet I was eating at 11:59pm.

I did six weeks of liquids and one low cal veggie meal a day prior to my surgery.  It wasn't required, but I was over 500 lbs and had to lose some weight before my doc could do my revision.  That was the fastest way for me to lose enough weight prior to surgery.  The first 4-5 days were the worst, after that things were manegable, not fun but not horrible.  I also told my husband I wasn't cooking again till I could eat too.  Poor guy ate a lot of Hamburger Helper and Mac & Cheese before and immediately after my surgery.

 I only had to be NPO after midnight ... no special diets needed at all.  YOU CAN DO THIS!!! 28 days will be up faster than you know.... I am glad I did not have to do that though ... sounds too hard LOL ... oh but, but, but YOU CAN DO IT! it is well worth it!!!