Pre-OP Slip up

Hopefully my surgeon isn't reading this board!

I'm scheduled for my by-pass this coming Monday. I've been pretty good on my pre-op diet but today I messed up big time. I stopped by Sonic on my way home from work for a Diet Limeade and ended up ordering some mozzarella sticks.

Dr. Ganta's pre-op diet isn't as strict as some. All he really asks for is that you keep the carbs under 30g a day and the fat at or below 10g. Obviously I blew both those numbers out today. 

I know the pre-op diet is to shrink the liver. All afternoon I've been worried about what I've done to myself. Should I confess tomorrow at my final pre-op Dr. appt and possibly delay my surgery or just straighten up and fly right from here on out?

Mars

 

 Nah I wouldn't worry about it man.... You'll be good to go!   had my surgery today, and didn't have to go on any type of crazy diet like that.  I just fasted at midnight on.  Don't get yourself worked up about it your gonna do great!!

Its only one day dna one lil mistake, not a big deal. Just get back on the horse and STAY AWAY from the fast food places

Don't worry about it.  I went into "last meal mode" a couple of days before my RNY.  My "slip up" makes your trip to Sonic look like dinner with Richard SImmons!  LOl

Good luck to you!

 Oh yes, me too! About 3 days before my surgery I went to a Chinese restaurant and ate well over 2 plates piled high with food. And then 2 days before the surgery I went to Raising Cane's chicken place twice in that day and ordered the same caniac combo and added 4 extra chicken fingers to it and extra fries and extra toast. So yeah, one slip up will not kill you...I'm here to tell you it won't haha. 

If you're gonn **** up your pre-op diet, do it right. Sonic? I don't think so. Cheese sticks? I fart in your general direction.

Do it up right man. You're in Wimberley? Drive over to Llano and go to Cooper's and get a couple of pork ribs, a hunk of rib eye, a pork chop, a half chicken, some donkey dick sausage, and maybe a little brisket. Much more satisfying than cheese sticks and you'll probably stay under your doctors carb limit. Of course the fat content will be off the charts but........

I hear there's a great BBQ place over in Lockhart too but I've never been there.

Just kiddding podnah. Get up, dust off your britches, and don't worry about it.

Thanks for the encouragement guys!

Fish, Thanks for the laugh! You are so right. My house is less than 10 miles away from The Salt Lick and they have some of the finest bbq in the state! I've been out to Lockheart several times and there are three amazing places out there.

Thanks again guys!

Mars

Yeah, one order of cheese sticks isn't going to kill the diet, just don't make it a habit. I didn't really have to do a pre-op diet in the same sense that many do, but I still had to lose 35 before surgery. I did cheat a little during that time, but didn't make a habit of it and didn't feel bad. My Nut encouraged me to have a nice dinner on Saturday night before surgery, as it will be the last real meal for a while. I did enjoy a nice dinner that night and had a nice breakfast on Sunday. They just don't want you to go overboard.

One time is not going to expand your liver.  Just liver it alone next time.  Good Luck next week.