I see a wide range of pre op regimens

Just curious what everyone had for a diet pre op.

I just received my pre op packet from my bariatric center.  This is what I am being told and it seems quite different from some of what I have read here:

2 days prior to surgery: eat light foods
Day before surgery:
  1. light breakfast is OK
  2. Clear liquids rest of the day
  3. Take Magnesium Citrate at 1 PM
  4. Nothing to eat 12 hours before surgery.

 Very similar except I was on a complete liquid diet 2 weeks before surgery. It was literally hell on earth for 2 weeks but I made it better by eating some soups and then of course cheating every once in a while. Luckily I have being 21 on my side so I wasn't worried. As far as for the day before surgery I was told to eat no solids, only jello, juice etc for the morning with a protein shake. And for lunch just like broth stuff and then nothing but magnesium citrate after 12p. Yeah, that bowel prep is SO. MUCH. FUN. You will just be bleeding from the ears with how much fun it is! But it's not that bad overall, considering the surgery is FANTASTIC!!! It's like having Christmas, Birthday, and 1000 ******s all rolled into one!

"Christmas, Birthday, and 1000 ******s all rolled into one!"

Damnit I am soo friggin excited!

 Just wait till you start dropping the pounds, you'll see what I mean about the Christmas, Bday, and ****** thing is all about!

Ha HA!

I can't stop obsessing about it.  I am the typical male with a one track mind and right now it is all on my surgery.

Lance I read your last post on your blog and I got you beat!

I had my first consult on 9.11 and my surgery is 10.27

TOTAL OF 46 DAYS!!! Man I want to kiss everyone in my insurance company that made my approval go through in 8 days! You people rock panties!

Dan,

46 days is good dealing with insurance company but I clipped you.  28 days 3/10/08 - 4/7/08.  I was self pay.

Enjoy the ride and James is right about X-mas, Birthday and 1000 ******s!  Personally I'm working on my second set of a 1000 ******s for this year!

 Who is James?

Sorry Lance.  I had a "senior moment". 

 Yeah I was like who the hell is this James person and why is he stealing what I said about 1000 ******s? hahaha

I was eating normally up until the day before.  The day before I was on "light" food which is relative I guess because I think I ate donuts for breakfast that morning.  I had around 4 'last meals' up until the day of surgery too. :)