milk diet???

mollysadventure
on 4/27/12 12:58 pm - WA

RNY on 06/26/12

soo...at my last appointment with the doc on Wednesday they told me about this pre operative diet that i will be started on as soon as i get my surgery date. for 2 to 8 weeks i will be o. a diet strictly milk and water to reduce fat around my liver. has anyone done this and if so how long and how horrible was it? any info would be helpful....i am almost there

Scaura
on 4/27/12 1:18 pm - Fort Collins, CO

Sorry I can't help. I did not have to do any liquid or restrictive diet, just no food after 11pm the night before. It sounds hideous though. I can't drink milk, even lactose free, so I guess I would be on a water diet for 8 weeks.

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CathyD1968
on 4/27/12 1:38 pm - OH

RNY on 04/30/12 with

My surgery is this coming Monday. I have been on a liquid diet for 2 weeks. Water, protein shakes, SF jello, SF pudding, SF popsicles, broth, cream soup(pureed). Its been a long 2 weeks, but after day 4 it seems to get better. I have lost about 20 pounds in 2 weeks! So there is a big benefit for us! LOL Good luck to you! You can do this!!!

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littleskie
on 4/27/12 2:04 pm - freeport, TX

RNY on 08/19/09 with

I've heard of the clear liquid and the full liquid diets but never heard of a milk diet.

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poet_kelly
on 4/27/12 7:27 pm - OH

RNY on 11/04/08

Since milk is high in carbs and sugar I'm not sure how that would shrink the liver.

Kelly

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Cicerogirl, The PhD
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on 4/27/12 9:18 pm - OH

RNY on 08/27/07

Probably because it is primarily (but ot exclusively) the fat content of the diet that causes liver enlargement. So as long as the milk is not whole milk, it would still shrink the liver.

Milk and water seems like an odd combinations as opposed to a more traditional shorter full-liquids or protein shake diet, but I guess it would be much lower in calories and still have some protein. I worry about putting the body under that much physical and metabolic stress right before major surgery, though. That is one of the many reasons my surgeon did not have an extended pre-op diet beyond low fat and low sugar for two weeks.

Lora

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rbb825
on 4/28/12 11:44 am - Suffern, NY

RNY on 10/27/08

I would question your surgeon about why no protein shakes - just milk and water is so little protein or any nutrients for a long period of time. You need strength going into surgery and protein does that