Optifast

Just wondering if you folks in the US have to go on Optifast 2 weeks before RNY surgery?  If so, are you allowed all the products (soups/bars) or just the shakes?  In Canada, where I am, all of us have to go on Opti at least 2 weeks before surgery to help reduce liver size so the surgery is easier to do lapriscopically. 

I had to do 2 weeks of HMR shakes and that's all i could have (no other HMR products). It was for the exact same reasons you stated. My doctor told me that his patients must lose between 10 and 20lbs during that 2 wks or he wouldn't do the surgery. I was stressing hard about it as I only lost 9 two days before my surgery date, but I made it. 

I've noticed that some others on the board didn't have to do a liquid diet for 2 weeks (I was so jealous!)

I only had to do a five day liquid diet pre op and no, it did not have to be Optfast.  Actually, Optifast is lower in protein than the shakes my surgeon recommended.

My doctor does do the 2 week Optifast diet before surgery. I'm on day 4. I'm allowed 3 shakes, 2 bars and a soup per day. Yes, my doctors reason was exactly what you wrote about. It's not so bad now that I'm a few days into it.

Opti fast in Canada has 24 g of protein per shake and at 4 per day that puts us up near 100 gr a day... However I think the product in the US Is different

I am doing optifast shakes for 2 weeks...my surgery is feb 13...first week was rough but the second weeks hasn't been as bad.

 

I had to do 4 weeks of OptiFast pre-op. I was allowed to choose my own combo of daily shakes, soups, and bars. I decided on 3 shakes, 2 soups and 2 bars. I felt like I was constantly eating and felt very satisfied. The purpose, per my surgeon was to shrink fat in the liver to make surgery easier to perform. It didn't really have a protein focus.