Doctor does not require liquid pre-op diet, has anyone else had a doctor not require liquid...

Amy-77
on 11/3/14 9:18 am - WI
RNY on 12/03/14

Hello all, this is my first post.  After years of wanting to have RNY I received my approval on Oct. 24th with a surgery date of Dec. 3rd.

I had my pre-op nutrition appointment today and found out my doctor does not require a liquid pre-op diet prior to surgery.  Has anyone else had a doctor that did/does not require a liquid pre-op diet prior to surgery?

Karen M.
on 11/3/14 9:32 am - Mississauga, Canada

Yes, me. My surgeon required a 7 day liver shrinking diet that consisted of lean protein, no/low fat, zero carb, green veggies at every meal. I did it for 10 days (just to be sure lol) and my liver was perfect for surgery.

 

Karen

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selhard
on 11/3/14 9:38 am - MN
RNY on 11/26/12

Reading about liquid diets AFTER my WLS made me wonder if I had totally messed up and missed instructions somewhere along the way but I hadn't.  If you are concerned, I am guessing your medical team would have no problem with you choosing to do a liquid pre-op diet on your own? 

iloveravens
on 11/3/14 10:06 am
RNY on 08/13/14

My doctor did not require a liquid diet at all.  Liquids only after 6pm the night before surgery.

Lanie; Age: 43; Surgery Date (VSG): 8/12/14 w/complications resulting in RNY next day;

Height: 5' 6" SW: 249 Comfort Zone: 135-140 CW: 138 (10/13/17)

M1: -25 lbs M2: -12 M3: -13 M4: -7 M5: -11 M6: -10 M7: -7 M8: -7 M9: -3 M10: -8 M11: -4 M12: -4

5K PR - 24:15 (4/23/16) First 10K - 53:30 (10/18/15)

Ladytazz
on 11/3/14 10:22 am

No pre op diet, no pre op bowel cleanse (yeah!) and no mandatory weight loss.  Both times.  And I lived to talk about it.

 

WLS 10/28/2002 Revision 7/23/2010

High Weight  (2002) 240 Revision Weight (2010) 220 Current Weight 115.

MickeyDee
on 11/3/14 11:13 am

Mine didn't;  he just asked me to lose some weight pre-op and then do a mag-citrate cleanse the night before surgery.

Didn't seem to be a problem for him.

Cicerogirl, The PhD
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on 11/3/14 11:13 am - OH

Many surgeons don't, actually. Mine didn't.  

She encouraged a low fat diet during the last two weeks pre-op, but she said the evidence just didn't support that you could significantly shrink the liver even on an all-liquid diet in just 7 or 14 days (and she was realistic enough to know that most patients wouldn't stay on a liquid diet for more than 2 weeks).

Lora

14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.

GodsChildII
on 11/3/14 11:23 am - Seattle , WA
RNY on 08/05/14

Mine did not require a liquid diet pre-OP.

        
Reinette
on 11/3/14 11:34 am - Marlborough, MA
RNY on 06/16/14

My doctor did not require it.  Only no food/water after midnight (like a gremlin!), take a pepcid before bed, and one when I woke up.

HW: 333; Weight at 1st visit: 318.6; SW: 304.4; CW: 218.4

  

Citizen Kim
on 11/3/14 12:09 pm - Castle Rock, CO

Lots of us!   I was nil by mouth after midnight.  

The old joke here was that surgeons made people do extensive liquid diets because they hate fat people ...

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