Prep????

Is anyone not doing any kind of prep before surgery? I talked to my doctor's nurse and she said that no liquid diet was to be done and no prep.. I thought the no prep sounded kinda strange, so I was wondering if anyone else was not doing one.. I have a feeling when I go in for my pre-op on Wednesday I'll be spending the rest of my afternoon on the toilet after starting the bowel prep...

I'm having DS and I have to drink the magnesium citrate by 3p.m. the day before surgery. I would think you would need to too. good luck, best wishes and God Bless

I am having RNY on Wed The 5th and I am on high protein diet right now and the cleansing is on Tues..Along with clear liquids from Mon night midnight to after Surgery on Wed.

I was told I have to drink water protin shakes I was never told to clean my bowls. Mine really never told me anything other then I can't eat for 3 days...

My surgeon has no pre-op diet, other than 2 weeks prior to surgery - have your last 'feast' and try to eat healthy after that. The day before surgery he wants us to eat light meals, and nothing after midnight - drink lots of water, but no bowel prep. He's done hundereds of these, so I trust him.

My dr too does not require any kind of special prep, I ask that the other day when they called to set up my last visit before surgery, from what I understand alot of the preop stuff has to do with how big you are too, the pre op is to try to shrink your liver so that they have a little more room to move around in there. But mine said I didn't have to do anything special.

I am having mine on the 14th and i have to do a very light mostly liquid diet on the 13th and that evening take MOM every hour until...well you know... :-l But at least i don't have to drink the Mag. Citrate crap..last time i had to i couldn't keep any down...nasty nasty stuff!

No diet prep for me, but they did ask me to try and lose five or more pounds if possible using any healthy process. I do believe it has to do with your size and wear you are carrying a lot of the weight, such as belly versus butt. I need to do the colon cleanz, but I'd rather do it before surgery than to try and get the crap (literally) out afterwards :rofl: Funny thing is, that despite many of us having the same type of surgery, we are all very different in many kinds of ways and so are our doctors/surgeons and how they care for us. We can only hope that we have made the best possible decision when it comes to the team we have chosen to help change our lives. I would never have chosen one doctor over another simply to avoid some of the unpleasantries associated with getting prepared, but of course, that's just me and my very humble opinion :-) My very best wishes to you for a speedy recovery and smooth transition! ~ KimmyG

Holy crap! I went on a high protein only diet in July per the surgeons instructions and lost 23 lbs as of Aug 24th and I started a 10 day pre-op liquid diet last Tues the 28th. I've probably lost another 10 to 15 lbs since the 24th I'm sure. I'll probably be -40 down before my surgery on Friday, all of this because I'm a guy? And I have to shrink my liver before surgery? You all are getting off easy, consider yourself lucky, my surgeon is STRICT with a capital T! Darn, what I would give for a piece of string cheese or a chicken breast right now. Sheesh.

Congrats on your efforts This is agreat success ppre-op. you will do great post op.