Fort Dodge - Liquid Diet?

In the process of switching to Fort Dodge to have surgery. Just wondering if anyone knows if they require a liquid diet pre-op?

You will be seeing Dr VerSteeg, I assume. He is SUCH a WONDERFUL man! I had my surhgery 2 years ago this Feb, and I have lost 200 pounds and am currently pregnant!!! anyway, when he did mine, he did not require a liquid diet pre surgery. He did, however, expect me to lose about 25 pounds before he could do mine, the reason was I weighed over 500 at the time, and for safety reasons, I needed to be under 500...I did, he did the surgery lap, and I have had no complications whatsoever. Dr VerSteeg is a very caring and compassionate man, and Phyllis is GREAT, the rest of his staff is great too! Feel free to email me anytime! and GOOD LUCK!!!

Hi Amy..i dont know about Fort dodge but my Doctor had me do that and I am so glad I did I think it made the transition easy for me! And truth be told it wasnt all that bad Good Luck,keep us posted! lori

Hi Amy, I don't know about Fort Dodge, but if your surgeon does offer the option of having your surgery lap, take it!! I just had mine on Monday and I feel great. I've gone all day without pain meds and feel fine. Where I went they reqired us to go on a high protein low carb (no grains, or sugar at all ) diet. Fruit was ok but this diet gets your liver in shape (smaller) to make surgery safer. That seemed a better option to me than a liquid diet. Good Luck to you. Terry