Patients of Dr. Gupta question.......

Pts of Dr. Gupta, hope you can answer a couple things for me that were not mentioned at my Nut Class last week, or at the Seminar with Dr. Gupta.  Does she want a 2 week pre-sugery liquid diet and bowel prep before surgery?  Hate to get there the day of surgery and find out I wasn't informed of this!  Thanks!
Everyone...........thanks for posting your weight losses, my surgery is Oct. 15....and you know how your mind is pre op..................am I crazy? should I? Yes-No-Yes..................trying to keep these thoughts away..........why I get on here every night and read all your encouraging stories,  just so afraid I will be the one to fail ya know...................our lives are so around food............

My surgeon was Dr Cacucci who is a partner of Dr Gupta and they did NOT require a bowel prep or pre surgery diet except for the day before. If in doubt you can call and double check but unless things have changed that much since last year I would say nope.

Going on a lower fat, lower carb diet til your surgery would be of great assistance to Dr. Gupta though when she gets in there so your liver will be shrunk some. :)

Yes, I have been doing higher protien and lower carbs for about 3 weeks now..........probably will call them, just to ease my mind..........thanks for the reply.................I have been following your success.......u look maaaaaaaahhhhhfalous!!

Didn't you go to the nutrition Class? They are real thorough in that class and give you a binder full of info. A lot of pre op and post op info.

Best of luck to you.

Blessings..Dawn

Your presurgery diet is the day before.  You eat a regular breakfast.  Lunch is soft foods.  Dinner is liquid.  Look at page 7 of the info from you "Nut" class.  It explains it completely.

Carol

I had Dr. Gupta and she did not require  a pre op diet except the day before.  She did not require a bowel prep either.  It is normal for your mind to be going crazy right now. Try to relax, you will be fine.  I was afraid of failure to, I still am.  You just have to go day by day and dont go back into your old habits.  You will be fine!

Just wanted to say that I know EXACTLY what you are going through right now.  My surgery is the day before yours.  I have my pre-op testing on 9/30 and my pre-op nut class on 10/7. 

I had the lap band so it might be different, but just the day before surgery.  They did say that I should go on a high protein low carb diet before. Dr.Gupta was great, so relax and know you are in good hands. Tracey