No pre-op diet

 24 hour pre-op liquid diet too! I am having my last big meal today! 
Lesley

Hey Peeches!
I can't say I'm not jealous! I have to do a 7 day pre-op diet, but it's because my BMI is rather high and my surgeon wants to make sure my liver is as small as I can get it before surgery. Oh well (sigh)....I'm trying to look at it from a more positive point of view...I just tell myself I'm just getting ready for post op diet :D

Yeah, the preop diet was challenging but I was scared of liver issues while he was in there so I was COMPLETELY motivated to do my preop diet. I was also nervous about anesthesia at a higher weight and figured the less I weighed, the safer anesthesia would be.

Another great thing about it is that you are that much closer to goal when you start.

I had a BMI of just 40 at 5'8"

The reason of the low carb/ liquid preop diet has to do with increasing the pliability of your liver when they lift and move it as well as clearing you out before surgery. 

 I just had my surgery done last Monday.  I wasn't asked by my surgeon to do the pre op diet but I decided to anyway because I had been on a bit of a food vacation leading up to my surgery date.  I figured it could only help.  I am 5'11 and my BMI was at about 40.  

That's cool! My surgeon's standard is two weeks of low carb and clear liquids 24hrs. before surgery. Since mine was scheduled so fast and only had a week before surgery, my surgeon was comfortable with me just doing the one week low carb since I was able to lose 22 lbs. during my 6 months and my bmi was in the 50's also.

That is sooo great! Lucky!!

Pam :)

 I did 10 days on Atkins/low carbs.  The rule was no more than 20 carbs a day. No counting calories.

Liquid diet 1 day before.

Surgery is tomorrow afternoon.

I think it depends more on the dr and on your lab work...if you have high liver enzymes they want you one the diet longer so that way your liver can shrink down. i started on a monday morning and ended mine tuesday night...had to take no type of meds to clear my system out (like you do before a scope or egd) but then again best of my knowledge that is my drs protocol with all his patients...so maybe it just depends on the dr