Anyone cheat on pre-op diet?
Depends on the surgeon, and depends on the cheat.
Some surgeons want you to shrink your liver on a liquid diet. If you don't do so sufficiently, s/he might cancel your surgery.
The pre-op diet is also meant to help get your head in the game and get you serious. If you can't follow instructions beforehand, how the heck are you going to be compliant afterwards? Especially when "cheating" soon post-op can have dangerous medical consequences?
Sparklekitty / Julie / Nerdy Little Secret (#42)
Roller derby - cycling - triathlon
VSG 2013, RNY conversion 2019 due to GERD. Trendweight here!
on 10/22/15 10:58 am - NJ
I was very strict on my pre-op "liver shrinking" diet, because I knew that if my liver was too big, my surgeon would not be able to do the surgery laproscopically and might even cancel it. I was obsessive, to the point that the first questions I asked coming out of anesthesia were, "How was my liver? Was it small?" I don't think I even asked about the actual sleeve until much later.
I didn't cheat. I was very tempted to cheat a couple days before surgery, but I was afraid it would adversely affect the surgery. If you can tough it out and stick with the diet, you will be happy you did. Every successful day gets you closer to goal.
best wishes,
Carol
Surgery May 1, 2013. Starting Weight 385, Surgery Weight 333, Current Weight 160. At GOAL!
Weight loss Pre-op 1-20 2-17 3-15 Post-op 1-20 2-18 3-15 4-14 5-16 6-11 7-12 8-8
9-11 10-7 11-7 12-7 13-8 14-6 15-3 16-7 17-3 18-3
I've been warned by my bariatric team that the surgeon has no qualms canceling the procedure and rescheduling if he feels the diet wasn't followed and the liver isn't where he feels it should be.
That would scare me enough to stay on the followed diet .. the only thing worse than going through it once would be to have to reschedule and go through it twice.
