No pre-op liquid diet?

My surgery is scheduled for 2/20 and I realized that they had never said anything about this liquid pre-op 2 week diet that Ive heard so much about from others. So I called the surgeons office and asked and they said there is no pre-op diet but just dont gain weight, keep following your current diet. Im so surprised as I was dreading this diet for so long! Anybody else not have to do the liquid diet before surgery? Just seemed so odd.

I was never on the two weeks liquid diet but I was told I had to do it for two days before surgery. Mine was on Monday so I had to do it Sat & Sun. Check with them again because I know at a minimum they want you to be fasting for 12 hours before surgery. Good luck!

Nope. They recommended the South Beach Diet pre op (it was THE thing then) but just Nil By Mouth for 12 hours before surgery.

I love SBD and have the book. I have used that way of eating for many years though im bad at controling carbs

It varies by surgeon. Consider yourself lucky :P

Thanks I was just so shocked LOL! I guess im lucky i dont have to do it though. I have one more pre-op appt on 2/14 so im sure they will fill me in on anything else i need to do. Thanks guys.

I didn't have to do any special diet pre op

I think a lot of it depends on where you are, a lot of us liquid dieters are up in Ontario, Canada, and that seems to be part of the program here, but there hasn't been a diet need to follow presurgery for weight loss to qualify either, so count yourself lucky, I'm on day one of a 3 week liquid diet, surviving so far.

I'm in Georgia and had to do 2 weeks on bariatric advantage meal replacement shakes. 5 per day. I was allowed 4meals in that timeframe as well, just no solid food the day before. And I had to drink 12oz of Gatorade en route the morning of. I totally questioned that bc that goes against everything you're taught working in the medical field. And they said it reduces reflux and stomach pain post op.

I didn't even know about a liquid pre-op until reading about it here. Had I known, there's a chance I might have tried it for assurance-sake. Then again...easy to say. Best to You on February 20th.