No Pre-op diet before surgery?

I've heard a couple people lately, about not having to do the "pre-op" diet, I wonder why?

All surgeons must be different, I am so nervous of the diet but... I WILL be sticking to it, I am strong enough to do this.

No doubt about it.

I just wonder why some people are not required to do one?

The primary reason for the diet is to shrink your liver for surgery.  It helps the surgeon maneuver in there easier.  My surgeon didn't require a hard core diet.  I was supposed to do liquid for breakfast and lunch and then a normal meal for dinner.  As you say, every surgeon is different.

A friend of mine had his sleeve done about 1 1/2 years ago in Nicaragua. His surgeon required only a 24-hour fast before surgery. All went well for him, and he lost all his excess weight. His is the only surgery I've heard of in which the surgeon required no extended pre-op diet.

I don't know how surgeons decide what an optimum pre-op diet should be or how long it should last. Sleeve surgery is still relatively new, and requirements vary wildly. My advice -- do whatever your surgeon directs you to do and don't worry about what anyone else is doing. That way, you and your surgeon will be on the same page on surgery day, and your surgery will be safer and your recovery smoother.

psychoticparrot

I did not have any pre op diet required. Of course they encourage healthy low carb eating but my surgeon said it is not necessary like it was thought to be years ago. I guess it depends on what your surgeon is comfortable with. 

I only had to do a one day clear liquid diet. My surgeon said he used to require a pre op full liquid diet , but found no significant difference in liver shrinkage in those who did the liquid diet and those who didn't. 

My doctor does the one day fast prior to surgery. He feels he wants the patient to be calm the weeks before surgery. Another words not stress over the pre-op diet. But 

My surgeon said if your BMI is under 46 you don't have to do a liquid diet as it is mainly to shrink your liver before surgery. I didn't have to do the liquid diet either except for just 1 day before my surgery.

My BMI is 39 but I am required to do one..

Wow! Mine was 46 and I was not, that is strange

My daughter had her surgery in Mexico and the surgeon told us to go next door and do mexican food the night before her surgery! However my surgeon here in the states had me do a few days of pre op diet