Question:
Does going on a low fat diet prior to surgery affect postop pain?

Someone on the message board said something about this and I had not heard it before - does anyone know if this is correct?    — susan N. (posted on October 15, 2001)

October 18, 2001
i havent heard about it via pain but that it would help per the hours if you diet and get the fatty stuff off your liver and all low to no fat diet for a few weeks but i dont kn if this is true, i just READ it
   — Jackiis

September 19, 2003
I followed the doctor's "Amazing Liver Shrinking Diet", as I called it, faithfully for 3 weeks prior to surgery. I lost 16 lbs. on it. I don't know if it contributed to my no pain after surgery or not. I do know that the doctor needed my liver to be reduced in size so that he could get to the stomach and see it. I DID MY PART. I had very little pain after the procedure and it is now 9 days post op. I still feel good with little pain. Good luck to you and try your very best to follow all of the doctor's recommendations.
   — Phyllis W.