Question:
my surgeon is only putting the limitation on me to stop all food & drink ...

(including water) at midnite the night before. I'm wondering if that was the only limitation most of you were put on? or if you had been given other directions? and ... it seems to me that one last huge pig-out the night before surgery would not be a good idea ... what did you guys do? what kind of food(s) & quantity did you have for your last supper? i don't want to do anything that will make me ill or make recovery worse!!    — Kathy H. (posted on March 17, 2000)

March 17, 2000
I will be under that constraint, too, as well as a liquid diet for 4 days prior to surgery. I'm trying to get my last hurrahs with food in this month. I've been eating out lunch with friends daily. I'm just about sick of it! I'm going to begin eating the kinds of foods I will have to eat post-operatively at one month prior, and hopefully lose some weight before surgery as well. Not my doctors orders, but he okayed it if I could do it. Good luck!
   — [Deactivated Member]

March 17, 2000
Hey there ... I was put on Medifast 2 weeks prior to surgery with a lite meal in the evening ... fish, asparagus, salad. This was not to lose weight, it was to reduce the fluid in my body to make the surgery and healing process easier. Then 2 days prior to surgery, just clear liquids. I am not a doctor, but I think your right .... a last pig out would not be a good idea. Good Luck Mary Anne
   — Mary Anne M.

March 17, 2000
I had the same restriction. I thought i could not eat anything after lunchtime so i had a great lunch at Cracker Barrel. When i found out i could eat dinner, WOW. My parents took me out for pasta and i had the best chicken fettucine alfredo and a big glass of pepsi! I will always remember it and be glad that i can never really feel that full or ashamed of myself again! Diana G. lap RNY 1/13/00 Dr. Champion down 45#
   — Diana G.

March 17, 2000
Hi Kathy, My surgeon also requested that I stop eating at 12 midnight the night before. That was the only real restriction he put on me. The nurse in the admitting dept. suggested that I try not to eat anything too heavy the day before though. At around 9:00 that night I had a slice of pizza (which was probably a little too heavy) and that was it besides some diet soda and water right before my 12:00 deadline. Everything went fine with my surgery but, I have found that all surgeons are very different in what they request and their aftercare policies. Hope everything goes well with you and please keep us posted.
   — Jodie R.

March 17, 2000
Kathy, That is all I had to do. I did not have to take all the yucky stuff the night before to clean my body out. It really was not to bad. As far as, the last big dinner the night before, I did not eat alot. I was kinda nervous about the surgery so I ate some soup. It was a lite dinner. That is what I did. I did not think it was a good idea to pig out either. I was not told other wise but that is what I felt was the right thing to do. I was just told to stop all food and water at midnight. Good luck!!!!!!
   — Lee Ann B.