Recommendations for PRE-op eating
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Brenda2010
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Hi and congrats on your surgery date.
Your surgeon's team should be talking to you about all this, have they not been? I would be a little weary about that. Mine had me meet with her nutritionist twice before surgery and then also attend a seminar about this. Every person is different so I don't want to give you bad advice based on your health and needs.Hi and congrats on your surgery date.
I have indeed been meeting with my team - dietician, exercise specialist, nurse practitioner, surgeon. I think that I'm nervous because I don't recall anyone talking to me about a "liquid fast" in the weeks before surgery, but I've seen threads here and elsewhere about that. Also, I've been working towards this for 2 years and so I know that I know more than what my brain is acknowledging..just nervous, I guess. Like I'm not going to know what I'm doing. Because I was working towards this for so long, it began to feel like it would never happen and then "all of the sudden", here we are!
Brenda2010
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Ah, I understand.
Surgeons are all different, my doctor did not have me on a liquid diet pre-surgery. Her requirement was that had to loose 10% of my start weight but she emphasized a high-protein, low carb diet. The day before surgery, I had to drink something from the pharmacy to cleanse my system and I could only have clear liquids that day. But up until then, no liquid diet. At my 1 week post-op appt, I was told that I could start my vitamins. The kind I take were suggested by my surgeon's nutritionist. Do you have any more appointments before surgery? If not, I would call and ask the dietitian or nurse for a suggestion so you can get those ahead of time.
I'm so happy for you that your time is almost here!
Thank you so much. You've eased my mind a little this evening! I do have an appointment with the nutritionist in the surgeon's office; however, it is on Tuesday before the surgery on Friday, so that doesn't offer much time between. I tried reaching out to one of the dieticians that I had been working with earlier this week; however, I haven't yet heard back from her. If I don't hear by end of day Monday, I will message a different dietician. I have all of my pre-op testing on the 4th and will be attending the support group on the evening of the 9th, so I will be able to ask others a lot of questions there as well. Again, thank you for your replies tonight, it really helped to settle me down a little.