Guest guest Posted June 17, 2001 Report Share Posted June 17, 2001 Jane, In reading your reply to Gwen, I'm curious about what you consider a light diet on the day before surgery . Before I've had colonoscopies or my hysterectomy, I had to be on clear fluids the day before besides the " cleanout " with Fleets. According to Dr. Ren's booklet, three days before surgery (in my case, the 23rd, 24th, and 25th) I'm to eat just a low calorie, low fat diet of about 1000 calories. Could you, being my angel, clarify exactly. Thanks! Marcia > Re: Pre-op Prep-Gwen > > > Dear Gwen, > > Prior to my Lap BPD/DS, I was instructed to eat a lowfat/low calorie > diet for 1 week prior to surgery. They explained that this would > reduce the fat in my liver, making the liver smaller and making my > surgery easier. I also had to drink a 3 oz. bottle of Fleet's > Phospho-Soda solution at 3:00 p.m. the day before surgery. After I > drank the Fleet's, I was to drink alot of liquids and keep my diet > light and simple the rest of the day. Then I was instructed not to > eat or drink anything after midnight the night before. My surgery > was 7:00 a.m. the next day. Hope this helps. May your surgery and > recovery be uneventful and swift. Good luck. > > > Jane J. > 230/197 lbs. > Lap BPD/DS > April 26, 2001 > Dr. Ren > NYU Medical Center, NYC > www.thinforlife.org > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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