Comments on: eating before surgery http://www.obesity-surgery.bseulf.org/2006/02/10/eating-before-surgery/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:08:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Elvis Bettina http://www.obesity-surgery.bseulf.org/2006/02/10/eating-before-surgery/#comment-3139 Elvis Bettina Sat, 11 Feb 2006 12:36:42 +0000 http://www.obesity-surgery.bseulf.org/2006/02/10/eating-before-surgery/#comment-3139 The surgeon who is doing my surgery here in Maine, doesn't allow you to eat for 24 to 48 hours. Plus he makes you drink the yummy stuff (GoLightly, i think it is called) so that you are completely empty. makes sense really to me. I don't think they want to have to deal with food in your stomach when they open it up. Also he gives you a feeding tube or gastric tube for the first 7 to 10 days. Giving the pouch plenty of time to heal. Cannot eat or drink in that time. My initial consult is July 7th with Dr Padiath Aslam in Augusta Maine. I am sooooo ready for this!!!! The surgeon who is doing my surgery here in Maine, doesn’t allow you
to eat for 24 to 48 hours. Plus he makes you drink the yummy stuff
(GoLightly, i think it is called) so that you are completely empty.
makes sense really to me. I don’t think they want to have to deal
with food in your stomach when they open it up. Also he gives you a
feeding tube or gastric tube for the first 7 to 10 days. Giving the
pouch plenty of time to heal. Cannot eat or drink in that time.

My initial consult is July 7th with Dr Padiath Aslam in Augusta
Maine. I am sooooo ready for this!!!!

]]> By: Ulysses Chang http://www.obesity-surgery.bseulf.org/2006/02/10/eating-before-surgery/#comment-3138 Ulysses Chang Sat, 11 Feb 2006 06:48:41 +0000 http://www.obesity-surgery.bseulf.org/2006/02/10/eating-before-surgery/#comment-3138 wow.. i was told i could eat up till midnight the night before my surgery... and believe me, that last bite came at exactly 12! LOL I had surgery 10 am that next morning.... 11-13-02 Open RNY-Gastric Bypass -102 lbs since surgery (-124 total) 315/213/150(goal) 63 lbs away from GOAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Last weigh day of 05-26-03 Check out my page.. <!--more--> Sign My Slambook! Thanks ALL! Don't Forget to Sign My SlamBook! **HUGS** I don't think I've posted on this site before, but I do read all of the posts. I cannot believe that some people can eat the day before or day of their surgery. The organization I am going through for the surgery requires you to be on a liquid diet for 2 weeks prior to surgery! I have approval from my insurance company for WLS, and am going through the eval process now. Hopefully, I will find out my surgery date by mid July! Cheri Grand Rapids, MI wow.. i was told i could eat up till midnight the night before my surgery… and
believe me, that last bite came at exactly 12! LOL I had surgery 10 am that next
morning….

11-13-02 Open RNY-Gastric Bypass

-102 lbs since surgery
(-124 total)

315/213/150(goal)

63 lbs away from GOAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Last weigh day of 05-26-03

Check out my page..

Sign My Slambook!

Thanks ALL!

Don’t Forget to Sign My SlamBook!

**HUGS**

I don’t think I’ve posted on this site before, but I do read all of
the posts. I cannot believe that some people can eat the day before
or day of their surgery. The organization I am going through for the
surgery requires you to be on a liquid diet for 2 weeks prior to
surgery!

I have approval from my insurance company for WLS, and am going
through the eval process now. Hopefully, I will find out my surgery
date by mid July!

Cheri
Grand Rapids, MI

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