Shrinking liver before surgery

So yesterday at 4:30 pm as I was walking out of work I get the call......my surgery date is June 6th.  WTH.  I want it, but how will I get my liver to shrink before them?  They said 1200 calories per day until 2 days prior and then clear liquids.  I dont' see how 7 days of dieting is going to help.  Am I freaking out over nothing since my dr. isn't? 

Oh by the way... MY SURGERY IS WEDNESDAY and I'm excited.

Relax.

You're right, to actually shrink your liver would take far longer than 7 days. Most pre-op diets aren't really aimed at 'shrinking' the liver---at best, they exhaust the glycogen stores in the liver, making it less 'slippery' to handle. Any high-protein, low-carb diet will do this in 7 days. Eat lots of meat, avoid bread/rice/pasta/sweets, and you'll be good to go.

Good luck!

Thanks Ms Batt - that was good advice and I learned something again on here today.
Jen 10 yrs post op RNY

You're most welcome!  I often learn things from you, too. (I consider a day wasted if I don't learn at least one thing. *grin*)

I really don't know, some doctors don't require a pre-op diet at all. I'm having surgery on the 6th as well and I'm on day 5 of my pre-op diet. I would imagine that if your doctor is OK with it, you should be too !

My doctor did not even require a pre op diet. He said he had never had any difficulties performing the surgery because of the liver.

My surgeon never requires it and he has performed over 6,000 laparoscopic RNY surgeries. 

my surgeon didn't require a preop diet either, other then the 24 hours liquid prior.

Congrats!  You'll be fine!

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