liquid diet...

less freaked out this morning. i am just being honest here and i don't recommend this but... i haven't been following the liquid diet. if i didn't have to stop taking pain meds (of any kind) stop taking supplements (to sleep or wake up) and or didn't have to maintain a 9-5 job then sure i could do a liquid diet. if that was the only change i'd have to endure for the next 3 weeks it wouldn't be that big of a deal and i am sure i'd be able to cope. but that's NOT what's going on. so why do they want you on a liquid diet?

3 reasons: 

#1 most important for them liver shrinkage. your liver produces less bile (used for breaking down foods) if it's only liquids and this decrease means decrease in size (less fatty) this is important for mechanical reasons. your liver is in front of your stomach so the smaller it is the easier it is for them to do the surgery. the easier for them the faster they are the less time for complications.

#2 next important for them was reducing girth around the mid-section. again a mechanical thing. easier, faster, less complications.

#3 most important for me. since you'll have to be on a liquid diet for 3 weeks after the surgery (no choice here) you'd BETTER get used to it!!! as for this reason i will deal with it. you'll have scars and swollen stomach to remind you "don't you dare eat solid food" 

i liken this liquid diet scenario to telling a crack addict "hey, we'll give you a surgery to not want crack but you have to go 3 weeks without it, Good luck" WTF?!?

so why make you do it at all? well, it's being cautious. if you know things that will make the surgery go smoother, then by all means advise them to do it. and hey, if you don't follow it to the letter, at least you'll feel guilty and follow it some. which is what i'm doing. i will say this weekend i will be on the liquid diet all weekend no exceptions.

-less freaked out dominator