Pre-op Diet commences!

So this is it, the build up to my op! Lots of mixed feelings over the last day or two, the realisation that this really is going to happen. I am excited but at the same time very nervous and if i think about it too much i could be physically sick!

The idea of the pre-op diet is to shrink the liver in preparation for the operation, giving the surgeon easier access to the stomach if the liver is smaller. Dependent on which surgeon and hospital you go to, there seems to be a difference in the pre-op diets that people are put on. I am on a milk and yoghurt diet, although slimfast shakes can be drank instead of milk, so that is what i am having - 3 slimfast, 3 weightwatcher yoghurts and a milky coffee! I started yesterday so today is day 2. Of course the other advantage of this pre-op diet is that you lose weight prior to the op, which can only be a good thing! 7lbs to a stone is the average so here's hoping!!