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Diet immediately before surgery

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Posted 04 Feb 2024 at 17:21

Tuesday 

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Posted 04 Feb 2024 at 18:09

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Tuesday 

Best of luck Rich, hope all goes well and keep us updated!

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Posted 16 Feb 2024 at 10:09

Hi 

I have my surgery in just over a week and have 2 bottles of the carbohydrate drink for before the surgery.

was advised to increase carb element of diet ahead of surgery as research shows it can help with abdominal surgeries. 

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Posted 16 Feb 2024 at 10:29

Hi

Sounds sensible.

The hospital I (and Mark on this thread) was treated at seems to have a much more rigorous protocol re food than most. Low residue diet for 48 hours pre op, no solid food for 24 hours pre op and no solid food until day after op! I was ***** starving by then!

All the best for your op.

Rich

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Posted 16 Feb 2024 at 10:39

Gents - thanks to all of you who replied to this post. Much appreciated. The advice I was given re food/fasting seems specific to the hospital I was treated at and doesn't seem the norm. Also I wasn't allowed solid food after the op for almost 24 hours whereas I've read guys saying they were offered food shortly after coming round in Recovery. 

Anyway, as I said initially, this is pretty trivial in the whole scheme of things. The good news for me is the op sounds like it went very well with complete nerve sparing and clear margins. I have some incontinence post catheter removal but know that is very common.

Thanks again.

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Posted 18 Feb 2024 at 09:45

That sounds encouraging Rich. Now you're on the recovery path, still keep in mind you've had major surgery and it makes sense to keep taking it easy over the first few weeks. 

12 weeks is considered a typical period during which you'll return to normal step by step and it's often said 12 months before everything is fully back to how it was pre-op.

    

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Posted 18 Feb 2024 at 09:55

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 The good news for me is the op sounds like it went very well with complete nerve sparing and clear margins.

Fantastic result RIch. Wishing you a continued and speedy recovery.

 
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