Canadian, what has your doctor advised regarding a liquid diet? Some of us didn't have to change our diet at all before surgery, only after. Patients with high BMIs -- say, over 50 -- may have to go on liquids for a couple of weeks before banding; I understand this is to help reduce the size of the liver to make the operation easier for both surgeon and patient. (Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.)
Personally, I wouldn't start a liquid diet any sooner than I had to. Check with your doctor.
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Banded 8/26/04: Dr. Rumbaut, Monterrey, Mexico
Fills 10/13/04; 1/21/05: total 1.8 cc, Drs. Horgan & Baptista, Chicago
5'9" 273 high/264 presurgery/197.5  /164
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