Pre & Post Surgery

Pre-Surgery

(Two weeks prior to operation unless advised otherwise and comprehensive diet sheets will be supplied to you)

• Three Optifast or Optislim meal replacements per day.
• As much salad or vegetables as desired, although no dressing or gravy.
• Water to drink. Only low fat milk with tea or coffee.
• Some patients with unfavourable body shape may require being on this diet for longer than two weeks and will be advised by their surgeon.

Post-Surgery

• Following the operation there will be a liquid diet for ten days then slowly introducing soft high protein foods as directed by your surgeon.
• Patients should not eat anything solid for at least three weeks to allow healing and the pouch to settle.