If you were scheduled for surgery and you were instructed not to have anything to eat the day before, could you do it?

Could, can, have. Most recently last September. The grumpiness didn’t really set in until a few days later when I still hadn’t been allowed to eat.

Sure, I’ve had to do it a few times. Because I’m hypoglycemic I’ve been allowed to have clear juice up to 12 hours ahead.
I don’t tend to get grumpy, I am more concerned about the procedure.

I easily could go a day without food, as long as I was allowed water
I would try to sleep most of the time.

I would cheat by drinking broth

Been there, done that.
My brother did it the hard way. Three days waiting for a surgeon. No food or water the whole time

Actually, I’m allowed broth @ragingloli. Does tomato soup count?

What happened to your brother @filmfann?

” Does tomato soup count?”

Probably not as it’s, for the surgon’s purposes, considered a solid.

Broth is clear,.

Been there done that, many times. Water was okay

I can have jello too.

Back in 2013 I was told to fast the day before my surgery. I did and when they drew my blood at 10 pm I was told that my blood sugar was critically low and they couldn’t do the surgery if it was that low. So the nurses gathered up a bunch of sugary snacks for me to eat. I gobbled them down. After about an hour my blood sugar level was retested and was back up into the normal range.

Oh I felt hungry. No big deal. Just go with it.

Easily. I wouldn’t care about the food aspect, but I would be nervous about having surgery.

Had to twice,it wasn’t fun but something that had to be done.

I’ve done it half a dozen times.
I would never fuck with Docs orders in that regard.

Sure. I’ve not eaten before colonoscopies. Same thing, but more uncomfortable. It’s better if the procedure is in the afternoon. Then you start fasting in the afternoon, so you get to eat breakfast the day before. I prefer that, but some people might prefer a morning procedure.

As far as colonoscopy, my last doctor has people fast longer than any other doctor I’ve been to before. It’s unnecessary in my opinion, I’ve never had a problem before. I followed her orders, but I don’t have sugar problems, I don’t get very grumpy, but it still annoyed me a little. Colonoscopy is different than surgery where you will be intubated though. Different requirements. I think before my surgery I couldn’t eat for 8 hours before the surgery.

@Dutchess_III my brother needed open heart surgery. He survived it, and has lived 13 years since.
I mentioned he had no food or water for 3 days. Upon reflection, I recall on day 2 they gave him a cup of ice chips.

No, I don’t think so.
During a normal day, I have to eat about every 3 to 4 hours or I get very weak, almost to the point of passing out. I don’t really get as far as that because my stomach starts growling and I start burping continuously.
I live to eat!
Back in 2007 I had to put myself in the hospital because of a sever infection. I couldn’t eat for over 24 hours and I don’t know how I did it. Maybe it was the vast amounts of antibiotics they were pumping into me.
So, reasonably, I have to say no, but possibly I could if I had to. But PLEASE don’t make me not take nourishment!!!

I could tough it out with no problem. But it’s an interesting question. My wife, my daughter, my niece are people to which I am highly attuned. I can tell almost immediately on encountering any of them on whether or not they are in need of feeding, and I will see to it immediately. My brother is always astounded when he and his daughter pull up in the car, and I just look at her and declare “she’s hungry. We have to feed her”.

I’ve done it, like @JLeslie , before a colonoscopy. It wasn’t that difficult, although hunger was offset by the gallon of laxative mix.

@Dutchess__III The broth will give you some salt. Sugary drinks, and things like jello, will give you calories. Both are important. If you drink something like apple juice (if it’s allowed) you get some potassium too. Don’t have any of the things to excess, I’m not suggesting you drink a liter of juice and ginger ale, I’m just saying be cognizant of what liquids have what, and try to strike a balance to avoid feeling hungry, light headed, or nauseas.

If you regularly have caffeine, make sure you have some. If it’s usually coffee, and they don’t allow coffee for some reason then maybe you can have a Mountain Dew. Caffeine withdrawal will likely make you feel like crap by around 3:00 if you typically drink it in the morning.

The trick is to keep your electrolytes balanced, and enough calories for the energy you need during the day. I’d take a couple of multivitamins and an iron pill the night before, but I’m deficient in all sorts of things. Certainly for one day of fasting you don’t need to obsess about vitamins and minerals. Not that you were.

You’ll be a little stressed most likely anticipating the surgery. That will likely decrease your appetite.

I couldn’t sleep very well last night. I had my alarm set for 7, but got up with the birds at 6. Bleh.

If I could have things like juice, jello and broth, I think I would be hungry but I could do it. If I couldn’t have anything other than water, it would be very tough. It wasn’t clear from your details if you could have jello, broth and juice, @Dutchess_III. Also, coffee and milk helps me not feel so hungry.

Yes I could have Jello and broth. Not sure about the juice. Probably apple juice, but I didn’t drink any. I ate some Jello last night. Oddly, I don’t even feel that hungry today.
I’m just ready to get this over with already!

Good luck and best wishes for a speedy recovery, @Dutchess_III!

Thanks so much you guys.

On Saturday Rick grilled filet and lobster! Except…he kept calling it “The Last Supper.” Lord that man…..
Then yesterday I told him I watched the video of the procedure. He said, “Well? Did he DIE?!”
He’s no help.

How are you now?

Edit: sorry, I misread that it was your husband who has to do it :(

Surgery went. Doc said not to eat food that causes gas like broccoli…...so they served broccoli soup for dinner. SMH. It was good

You ate the soup against doctor’s orders?

Well that’s what they gave me. Plus the receipt specified what surgery I had. I would hope they’d be coordinating with the dietician and that they know what they’re doing.
It was good soup too and I feel fine. I imagine the morphine helps too, LOL!

I wouldn’t count on the left hand talking to the right. Medical mistakes are rampant. Although, I doubt it’s dire if you have broccoli soup even if the doctor thought it would be better to have a different type of soup. I’m glad you’re feeling good!

I am sure there wasn’t enough broccli in the soup to be of concern. I doubt they’d be casual about diets. People’s lives can depend on them.
I also got a chicken salad sammich and ate half of it. Not my favorite sandwich but I was hungry.
Everything went well so I’m relieved. See what the next couple of weeks bring. I wish I’d told the doc about this problem 7 years ago when it started!

@Dutchess_lll Good to hear that :) Hope to see you out of the hospital soon.

I like your Rick’s sense of humor.

Me too @stanleybmanly
But I get mines. Doc had told when Rick wasn’t there that recovery would be about a week.
We met my night nurse today. Very pretty and young . As we were chatting she mentione that.l the discharge would give me instructions.
I.said “They will read that I have stay in bed while Rick does all the housework.”
The nurse picked up on it instantly and with a straight face said “And it will take weeks. Many weeks.”
I looked.at Rick and said “Many weeks.
He looked at the.nurse. She nodded and said “Weeks.”
He looked at me and his eyes narrowed. He knew he was being played but couldn’t be 100% certain.
Best nurse ever!!!!

I hope you are doing well my friend <3

@Dutchess_III any chance your grandchildren learn the humor from him? :D

Oh I’m sure they will @mimi. :D

I’m doin fine Kardamom. Looking forward to breakfast. Going home today with THAT GUY!

Oh God. Just spoke with my day nurse for the first time. Fucking clueless airhead.

Talk to her all you can. Try to ferret out a reason she can be trusted with people’s lives. Find out if the hospital has a pay bump for nurses working the graveyard shift. Someone once told me that good hospitals concentrate the combat elite nurses on night shifts.

I just took more decisions in my hands instead of automatically deferring to her. I LOVED my night nurse.