Blood work ?

I have my pre op appt, blood work registration and all that tomorrow, I forgot if they said go go in fasting for blood work or not? Please let me know if you were required to go in fasting for your blood work . Thank you in advance

yay 2 weeks until surgery  

Fasting as I recall.  Woo hoo for two more weeks!

Thank you, I would hate to go in and be told oh no you should have been fasting. Hoping these next 2weeks go by quick. I am trying to think of anything I may need to do to make it a little easier after surgery. Any tips? 

If you have to do a pre-op diet just know that was the hardest part of the whole thing for me.  so if it is really hard and you are wondering how in the world you will be able to do the post op diet, the post op diet is a whole different story because you will have had surgery. 

To make things easier:  make sure you are well stocked with sugar free drinks, protein powders, vitamins...  Post op you won't want to deal with that stuff.  I am a big planner so I made sure my house was all clean and I lined up a few friends to come and help with laundry and also just hanging out with me.  Probably the very best thing I did was to make tons of stock and freeze it in containers in the fridge.  I was sick half to death of sweet protein shakes about a week into the pre op diet.  It was great to be able to have really rich beef and chicken stock.  Also, if you make a proper stock it actually has a fair amount of protein, 5-6 grams per cup.  And it has electrolytes and potassium and all sorts of other things that keep you healthy.  Here is a good recipe if you have never made it:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/chicken-stock-recipe.html

fyi:  I know it looks like a pain but it makes a ton and isn't actually that hard.  I have never cooled the stock after like it recommends, I don't know anyone who does that but it probably is safer. 

Another great thing that I did was to go to some thrift stores and buy some clothes in smaller sizes.  I set up bins in my closet with the next few sizes down and just started filling them up.  It was really nice to do that in the pre-op diet phase because I was going a little nuts and it helped me keep my eye on my goal.  You will be really glad you have a few things in smaller sizes because in the beginning you drop sizes so fast that it is nice to have stuff you can just pull out.  Go to the cheapest thrift stores you can find (usually church ones are pretty good) because you won't be in those clothes very long. 

You are so close!!!!

My pre-op appointment did not require fasting for the blood work - my paperwork about the appointment actually said "No fasting required." However, every program is different, so personally, I would fast just in case. You wouldn't want something like that to keep you from having surgery on your day!

My husband was diabetic and had to fast as they were checking his A1C. I was not diabetic and did not have to fast. I would err on the side of caution and fast. 

I had to fast for my blood work