Welcome!!!
Hi Bob! Glad you could join us. Only you can decide if this is the right thing for you, as for me I would do it again in a heart beat. As far as the liquid diet, I didn't have to either, but my sister went through a BTC and did. I think, but I'm not sure, they go on liquid diets for a couple reasons according to what I've read here. First they want you to get ready for after surgery, and also I've read that they want to shrink the liver. I know there's other resaons as well, but as I didn't have to do it, I'm not up on all of that. As far as you trip and dehydration???? I don't know. I run slightly dehydrated all the time. I simply don't do enough fluids. Am I typical? I don't know. Maybe some others out here can shed a little more light on the subject. Anyway, I just wanted to welcome you to the forum. Please keep us posted as to your progress if you decide to go ahead with the surgery, and best of luck!
Sharon
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