14 days prior to gallbladder removal was told cant have certain items to eat

[teri937]

i was told i couldnt have fish oil, valerian root, and also it stated that  on other it states avoid pork, dairy,red tomatoe based foods i thought she said i couldnt eat dairy, pork etc fourteen days prior to surgery and surgery is 18th is it just avoid foods because upset the stomach or is it because another reason related to the surgery and that they dont want any of those foods or substances in my system within 14 days of surgery please help i have lowfat yogurt aand cant really eat much of anything its so bad but need to know thx and its friday after b5pm and dont wat to bother dr on call for thisd

[CalGal]

Fish oil may change clotting time and valerian root evidently interacts adversely with some anesthetics. As for the others, I have no idea.

[GhostOf1901]

Actually, this is EXACTLY the kind of thing you want to call your doctor (guessing surgeon?) about, since they're the ones that know WHY you can't have certain items. Maybe it was a request of the anesthesiologist (which means that these items in combination with the drugs might be fatal), maybe it's because it makes it difficult to work in the area, maybe it's because you have a particular condition or set of conditions that predispose you to difficulties if certain foods are ingested... there are a hundred possible reasons. Call your surgeon and strictly follow their pre-op orders.

Good luck.