Garlic and surgery?

Question

i am going under aneasthia and surgery on thursday. It says not to take garlic seven days before surgery. I ate garlic yesterday which means thats only five days without it. am i ok? do they just mean excessive garlic or supplements?

Answer 1

I am pretty sure they mean the supplements.

I had pasta a night or two before major surgery.. I come out fine...I just wouldnt overdo it and eat a whole head or clove of garlic. I am pretty sure you will be ok.. I put garlic in almost everything I cook. I am still alive and I did not have any complications with my surgery. Or surgeries. LAst year, I had a brain tumor removed and then 3 months later, I had a tumore in my thyroid and my thyroid removed.

Good Luck with your surgery...

Answer 2

You'll be fine. It's the supplements you're not supposed to have.

Answer 3

You should be fine if you did not eat a lot of it... i had surgery this past year and they told me not to eat any ginger because of blood pressure reasons.... one of the days i forgot about it and ate a little ginger... i told my doctor and he said as long as i didn't eat a lot of it i would be fine and i was. Just try not to eat any more garlic.

Answer 4

garlic makes blood slippery...bleeding..........so do not take ANY until your home and healed,

you have to ask the Doc about 5 vs 7...sounds ok to me, but I am just a yahoo guy..........

Answer 5

It's the supplements.  A little in the diet won't hurt you.  The supplements (not excessive, any really) can interfere with clotting.