My surgery is next Monday the 22nd. My Dr. Only had me do 1 week preop diet, thank God because today was day 1 and it was torture!!!!! Good luck to you on your journey. As far as family goes, I am the fat one in a family of tiny, skinny model types and not one of them get it! I'm so over being big and feeling like crap, we have 5 kids and I can't keep up with them and its scary.