My first post here, but my excitement about my surgery on the 22nd has overcome my reticence. Unlike many, I don't have to do a pre-op diet (except for the usual no food or Water after midnight the day before surgery). I am apprehensive about what the first week will be like, but I have several friends who have been down this road ahead of me, so I know that there is a new normal waiting after the liquid diet and the soft, mushy diet.
I, too, am in Texas, but I will be having surgery in Houston. I keep thinking of Sept. 22 as my liberation day. I will finally have the opportunity to beat the weight issues I've had all my life.