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its tricky isn't it?. A relatively short term option might be to ask your doctor if you could consider trying Optifast (?available where you live?) diet Meal Replacements shakes (choc, coffee and strawberry taste good) between now and your appointment. This should shift weight quickly and get body into ketosis, which helps curb your appetite. Fill up on Miso Soup etc in between if too hungry. Really tough for the first 5 days but then you get used to it. This is sometimes recommended pre-surgery (was for me) to reduce abdominal fat in any event. I am stilll using it as part of my diet now in liquid phase post surgery-I'm now post operative-8 days.

Hi Evolving, Good luck with the surgery today. I am now a week post surgery. I was kept in hospital an extra 24 hours or so due to problems with my reactions to the drugs but the surgery itsef went well. I am now home 2 days and in no pain and take no drugs or medications. I feel good now-(would have been better without the drug reactions certainly but that is not so common and I dont know of anyone elsse who has had that problem so you should be fine on that count). I am well and truly over the liquid diet but need to keep it up for another week... and then move onto the puree phase...I am really looking forward to returning to normal food albeit in lesser amounts and feeling very positive now. Hang in there. I really hope you are pleased with the outcome.

I am going in for surgery tomorrow. I will let you know how it goes. Every says its normal to be apprehensive beforehand but once through most people seemed pretty pleased. I am focussing on the longer term positives.