I just got off the phone with my surgeon's office...surgery is set for Dec 2nd!!! I start my liquid diet on Nov 18th (a week before Thanksgiving) - which is the pits - but otherwise I am so excited to finally have a date to look forward to.

Also, I finally got my courage up and told my mother and my mother-in-law last week. I had originally not planned to tell anyone other than my husband but my MIL is coming to visit for Thanksgiving and I knew I would probably be on the liquid diet so I had to tell her...and, of course, couldn't tell her and not tell my mom.

I wasn't sure what to expect from either of them but I am happy to say that they were both very supportive and happy for me! I don't think I will be telling anyone else (and I told both of them that I want to keep it private) so hopefully they won't spill the Beans...

I start my diet Nov 25th!! My surgery is December 8th!! I have told everyone in my family, most of my friends and where i work. ( I work in a small company with several big people) I am soooooo lucky everyone has been soo supportive! I am also a little bummed about thanks giving BUT this is sooo much more exciting!

Congrats!!

its great that you shared your news - the more people know it the more support you have. You are going to do it anyway so what can they do about it?

they told me that the main reason I had to have liquid diet was because they needed my liver to shrink before the surgery for it not to be in their way when they operate on me.

I guess they didn't want me to have BMs on the day of the surgery either.

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