Good morning all: Today is Monday June 20 and my daughter found this site for me. I am scheduled for a vertical gastrectomy July 28 so of course I am apprehensive. I am with the Univ. of Chicago Center for Obesity and it is a great program. I don't know where to start, since I've never been in a chat room before. Hope I get some good responses. My pre-surgical date is July 18 and that will be my final meeting with the anestheologist, the surgeon, the nutritionist, and a final physical. I will also start a limited (1200-1400 calorie) high protein low carb diet. I'm at work now so my time is limited. I will check my email at home tonight to see if I got any responses.

CONGRATS!!! Welcome to the forum! You will LOVE it! The people on here are so inspiring, informational, encouraging, compassionate, etc, etc, etc....I could go on and on...I am new to the forum too and I absolutely love it. My surgery date is July 28th as well but I will be having surgery in Mexico with Dr. Kelly. Good luck with your journey! See you on the losers bench soon!

Hellodolly, I had my vsg on 6/6, I'm pretty new to this site as well. I have found this site extremely helpful and I'm sure you will too. It's nice to know we are not alone on this journey. Since May 23rd (the start of my pre op diet) I've lost 20 lbs and it feels great already. Good luck to you and keep posting!

Welcome to the site and congratulations on getting a date for your new life to begin! You'll find a lot of support on here as well as a lot of information if you check out all the areas of the forums. I'll be starting my 2 week liquid pre-op diet next week. I can't wait!