Dear Conscience,

As you clearly recall, we went to the doctor yesterday and did our final pre-op appointment. We have our date on 2/24. You know that we bought all of the pre-op shakes. You also know the doc told us 14 days for pre op diet.

Contrarily, the Assistant only provided us with 10 days worth of shakes and cluelessly pointed to 2/12 on her calendar and told us to start on that day.

So, trusty old Conscience, should we call the doc to confirm that he really wanted a 14 day pre-op diet?

Or should we just pretend that the assistant was correct and just follow a 12 day plan?

I mean, c'mon...........who's going to know? But you know what the right thing to do is even if the 2 days doesn't make a difference physically.........you will also always know that we cheated 2 days before we even began this journey. But.......2 less days of dieting and 2 more days of eating would be enjoyable...... Hmmmmm

Respectfully yours, Me

My pre-op is the Atkins diet for 12 days and then clear liquids for 2.