In 27 days I will be having surgery. Whoopee!! I meet with the surgeon 11/20 and have pre op tests that day. My last NUT mtg will be 11/10 and I start my liquid only diet 11/13 probably using Optifast. It won't be easy but I can do it. After all, I just completed my six months of NUT supervised diet and lost 30#. I am pleased that I got below 300#, down to 290 now. My surgery will be in a brand new hospital here in Houston, called University General, with a big focus on Bariatric surgery. I expect to treated very well as they should be working hard to make a good impression. I asked my brother and sister in law to come in town from Memphis to be here with me. I may not need anything, or I may need any number of things so felt better asking for them to come. I know I can depend on them to do whatever. I was going to depend on two best friends but they have busy lives and could not take time off so went with my remaining family. The OFF forum here has been the most supportive group of people and have helped me get to the comfort level I am now. I am still going to Curves 3x/week or more and was swimming laps 3x/week till a week ago when a cool front came through. I cannot undo the damage of not taking care of myself for all these years but I have certainly been focused for six months on getting my body in as good shape as possible for surgery.