Today was the big day I have been waiting for. I met with the Bariatric Surgeon who will be doing my surgery.
He was completely fine with my choice of VSG surgery and for that I was thrilled. The surgeon had no problem or reservations about me having VSG and not RNY.
I had prepared a list of "pros" for VSG in case the surgeon swayed me to have RNY which I don't think is the right procedure for me. Thanks to my dear friend on this forum who helped me prepare the "pros" list on the phone last night.
I am so thrilled that the appointment went so smoothly and he doesn't anticipate my previous appendix surgery or incisional hernia mesh repair to be an issue.
I am now to wait for a call from the hospital for the esophagus test (sorry, I didn't quite catch the name of that or the spelling).

I did tell him that it was only two weeks ago today that I lost my mom and I was considering putting the surgery off till January as there is so much to deal with estate wise and getting mom's house cleaned out and ready to be sold. But while I was at the appointment today it just felt really right to take the 1st available date. A friend of mine texted me and said "go with your gut" when I told him I was contemplating taking the first available date or postponing it to the frigid winter here.
They told me that if I wanted to delay the surgery for awhile to please give them three weeks notice so they can reschedule the spot for someone else.
Another great thing that happened at the appt. is that I found out that I only have to do the liquid fast for 2 weeks. I thought it was going to be 3 weeks with my weight in the 280's.
I was down 30.1 lbs. since I started the program in February.
It was a great day and oh so worth all of the hard work.

Hip, Hip, Hooray.