Hi Sue! I am new here today! I have been trying to get surgery since Aug 2010 but NHS are being awkward about funding. Finally, in despair, I have been for a visit in person to THG last Sunday in Cambridge. I feel so much better having had a face to face meeting with both the consultant and a patient careco-odinator. They were willing and able to discuss ANY point I was unsure of. Is there no chance you could go and meet them? However, I have found their website to be very helpful. I have researched their surgeons and watched videos on YouTube.
With the pre-op diet...Do be very diligent in reducing your fat and carbohydrate in particular, as they are the foods which enlarge your liver. Are you doing the milk/yogurt one? What has your surgeon advised? Hope it all goes well and when you come round everything has been fine.
Do let me know?
I might be going end of December!
Warm wishes,
HappyJill