All of them can tell you that’s not true.
You don’t just wake up one morning and schedule surgery the next week.
There are a series of preliminary steps to follow that are likely to take three or four months. They include:
• Meetings with a dietitian to learn how having part of your stomach removed from the digestive process changes your eating and drinking patterns for life.
• Having one or more sessions with a mental-health professional to determine whether conditions like depression and anxiety need to be addressed.
• Getting a full explanation of the surgery from the surgeon who will perform it.