New member w/ questions

Hi I am a almost 39 year old female from the outskirts of Spokane. I am having Rny through Dr Pennings of Post falls Idaho. Has anyone here gone to him? He seems to be a well informed Dr who took the time to answer my questions. At first I was having the lap band but after talking to him and my mom I am doing the RNY. My weight at the seminar was 342. At the time of my consult I was at 329.

I knew I have a fatty liver so right after the seminar I started to lose weight thinking “If I get a jump on this I can get my surgery done faster” No such luck! I had my first consultation and was told second week of September. I also needed to lose 30 more lbs. So he now has me on Optifast until surgery. As of today I am at 317. Did any one else have to do Optifast as long as me? I am just very impatient. Wanted to get this done before the kids go back to school. They go back the last week of August. I just wanted to check in and say hi.