I want to thank everyone who responded to my last post with such good advice. I now have another question; I’m preparing for extensive spinal surgery in several weeks. Is there anything I can be doing with my”diet” (what I eat during the day, not the stereotypical reducing diet) to help my body prepare for the surgery? I am taking an excellent multivite and many of the other supplements recommended for the basic plan and am fine about drinking water. Do I need to increase my protein levels? Etc.