1) Awaiting a sex change 2) Before going under 3) Before going under the knife 4) Before making the cut 5) Before surg 6) Before surgery 7) Before the opening 8) Before-surgery 9) Close to making the cut 10) Having not yet made the cut 11) Health-care category 12) Hospital prep area 13) Just about to make the cut 
Before surgery (Pre Operation). For the purposes of this weight loss glossary, the time/events prior to weight loss surgery.
Preop: Short for preoperative, before surgery. The opposite of preop is postop.
Before surgery (Pre Operation). For the purposes of this weight loss glossary, the time/events prior to weight loss surgery.
preoperative; preoperatively.