Best wishes Mona. You will be in excellent hands. Dr. A is awesome. I am down -151 pounds from a size 28 to a loose 6. He gave me back my life. I would recommend him to my dearest family member. With any surgery there are risks and you of course need to make peace with those risks but it is also a risk continuing to live life as an obese person (and for me I wasn't really "living" I was watching my life from the sidelines.) You can minimize the risk by following all the Dr.'s recommended protocol and being the best patient you can be. I hope your experience is as wonderful as mine. Prayers. ~Michelle