Dear Kathy~~~~CONGRATULATIONS!!!! on your upcoming WLS; it is truly a life altering, life affirming process and I wish you the very best of all of it. May God watch over you and your family and inspire your surgeon to do great things for you. I pray that your procedure is uneventful and your recovery complete. ***What a great save telling your Mom that drastic was a typo for gastric and finally--your $10 a gallon for gas dream. Don't worry about it--some days and some food choices those of us post WLS can gas up our own cars naturally. Be well, be happy, be blessed.