CHARLOTTE--Congratulations on your upcoming surgery and for making this very important step in your life. I hope that everything goes well for you during surgery and that you have an easy, uneventful recovery. I wish you much success on your weight loss journey. My surgery was done on Aug 2 by DR. CLEMENTS and I have to tell you that he is the ABSOLUTE BEST!!! My surgery turned out to be difficult but he committed to completing the surgery without having to open me up because he knew beforehand how I felt about that. My recovery has been EXTREMELY easy and I have really experienced no problems whatsoever with the surgery. I am completely healed now and I feel absolutely wonderful. I truly feel that Dr. Clements saved my life by doing this surgery and I know that you are in the best hands that you could be in. He knows what he is doing and, yes, he is very strict about aftercare, but I know that there are also a lot of doctors out there who really are just interested in doing the surgery but not in following up and documenting the patients success. I have nothing but good things to say about Dr. Clements and I am glad that he is on this journey with me! Oh, by the way, did I mention that I have already lost 57 pounds?! Your time is here and I know that you will make the most of this opportunity to change your life. Please contact me at 256-831-9266 if you would like to talk before or after your surgery. Your WLS friend--Diane Harris