SAMANTHA, BEST WISHES FROM A SOONER!!! I WISH YOU ALL THE VERY BEST. I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN WOODWARD, OK. DO YOU KNOW THAT TOWN? I AM NOW A DISPLACED OKIE, BOO HOO!!! I LIVE IN SOUTHERN CALIF. I STILL MISS MY OLD HOMETOWN. ANYWAY, YOU ARE GOING TO DO SOOOOO WELL ON THIS SURGERY. I JUST FEEL IT IN MY BONES!!! I HAD MY SURGERY IN OCT 2001 AND HAVE LOST 195 LBS SO FAR, GOT ABOUT 20 MORE TO GO. YOU CAN DO IT TOO!!!!! GET READY FOR THE MIRACLE OF WLS TO BEGIN!!!!!!!!!!!1