Hi Angela. Thank you for the well wishes. I'll be thinking about you on the 25th! I read you're profile and I'm sorry that you lost your original date (I'm also terribly sorry for your surgeon), but things seem to be moving along once again and the 25th will be here before you know it (that's what I keep telling myself, anyway *s*). For myself, I am having an open BPD/DS on the 25th of November with Dr. Maguire in Kettering, Ohio. I'm excited, nervous, and scared to death all at the same time. I'm sure you probably feel much the same. But I'm sure we'll both come through our surgeries beautifully and we'll both be so much healthier and happier this same time next year. No regrets, right? I hope you have a wonderful experience and never question that you have made the right decision. Enjoy the journey, I've heard it's a heck of a ride! Hugs, Noelle