hi sarah, my name is regina i was reading your story very nice i hope you are at your goal now i had my surgery done on july 23rd,2004 i was 348lbs i am now about 225lbs that's 123 lbs gone and i feel great i am glad some one from lodi has had the surgery i had dr coates , you had dr corin he is great he did my brothers those to guys are the best and are so sweet too...i have a friend who just had dr corin also ..i just wanted to say congarts to u ..thanks for reading my comment..you look great !good luck sarah let me know how your doing ok oh on may 4th is a semanier in manteca sorry don't spell to good ''lol'' hope to see you there ..