"<BODY bgColor=#c0c0c0>rn<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000><STRONG>Hello rnEVERYONE!</STRONG></FONT></DIV>rn<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000><STRONG></STRONG></FONT> </DIV>rn<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000><STRONG>I attended the recent meeting about rnbariatric surgery and I the first thing I noticed was the close Dr. - Patient rnrelationships that seems to develop post op. Dr. Schratz has a confidence about rnhim that could put the most nervous patient at ease. That was my first rnimpression of him.</STRONG></FONT></DIV>rn<DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV>rn<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000><STRONG>He requires his patients to lose 20 rnpounds from the first time his patients step foot on his scale to the time rnsurgery is performed. At first this bugged me BUT as he said, why shouldn't we rnshow him that we are serious about the surgery and why should he do all the work rnfor us? Can't beat logic and common sense I guess. </STRONG></FONT></DIV>rn<DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV>rn<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000><STRONG>You can expect a no nonsense rnapproach to this and once you have the surgery, you will be seeing a lot of him rnfor years after the surgery. Know it now and EXPECT IT. I'm really looking rnforward to it! </STRONG></FONT></DIV>rn<DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV>rn<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000><STRONG>The people I met that ONE EVENING rngave me a sense of peace and I can't wait to join the \"family\" that Dr. Schratz rnhas created. The after care program is important but not only that IT SOUNDS rnFUN! I can't wait to say someday at one of his meetings, \"I lost 100 rnpounds!\"</STRONG></FONT></DIV>rn<DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV>rn<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000><STRONG>My personal belief is you WILL KNOW rnthe risks of this surgery when done with your meeting and may be able to rnintelligently compare the risk of having the surgery vs. not having rnsurgery.</STRONG></FONT></DIV>rn<DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV>rn<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000><STRONG>Good Luck to you ALL and have a great meeting. The success stories made me jealous of those people and I want to be normal like them....and happy like I believe Dr. Schratz helped make them.</STRONG></FONT></DIV>rn"
