well i have done all the dietitions and pyche and pyshcil therapy and all said im a excellent canidate for the surgry i have started this journey a real long time ago but it was just me having to make up my mind if it was all worth it and i finally made up my mind and said HELL ya im way worth this and the risks are nothing compared to what i could be 10 maybe even 5 years from now well any ways i finally said yes im goin to do this back in august of 2007 and went to the meetings and had my appnts now tomrow i have my surgical consult and let me tell you now im nervous and happy at the same time its almost like the anticpation of a new born baby comming ( i know im weird) it so close now yet so far i probly will be having my surgry in the begining of half of april (i swear im goin outta my mind with all this waiting) i will post again after my dr appnt oh ya for another note my husband also might be gettin the gbs also he is waiting for me to get mine b4 he starts on his journy he wants to make sure im ok and that we have one of us able to deal with our 4 kids plus a child i baby sit yup i know ALOT on my plate