Hi, my name is Sonya I reside in the Hyattsville, Md area I'm new to this web site as well, I too have an appointment with Dr. Brody on 6/5/07, but I'm little nervous as well, but very excited about having the Lap Band procedure. I'm little frustrated at this time because I had an appointment with a Doctor in Silver Spring, they had me to have all the necessary test as far as blood work, chest-x ray, nutrition class, and psychiatric. I had all that done on March 23, 07 and they still dont have a schedule date for me for surgery, something sounds fishey so I decided to go with another doctor.