Wow, thanks for this. I get my survey oct 21 and I am doing just that reading everything possible, my friends are worried about me not getting the proper nutrients, but I say it will be ok. Although I do have one question: there are a couple of people where I work that have had the surgery, and they are doing well, lost the weight, but their skin is very pale, no color to it, do u know what is going on there? And thanks for the day by day, know I know what to expect.