Thanks for the info everyone:) when I first began considering WLS I called to get a packet from Posner/Hoffman group.... I got really overwhelmed and who knows where that packet is now. I never sent it :-/ suffice to say that a couple years have passed and several "diets" later and I am probably ten pounds heavier. I just need to get my butt into one of the info sessions and stop making excuses. I will tell you that I don't feel like my husband will really support the idea, but I'm not sure I care if he does or not. Did any of you look at all 3 groups in the area? I am curious about the differences between Caruana, Posner/Hoffman, and Pham......any comments are welcome