bandedbyrd,
thank you so much for your reply. It's people like you that make me want to have it done. I've read some bad mishaps with LBS, alot of good things also, but it's the bad ones that make me nervous. I've done LA weightloss also. Spent $1,000 on it and only lost 16 pounds. Well I'm getting off the track about the real subject. Please let me know how you are doing in the coming weeks. Best of luck to you and hope you lose all you want/need to lose. I meet with a surgeon on 7 July.
Take care,
Paula in NC