That's great to hear because I was thinking to maybe have the gastric instead. My hormones are so out of control! Thank God for this site and your comments. I'm having my surgery 12/15! In the meantime I'm excersicing like crazy to lose that 5% of my body weight. Also I bought a low glycemic index cookbook that helped my insulin. But I'm still on metformin and aldactone. Let's see what happens:unsure: Thank you