:redface:Well i want to thank everyone for being a part of a community where people like me with questions can come for answers. My name is Mallery i live in Queens, NY. I have yet to be banded i have an appointment with my prospective surgeon next Tuesday. Im a bit nervous and scared, but i have seen how the procedure has changed lives in a great way and i know from being unheathly almost all my life its time for a change. So again thank you to everyone for being here.:thumbup: