Hi everyone...I am new to posting but having been actively reading everyone's advice and couldn't be happier to be going in and getting this part of the journey over with. I am soooo tired of being heavy and hearing people saying "your not that heavy" or "your not heavy enough for surgery".....Well yes I am that heavy and I am heavy enough for surgery!!! The dr's assistant tried talking me into switching to the gastric bypass surgery today saying that the band was going to take more of a commitment on my part than bypass would be and he wanted to know if I was really committed...HELLO I am here and having surgery tomorrow how much more committed can I be. I thought the goal was to excerise and eat healthy???? Anyway enough rambling hopefully I will be home Thursday am and can let you all know how it went....