HELLO - MY NAME IS ANN AND I LIVE IN ALBUQUERQUE,NM -I GUESS I AM ALSO A NEWBE TO THIS. I HAVE BEEN LOOKING INTO THIS PROCEDURE FOR OVER A YEAR AND I FINALY DECISIDED TO MOVE FORWARD ON IT - I AM STILL NERVOUS ABOUT EVERYTHING BUT I NEED TO DO THIS NOT ONLY FOR ME BUT MY GIRLS. :eek: I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW EVERYBODY DEALS WITH THE BIG CHANGES IN EATTING HABIT AND HOW IT HAS EFFECTED THEM AND WHAT ABOUT THOSE GAS PAINS AND SHOULDER PAINS I KEEP HEARING ABOUT? AND FOR SOME OF YOU OLDER BANSTERS WAS THERE EVER A TIME WHERE YOU WONDER WHY YOU DID THIS? :tt1: