New, near the end of the pre-op process, it's getting real now..

[Fork-in-the-Road 1]

I'm new here, going through pre-op procedures. I'm pretty nervouse about everything, including whether or not to go band or sleeve, and also about removing food as just about the center of everything I do and think about..

[Corrigan 75]

I'm actually a pretty good cook and I was certainly a good eater. I made beer for 25 years, made

what I thought was excellent bread, we made most of our ham and sausage, etc. I gave it all up

to get rid of a serious case of diabetes and to do that I needed to lose 100 lbs. I'm half-way there

and will have lost it all by summer. All this is on the band and I still have all of my stomach, just

in case. Things are beginning to change for me, I'm not as interested in eating, don't care to go

out as much, I can look a pizza straight in the eye and not waver. I haven't had a beer in a month

although I have 20 gal. in my tapper. Now if I can do all that, you can too. I won't tell you what

WLS to have (although the band is safer and just as effective), You make up your own mind.

Whatever you do, good luck

[Fork-in-the-Road 1]

I'm actually a pretty good cook and I was certainly a good eater. I made beer for 25 years, made

what I thought was excellent bread, we made most of our ham and sausage, etc. I gave it all up

to get rid of a serious case of diabetes and to do that I needed to lose 100 lbs. I'm half-way there

and will have lost it all by summer. All this is on the band and I still have all of my stomach, just

in case. Things are beginning to change for me, I'm not as interested in eating, don't care to go

out as much, I can look a pizza straight in the eye and not waver. I haven't had a beer in a month

although I have 20 gal. in my tapper. Now if I can do all that, you can too. I won't tell you what

WLS to have (although the band is safer and just as effective), You make up your own mind.

Whatever you do, good luck

Corrigan - Thanks for the comments and encouragement