I wanted to thank everyone who has posted here or sent e-mails. To say that my family is not behind the surgery would be a huge understatement. Out of four adult sons, two have responded, one with the phrase, "Oh that is nice, will it be outpatient?" The third is so very adamantly opposed to the surgery that he is severing contact with me. The fourth is...I have no idea. But YOU, my WLS family, are constant, and behind me, and darnit, I want to feel GOOD again. I want to be able to walk without stopping every minute or so to rest. I want to clean house again to MY satisfaction. I want the life I have never had in a lifetime of dieting and morbid obesity. Yep, morbid obesity even as an infant and toddler. So Tuesday at 7:30 AM, by the grace of God, I begin my new life and I am not looking back. Thank God for all of you. Jeanne