hello brothers and sisters, just taking a minute to update. as of oct. 15, 2001 i have lost 112.2 pounds, dr. kirkpatric says i am doing well and to keep up the good work. i feel much better now, but after the surgery (while in the hospital)i, began to experience sharp pains in my left shoulder to neck. i told the doctors while in the hospital. my sisters (works at two other hospitals) said sometimes due to the length of time on the table and the fact that the tables at not big people friendly, you arm may hang off, thus causing the pain. my advise if you can even remeber you name when you are wheeled into the room is ask them to have some sort of support for you arms/legs if they are wider than the table. i go weigh in on 11-19 hoping to be atleast 130 down. my pant size has dropped from 68 to 52 man i feel good, besides i still had some smalle clothes in my closet. now i have to go shopping when i need to dress up but my grocery bill and dinning out bill is considerably less. well i be back later.oh yeah i started at 478.8 now (4 1/2 months) 366.6.