Hi Timothy, hope you are excited and ready to go for it. Just think, you will be a new you and you will be healthy. I will say a little prayer for you. There is tons of power in prayer I know that from experience. Anyway, my surgery is the 17th, so we will have the same birthday month. Hugs, smiles and happiness to you from Arroyo Grande CA.a weight loss friend,Betty(Mimi)Mchaney.