Hi, Becky: I just wanted to congratulate you on your success; you're a major inspiration to pre-ops like myself. I'm scheduled for surgery August 19th, and it just can't come soon enough for me. I used to be thin, and I know I probably won't get to 125 lbs. again, but at this point, I would like to be about the size you are; around 150. Heck, at this point I just want to be below 200! The idea that my back, knees, and feet won't hurt any more or at least nowhere near as much is just almost incomprehensible. Thank you for sharing your story with us; it truly gives us hope that this life-changing, life-saving decision is the right one. No, I didn't come to it lightly. I thought long and hard about it. But the simple fact is that I don't want to continue living in this kind of pain everyday for the rest of my life. And if I don't do something very soon, I will end up wheelchair bound and/or insulin dependant. Again, thank you so much.