Thanx for all your advice...unfortunatley i am not goin to the OCC for surgery i am goin to the bariatrics center in langhorne, Pa.. i found this website and decided to join not because of where the surgery was taken place but to have comfort in all your experiences...thanks for your responses!! Im sure i am going to have plenty of more questions as time goes on and i read more replies from people and also when i speak with the doctor on june 6th (my fingers are crossed that this will be the new me)