Rock on HM! I met with my doc recently and hopefully will go under the knife by August. I know what you mean "overweight all my life." I remember when I was 5 years old, stepping on one of those nickle scales at Macy's and pushing the thing right up to 95 lbs. When I was 7 going on 8, my family sent me to fat camp in the hills of Mass. I weighed in on my first day at 177 lbs. Today, just a few days from 30, I'm coming in at 385 lbs. I'm really excited about my surgery. I've tried everything else and failed. For me this is it. There is nothing else. There's no other way I'll ever be able to lose 200 lbs and keep it off. 200 lbs! That's crazy! Anyway, you'll do great my man. there are a lot of great people here like Doug Wilson who will support you. I'm real proud of you for taking this step, HM. It's scary, yes, but you owe it to your Temple. Keep on rockin' brother! - DJ, AMDG