Phewww, do I feel better! I went over to see AnnMarie in the hospital on my lunch hour today and she looks absolutely fantastic! I couldn't believe it. For one day post-op, she really was doing OK. She says shes feeling pretty good. She said she's got discomfort along the top of her abdomen that's very similar to the discomfort she felt along the bottom of her abdomen when she had her C-sections. Doesn't have much of an appetite but I could see from her tray that she did have a little jello (yum)and drank some cranberry juice. She's lucky in that her sister and her husband took off this week to take care of her and her kids. And she's spoken to her children on the phone so they're feeling so much more assured that Mom's alright. Seeing her makes me all that more anxious for my own surgery. I also spoke by email to Angela Harlan today and I'm so pleased that things are working out for her. What a sweet and wonderful person. You know how everyone always says that when God takes away one of your senses, He makes the others more acute. Well, I've got my own theory... when people get heavier, they develop more personality and more caring than those who have never suffered. Don't misunderstand me. I'm not putting down thin people by any means. I just mean that I can't get over how caring this WLS community is. Thanks everyone. And special thanks dear Lord for all Your grace and blessings. Love, Nancy G.