Tracy, Thank you so much for your loving comments of faith. Faith IS the key word with this journey. I just received the approval letter for my surgery on April 30 and am in tears. Your letter just kept them flowin'. There is such a huge (no pun intended)lol, group of wonderfully uplifting "big girls and guys" out there, I just can't get over the abundance of support! I will continue to lean on all of you in the coming weeks as I recover and hope I can be of help to many of you out there, too. As Tiny Tim says "God bless us, every one." Carol, RNY 4/30/03, ABQ, NM