HI MY NAME IS ELIZABETH, I'M 284 POUNDS, AND I HAVE DIABETIC, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND CHLESTEROL, AND I'M ONLY 38 YEARS OLD, IVE BEEN OVERWEIGHT ALL MY LIFE, IN 2006 DR BEAUSOLEIL PLACED A LAPBAND ON ME, BUT WITH NO RESULTS HAS I WAS VERY SICK, ITH VOMITTING ALL THE TIME WITH IT, SO LAST YEAR IN OCT 2014, I WENT TO SEE HIM AND I CRIED IN HIS OFFICE ASKING TO HELP ME, WE DECIDED TO TAKE OFF THE LAPBAND AND GO FOR THE GASTRIC BYPASS, THIS WAS IN OCT, NOW I HAVE MY LOND DAY FROM 8-4 SESSION ON APRIL 21, 2015, IM JUST SOOOO ANXIOUS TO KNOW WHAT WILL BE MY OPERATION DATE...I JUST CANNOT WAIT, I'M DOING THIS FOR ME, BUT ALSO CAUSE I WANT A CHANCE TO SEE MY GRAND-BABIES ONE DAY , I HAVE A BEAUTIFUL 19 YEAR OLD GIRL AND A HANDSOME YOUNG BOY OF 18 YEARS OLD. IM MARRIED TO MY WONDERFUL HUSBAND OF 17 YEARS, WE WERE HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART..BUT MY HEALTH IS KILLING ME....I NEED HELP..I NEED ENCOURAGEMENT....MOST OF ALL I NEED THIS SURGERY....***BETH***