Dr. Gagne and his staff were great. I was treated with respect and not looked down upon. Glad I started my 6 month PCP supervised diet 2 months ago, to get the ball rolling. They also said its ok for me to have as much as the testing as I can done in Erie, rather than making so many additional trips to Pittsburgh. From what I gather from the insurance requirements, during my 5th month of the diet, provided all the other testing is completed, I will be able to schedule my surgery. Looking like December, and too me, minus having to drive in snow for 2.5 hours, is perfect. My plan was to not tell a soul about the surgery, just my amazing new "portion control" diet that was my new years resolution. LOL

You can do it!! Trust me....it will be here before you know it

Thanks :-) I'm ready