I've had several people ask what happened after my last post. 

Well, I did call them the next day and scheduled my surgery for late November.  However, due to my family's travel schedule around Thanksgiving, I rescheduled for early  December.  Then my surgeon had to cancel due to a conflict, so we rescheduled yet again.  I'm currently scheduled for surgery on 12/22. 

I guess something like bariatric surgery is something a lot of folks would consider personal information and might be a little wary of putting on a blog.  I do feel a little weird announcing this to the whole world.  I'm slightly embarrassed about it, too, because when you think about lap-band surgery,  you think of huge people who can't even get out of bed.  I'm far from that.  I'm overweight, sure, but I have lots of energy, I don't waddle when I walk, and I don't have to shop at big and tall stores.

That said, I look ahead to the future and I see diabetic complications.  This is something that has been proven to be extremely helpful for type-2 diabetics to avoid complications. So, in spite of a huge out-of-pocket expense, I'm doing it.  I'll blog my experience, so with any luck, I might be able to help persuade other people to take this step for their health.