Got the Info...

Dr. Shayani was very nice and very informative.  His nurse (Nathan) was even better.  I do need to have six months of medically supervised dieting before I can have surgery.  I see my reguar doctor tomorrow for month one.  I also found out that I can lose weight on the supervised diet and still be eligible for the surgery.  I've got a whole checklist of things I need to accomplish before I can have this done, but I do have step one accomplished!