12-13-2006, 07:57 PM
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Location: Honolulu, Hawaii |
Age: 36 |
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I personally am so thrilled to have had the opportunity to have had this surgery. I would not go back and change anything, except I would have done it so much sooner in my life!!! Part of me was so frightend. I was afraid of complications and all the horrors I had heard. Then when I encountered people who have had the surgery, and they were all fine and they were saying they would have done it a million times over, I decided Iwould go for it. Then when I thought about it further, I was so afraid of dying, and look what I had done to myself in this morbidly obese body. I was afraid every night that I would die in my sleep of a heart attack. I wasn't emersing myself in life, sat along the side lines way too long. So here I am down 113 pounds, and emersing myself in life.
To be totally honest with you, I would be more afraid to take phentermine than have GBS. Goodluck to you in your decision making process. It is a decision that only you can make. You do need to know, it is not a "tamper proof" way of losing the weight. You have to make time for exercise ( the more the better) and you need to commit to a healthy style of eating as well. If you aren't ready to commit to these things, then it will only be a short lived joy in your life, as it sounds your friend experienced that already. I don't think she can have it a second time. Even if it is possible, I would imagine that a surgeon may not take her as seriously as she would want. Good luck to you both and welcome to the forum! 
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