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Originally Posted by Vim&Vigour
 What event in your Life prompted you to go for Weight loss surgery, RNY in particular? No doubt you have been, like me, yoyo dieting and somewhere along the line "enough is enough"?
How did you first hear about surgery, who recommended, what research did you undertake, do you know anybody who had WLS and why now rather than say 3 years ago?
Thanks for taking me right from your beginning...
(my op is due 5th December...!)
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The event that prompted me the most was becoming diabetic. At sixteen years old I got that news. I knew what it did since my grandpa died from it. I did not want to be in that same boat. At about seventeen or eighteen my doctor suggested it to me but I wanted to do it the natural way. Exercise and cutting back. Of course that never works. I had a family friend who had the surgery done but he did have complications but it has been very successful for him so I decided enough was enough. I was originally going to have Lapband done so my research was limited to what the doctor told me and what I heard at my surgeons seminar. I finally decided to do it and had surgery October 5, 2007 and I have not looked back since. Good luck on your journey and please feel free to ask us anything we are here for each other through thick and thin.
Jeremy