weza215

Hi everyone,
I'm typing this to let everyone know that I have changed my mind and I'm not going to go through with the surgery. I just finished all the criteria and I should be receiving my pro op appt. any day now. I have been reading constantly researching all that I can find and I have come to this conclusion. It seems to me from all that I have read that all preop people are excited and nervous but can't wait to have this surgery. Then I read all the postop threads and everyone or almost everyone is pretty happy with all their weightloss success and most are having very few issues. Then I went on to research the longterm postop's and I'm seeing a lot of different stories and I'm seeing a lot of side effects that my doctor never has talked about. I'm not trying to upset anyone I'm typing this with my opinions and trust me I usually jump into everything without putting much thought into it but this time I have my 2 and 3 year old to think about and I have done nothing but research and research and I'm coming to the conclusion that so many years down the road the happiness seems to fade and all these different problems are surfacing for some people and I'm too afraid to take these risks. I am 247 pounds and I am able to lose weight but maintaining the weightloss is the challenge. I guess that I feel that my negative list is outdoing my positive list for this surgery. I have thyroid disease and acid reflux and I have no other problems at this time but if I could lose even 50 pounds myself without surgery I could be healthier without the constant worrry that something is going wrong inside of me. I don't care about being thin I just want to be healthy. I have a wonderful husband who could care less about weight he just would prefer me to be around for many years so I guess I will try the weight watchers route again and I'll give myself until I'm 35 to lose some weight and if I have no success then I will reconsider the surgery. Laura, I would like to thank you for being so honest about what could go wrong and I respect your bravery at stating what you have been through. I wish everyone the best and I'm the last person to ever try to upset anyone so sorry if this offends anyone. Lisa