How did you know when you were ready? - Page 3 - ThinnerTimes

NelleBelle50 · 07-08-2005, 12:55 PM

My moment of truth was finding out my mother was diagnosed with a disintegrating hip joint at 54.

I already have Type II Diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, severe achilles tendonitis, acid reflux and bone spurs in my neck. I looked up in a health journal what the best prevention of hip problems.....lose weight.

That never works for me...

So, instead of getting old and rickety and bed-ridden before my time, I decided to look into getting WLS. Which is scarier? Dying young or having major surgery? I decided dying young is scarier. Plus, I had quite a few successful WLS examples around me, so it makes sense to me.

Hope your decision making goes smoothly!

Mavisavis · 07-08-2005, 04:02 PM

Part of mine was similar to Annelle. A few years back I started meeting people here and there who had been successful with the surgery. I guess that planted the idea in my mind. I have found that people who have had WLS are very open to questions, even personal ones, when they know you are trying to make a choice about your own health and life rather than just being nosey. Being here is your best bet to figure out your own answer. I have not found people to be pushy about this being for everyone, but rather, a group to help look at the positives and negatives both.

Marty

HeatherT · 09-05-2005, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Lojak7

You will know when you are ready. It is usually going to be many,many things, but is usually one single little thing that sends you over the edge when you make up you mind. With out going in to a 20,000 word tirade on why I decided to have the operation, I guess it comes down to 5 words......I wanted to live longer.........good luck with you decision, and good luck with wrestling your demons........

well for me i was sick of the person in the mirror looking back at me that was a failure because the diets would only work temporarily then I would feel like a failure again

sUzYzPLaCe · 09-05-2005, 05:43 PM

I went back and forth myself, and even tried another last ditch diet for about 3 months in between the process of getting approved. The reasons for me doing this is that I am just like my grandmother was at this age, MO and aquiring health problems like loose change. I knew based on her life (she died at 63) that I would probably die at that age or sooner with the problems I had. So for me that meant another maybe 20 yrs of living and what hell it would have been to live like that not being able to move around etc. I also couldn't see myself in a wheelchair to move. So now that I'm down almost 50 lbs since surgery I feel so much better and if I don't lose any more weight I could live with this. Good luck with your process. Suzy