 Advice?
Hey All!!
First of all i have loved reading the stories on this thread and so many are very inspirational.
I have recently been contemplating WLS but have been a little mentally stuck. I suppose like many of you im having the issue of whether or not this is "cheating" and heck i can just do it myself.
I am currently around 292 pnds and 5'8 wearing a size 26. My boyfriend went in for WLS surgery in June 2007 and is down about 200+ pnds, starting weight a little over 500 pnds.
I guess at this point im not afraid so much what the surgery will require of me post-op having to see my boyfriend thru it. its more the surgery itself. Ive luckily (knock on wood) never undergone any surgical procedure before and am kinda just a deer in headlights thinking about electively choosing to go under the knife.
Im trying to reason with myself that if i dont do something soon that eventually health issues will arise that will require me to go under the knife when im unhealthy vs going now as a preventative measure.
I keep telling myself i just need to get up off my ass and i can do this on my own, and than again i know the frustration of working my ass off to lose weight to see little to no result.
Frankly im scared! But realize im much more scared to see my life deteriorating due to my weight and feeling like im losing a grip on my weight.
Any support or advice would be great. Ive already seen my doctor and have been approved to go in for the consult and all. I know its a process with nutritionist visits and psych evaluations etc.. i kinda told myself that while im going thru all that i can work my ass off and try to do it on my own and if i feel im making enough progress on my own than just postpone the surgery date...i dunno ladies im just frightened as to what the recovery is going to look like pain wise ( my bf said it was a 2 on a scale of 1 to 10) and would do it over in a heart beat... i just know everyones journey is different. |