Absolutely NOT! It took me 8 months to get this approved and every day of those 8 months I researched the pros and cons. I looked everywhere for anything negative about doing this. Please don't listen to what one person tells you. Yes, this is surgery and yes, the first couple of days were not pleasant, but all these years of struggling were not pleasant either. You risk dying because of being overweight too. Does she care about that? Just thank her for caring and go on your way. I had lots of negative remarks too and some of them were just because people cared about me and were concerned that something would go wrong, and some were because they were used to fat Kathy and I guess it made them feel better about themselves whether they were overweight or not. But the people that truly care about me also knew how unhappy I was weighing what I did. I wish you lots of luck!