My name is Marissa and i'm 20. I've read so many stories about everybody success on here and find inspiration in each and everyone I read. I am going through Kaiser Permanente to get my surgery done I have made it through 11 classes out of 12 so just one more left and I have a consultation with the medical doctor to approve me to see the surgeon soon and I have a psych eval coming up I hope to have this whole process taking care of before the year is over so next year is just my year. I find myself being so anxious and ready to have surgery and ready to begin a new life and ready to be a new me. I've never had a problem with being overweight but it's just about time that I just wanna change of my life and become a more healthy the person I love me and I'm a very confident woman I would just like to live a life in a new light I've been overweight since I was about 8 years old and I've never experienced what it will be like to be skinny or just smaller. so I'm just here to share my story with everyone and to keep everyone posted to get a new friends and just experienced the same experience everyone else has. my current weight is 254.8 pounds and my height is 5'1

Heyyyy! Congrats on your decision!!! I'm 20 also, and having WLS has been in my mind for a loooong while, but it wasn't until I found this forum I found the courage to do it. I'm 5'5" and around 240 so we arent that different. Plus I think it's awesome that more and more younger people are deciding to do this. Pm me anytime!

These forums settled a lot of my nerves as I read through them waiting for surgery... and the wait was the worst part!

Its great that you started so young. You'll find lots of support on these forums.

The forums help alot. All the big and little questions seem to get answered. It helps talking to others that are going through the same process as we are.