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What Is (or Was) Holding You Back from Weight Loss Surgery?



What Is (or Was) Holding You Back from Weight Loss Surgery?  

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  1. 1. If you have not had weight loss surgery, which of the following is preventing you from getting weight loss surgery? If you have already had the surgery, which of these delayed your procedure?

    • Your insurance does not cover it and it costs too much.
      36
    • Your primary care doctor is not supportive.
      3
    • Your friends or family are against the idea of weight loss surgery.
      20
    • You are not sure which type of weight loss surgery is best for you.
      15
    • You are afraid of complications or side effects from weight loss surgery.
      69
    • You do not know if it will help you lose weight.
      21
    • Other - please tell us below!
      32


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I chose "Other" because .....go ahead and laugh, I thought surgery would be the easy way out. Just get the surgery and Bang! you lose weight. No discomfort, no sacifice......yeah, I was wrong.

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My hold up was my college (well post college) party lifestyle. I remember researching gastric bypass procedures and reading that alcohol was no longer going to be an option, or at the very least, a very limited option and this was not appealing to me. I know how this sounds... So ultimately, I think my major hold up was my immaturity. I am 32 now and feel like I have a much more mature handle on priorities. My health is now important to me.

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Fear of failing at WL even with surgery as well as fear of no longer being fat... I used my weight as an excuse not to do many things and I was afraid of the level of autonomy i would have. Also having failed so many times at WL, I feared being that anomaly who failed after wls.

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