I had been over and over in my mind weight loss surgery for a decade now! I always thought I could lose it naturally.

What the final straw for me was today when my Primary Care went over my MRI of my stomach with me and lectured me for an hour on how I am close to have a cirrhosis of the liver! Plus I am hypertension and high cholesterol and metabolic syndrome. I mean I'm a walking time bomb for my life to end.

I am only 33!

I will not die!

This has become health to me more then anything!

So what was your guys's final straw?

Lisa

I have been obese most of my adult life (since about 24 years old; I'm 49 now). About two years ago I decided to look into WLS, but after seeing the surgeon, who emphatically said I should have gastric bypass, I was freaked out and decided to try it on my own again.

Fast forward two years, and I am 35 lbs. heavier. I am unable to go on amusement park rides with my 9-year-old daughter, or go hiking, biking, horseback riding, you name it. I even have difficulty bowling. I can't fly on an airplane without asking for a seatbelt extender, and I cannot fit any seat other than an aisle seat. I have high blood pressure, fatty liver disease, high cholesterol, severe sleep apnea, and metabolic syndrome. I am on 15 different medications to treat all of my conditions.

So, in February I finally got fed up. Obviously I can't do this on my own. I decided I wanted to get the surgery so I could get my life back, get off most of my medications, and so I could do fun things with my daughter, live long enough to see her graduate, get married, and have kids of her own. I decided for myself to go with gastric bypass, and started a six-month medically supervised weight loss program (required by insurance for WLS). I finished it in August, got my insurance approval, and my surgery is scheduled for Sept. 11. I can hardly wait.

The final straw for me was when I went to the store to buy some business casual shirts and had to buy from the maternity section. That is when i started researching. when i made the appointment for the referral about 2 years later, it was because those same shirts wouldn't stay down on their own without my pulling them down and stretching them over my belly about a bajillion times a day. It is time, i should have done this 2 years ago, but i wanted to research nd make sure i REALLY wanted this. and i REALLY do. I can't wait to get my classes over and done with, get the surgery and get my life back on track.

Being told I probably can't have kids from PCOS. not fitting on a plane when I go visit my boyfriend. Being the only one of my group of friends that will stand on the side while my friends go hiking because if I tried my weight would make me fall. When I couldn't find snow pants big enough to let me continue snowboarding (my passion). When my family took holiday pictures and I looked like I ate a another family member. When going up the stairs counted as a workout. When I couldn't keep up with the toddler I nanny.

I'm only 22 and I'm missing out on so much of my life.

I don't want to raise kids in this body even if I could have them. This isn't healthy and this definitely isn't living.

Tired of being the fattest girl in the room...yeah ,yeah...I gotta pretty face....yada,yada,yada!