This is my first post but I’ve been reading a lot of threads on this site and have found them helpful.

My surgery is scheduled for Dec 26th and I’m having last minute doubts. I don’t want to go into this with doubts but if I postpone it will cost more money (we’ve met out of pocket max this year but that goes out the window Jan 1st). I also went through a lot to get here: facing disapproving parents, nutritional visits, psych eval, endoscopy, group meetings, etc. not to mention hundreds of hours of research. I feel like if I’m going to do this, now is the time.

my BMI is 34, but with drinking tons of Water and wearing my heaviest clothes I was able to get covered by insurance. The reason I decided to pursue the sleeve is because I have Arthritis in my hip resulting from Perthes disease as a child. I need a hip replacement, but since I’m 38 my orthopedist says to wait as long as possible. My hope is that losing 60 lbs could help me postpone a hip replacement, and keeping the weight off could maybe decrease the number of hip replacements I need in my life. Also, I’m in constant hip pain and need Tylenol pm to sleep. I’m desperate to feel better.

furthermore, my cholesterol is high for the first time ever, I needed IVF to have children due to PCO (no S since I don’t have the full blown syndrome), and my family history is atrocious (almost everyone has had diabetes and heart attack by 60). I have a double MTHFR gene mutation that makes me higher risk for clots and heart disease.

that being said, I am leading an active life, am the mom to 3 year old twins, am strong, and I don’t look too bad. I’m muscular so I carry a 34bmi well. I only mention that because sometimes when I look in the mirror I wonder if I’m crazy for taking such drastic measures. Im sure I’d look better if I lost my excess weight but that is truly not a motivation for me.

Is this too drastic for someone with 34bmi? I don’t have diabetes or hbp or super high cholesterol or sleep apnea... I guess there is a line where the risks outweigh the benefits. Like a BMI of 30 with no comorbidities, I’d say it’s not worth it. But for me??? I don’t want to live with regrets.

Please share your thoughts. I’m terrified of making the wrong decision.

My parents are freaking out. My dad has dieted his entire life and has never been able to maintain. Now he has heart and kidney disease. And yet he still judges me for not losing naturally. The thing that gets me is that he doesn’t see his own hypocrisy.

I had surgery 2 years ago this week. I was a 41 BMI and was absolutely terrified. I identify with many of the questions you’ve expressed. It’s a scary decision.

Today, I have no regrets. I’m happy I did it. I feel better than I have since I was in high school. I ran a marathon last spring.

I’m not an evangelist for this surgery - it’s not the right thing for everyone. But I think it’s right for some of us. Best way to think of it imho is as a TOOL. To get to a healthy weight and better health overall, I had to make many permanent changes to my lifestyle and diet. WLS for me was a key tool to help make those changes permanent. I’m so grateful to have had this opportunity. And the only regrets I have are for not (perhaps) better taking advantage of the early honeymoon stage immediately following surgery.

If you’ve yo yo dieted for years and are ready to settle into a permanent lifestyle of health, I think the surgery is a great piece of a good strategy.


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