I am a Christian and my faith has played a big role in this decision. I prayed about WLS. The Lord guided me through His Word. Phillipians 4: 6-7 6 Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. 7 Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.

I know he was going to give me peace about WLS but I wasn't there yet. I've researched online, talked with patients and nurses. I thought the Lap band was the weigh to go. I refused to do anything drastic like Gastric Bypass ( talk about naive). But I still did not have peace. A co-worked that had the band told me she wishes she had the sleeve and to look into it. I though NO (drastic, remember!) A nurse at the hosp told me that the Dr will suggest VGS or Bypass because my BMI is 55. I though NO (drastic, remember!) Meanwhile, I'm still praying for peace and what to do. I hook up on the Lapband forum, very active, excited, nervous and not 100% committed yet (still no peace). I see an ad for VGS so I click on it. This began weeks of research, prayer, research, prayer, research, prayer, support groups, prayer!!! Guess what PEACE!!!!!

I should have listed months ago but I wasn't ready! So my husband is on this journey with me but he is heeby-jeeby with all this medical stuff, so I call my Mom who is a retired nurse. She became my go-to support! She researched, prayed and is going to my appt with me Aug 27th. The three of us decided to not share any of this with the rest of the family until after the appt.

My sister is struggling with her weight too and a couple of months we were talking about it. She said she was thinking of WLS too (lap bad). Little did I know, she had an appt with the same Dr in Jan, cancelled, in April (when we talked) canceled and finally yesterday she went! She called me when she got home and spilled all the beans. She has great news and decided that VGS is the way to go but she's still nervous. I just started laughing and couldn't stop!!!! I told her that is the way I decided to go too! She admitted to telling her dr that her sister (me) was going to be each others support system (remember she didn't know about my appt at the end of the month!!!!) and that I was going to come and see him.

What can I say? IT"S A GOD THING!!! PEACE THAT PASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING!!!:thumbup: