Lily_0725

Hello all, First off congrats to all those who have decided to take a step towards WLS and bettering themselves. I am a 21 year old recent college graduate and I HAD decided to do the gastric sleeve surgery. I actually enjoying exercising and its never really been an issue for me except the fact that when I stop going to the gym, ill gain back x2 the weight loss I had in the beginning. Nonetheless, WLS seems like a tool I can use to maintain my goal weight which is 150lbs (I'm currently at 241). I had 6 months preparing for this surgery and my scheduled date is June 15. Now here's where things get a bit more complicated, I have lately been a bit anxious and scared because granted this is a surgery no matter which way you look at it. Last night my neighbor, a young girl about the same age as me passed away due to bariatric surgery, she was about a week post op and unfortunately had some complications. My parents found out about the incident and have now completely gone against my decision for the operation. Granted I am 21 years old and this decision is truly about ME and MY health, but their support still means a great deal, considering I haven't really told anyone about this decision I don't have many people to go to. So now I ask my fellow bloggers, what are your thoughts and opinions ? Bests, Lily A.

Thank you all for your helpful and informative responses. I definitely think this is something that ONLY I can decide. The fact that I am so young plays a huge role and since I didn't really qualify for the surgery until recently, I think I should just grab the opportunity and go. As far as the surgeon, my best friend's parents both had the bypass with him and when speaking of complications or moralities, he's only had 6 internal bleeding issues from 10 years of practice. I think I may just be overacting a bit, my parents will come around and support me even if they don't agree with it. Again thank you all so much for the help I really needed to put everything in retrospect.