magaines

Hi Magaines,

I am very interested in your journey. My situation seems to be similar to yours. My last weigh in was 196.5 with BMI of 35.2. I just received my insurance approval and my surgery is scheduled for 10/14/08. What I am experiencing is a bit of fear mixed with excitement. There are a few people that I have not told that I am approved and scheduled because I know they will try to talk me out of doing this and/or tell me I should do this or that. Did you have people try to discourage you from having the surgery? If so, how did you handle it?