Niki_in_NC

I was always the type that said I would never have surgery to loose weight.  To a certain extent, I felt that surgery was a "cop-out".  Boy was I wrong.  My weight continued to increase due to bad decisions on my end and PCOS having a mind of its own.  Right now it is just hours before surgery and the biggest regret I have is not realizing sooner that I needed to make the decision earlier.  It has take me 3 years to make it here from going back and forth with whether or not to have surgery to dealing with the insurance protocols.  I am ready now, both mentally and physically.  I have to do this for me and only me, but boy, do I have good incentives to keep me going.  I have a wonderful husband that I want to grow old with, a beautiful 3 year old daughter who is my life, and the unfortunate situation of watching my dad slowly kill himself as I was with weight.  I don't want to be his age and know that the likely hood of be alive to see a ripe old age is almost nul.  My dad just turned 51 and is about 450lbs.  That is where I was headed.  Once I decided to have surgery, I thought I would have the bypass until I had talked to my surgeon and found out the pros and cons of both the bypass and the band.  The band won out hands down.  Not what I expected to happen, but definitely glad to be going  with this route.