Ranting

[Jesser 295]

Oh I get it' date=' I have a 3 year old and a 6 year old too, I was scared that I might be one of the few who don't do well and get complications/die. I even went so far as to record goodbye videos for my children, what a ton of fun that was. In the end, my decision was just statistics. I am 35. My knees creak when I climb the stairs. I have no comorbidities but I was approaching 50 BMI. I couldn't keep up with my kids. I figured the chances of bad stuff happening to surgery was less than the chance of me developing diabetes etc during the rest of my life, needing joint replacements etc. So logically the surgery was the less dangerous course.[/quote']

Exactly! I was walking around Walmart the other day and I realized just how bad my knees hurt. And I thought to myself, I wonder how bad they would hurt 100 pounds less? Diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, cancer all run in my family. My nanny is in her early 60's and can't leave the house. She's already had a quadruple bypass surgery on her heart. It's so sad... I know that will be me if I don't make changes now!!