Considering Surgery

Hello everyone, I am a new member but am told that I can get some really great information here. I have been reading messages for almost 3 months but have finally gotten the courage to ask something myself. I am 23 years old, 5'6" and weigh 274 but when I mention having surgery to my family they seem to think that I can't get approved. My sister had the surgery 1 year ago last week and she is 5"4". On the day of her surgery she weighed 271 and is now 143. I think that is great seeing her with a whole new life. I have medical problems that are caused by weight and have been told since I was 12 that if I didn't loose a considerable amount of weight I would continue to have medical problems. Please help me I would like to have the surgery for my birthday in November but want to go ahead and start getting info from people in the area.

Just do it. Don't ask your family you are doing this for you and not them, I'm not trying to be mean, but i had the surg. a year ago and i did it for me. to date i have lost 138 pds and a lot more to go . I've went from a 30 to an 18 in pants. i started out at 407 and now i'm at 270 so i still have along way to go.Just do it for you.

Why do you hesitate?