New and Interested

I understand that the memorial is a very real and scary thing! It was one of the reasons why I waited so long to have my surgery. What you have to keep in mind is that with WLS much of the success and complications ride on the skill and expertise of the surgeon. I know that with my surgeon he has never lost a patient and has very low complication and resurgery rates, like 2%. He has been performing the RNY procedure for over 10 years and performed barriatric surgeries for over 30 years. I would not have found these things out unless I went to my surgeons seminar. Most are free and no obligations. I want to let you know that if I remember right an obese person has about a 15% chance of getting to a normal weight and staying there for a lifetime. A person who has had the lap-band procedure has about a 70-80% chance of being a normal weight for life. And a person who has had RNY bypass has about a 90% chance at a normal weight for a lifetime. Even considering all the risks I knew in my heart that I would die prematurely in my 50's or 60's if I did nothing. I feel that I have made the best choice for me and see a more complete life in the future. Please research more and good luck with the weight loss on your own I hope you are part of the lucky 15%.