Is it really worth it?

Okay so my surgery is in two months and I am starting to ahve major doubts. I could probably fill a couple pages full listing them, but they are just the same doubts I see posted on here all the time, so I guess the only thing I really want to know is is It really worth it?

Yes it is worth it!  Its scary to do something this major and permanet, but better health is priceless! 

Hey you!  Let me tell you... this has been the most wonderous gift anyone has ever given me.

Before my surgery... I could have told you without a doubt, I would have been dead by the age of 25- either from something self inflicted or my body just giving out.

Since Day One my life has done a complete 180* turn. * Mobility * Health * Education * Confidence * Self Esteem * Relationships * Work Opportunities * Improved Family Relations * Body Image * Smaller Clothes * Less Money Spent at Dinner * Carnival Fun The list can go on and on, chickadee.... if you wanna talk some more, myspace baby!

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth. Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same. And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. Only time will tell, Shasta...

I LOVE this!  Did you write it?

That poem is by Robert Frost... "The Road Less Traveled" (1920)...  one of his most famous. 

i absolutly love this poem....one of my all time favorites i can almost any situtaion and everytime i have to make a tough decision i read this poem and it always helps.

Its really up to you to decide if its worth it for you... nobody can answer that for you.  We can, however, tell you if its worth it for ourself... I will say the biggest thing I have gotten out of this surgery is that my life is no longer controlled by food... losing weight, getting heathy thats all fine and dandy... but no longer having food run my life has been the biggest reward.  You are making a huge decision and it is a scary one... because its so life changing. Instead of focusing on all the doubts use this time to start working on yourself... work on getting healthy and developing good habits that will help you post-op.. basically use the time productively.

i had the same doubts i actually considered withdrawing my request from the insurance but then i thought about how much was going to gain by losing all this excess weight...think about your health problems now and think about how bad they will be in lets say 5 years if you don't lose weight and continue to gain...i did that and let me tell you what i saw was not pretty...so is it worth it??? for me, it was so completly worth it i'm only 6 weeks post op and i feel better than i have ever felt in my life...i wouldn't change a thing. just hang in there its almost your time.

For me I had no doubts. It came down to do I want to live or do I want to die within a few years possibly. And that was an absolutly not because I have my girl (horse) she is like a kid to me. And sorry I should out live her! Has surgery been worth it oh yes. Of course I fought stricktly for the procedure I wanted. Long term results and quality of life drove my decision. As I have a long life ahead of me. And this is just that it should be about you and what you want!