Has having your surgery made the whole family healthier?

I am hopefully getting close to be able to obtain my dream ~WLS... I'm a self-payor... yada, yada, yada. Anyway, my daughter is very concerned that once I DO have the surgery I will one day be smaller than her. I have told her that this is not a cosmetic thing, but a health thing and that once I have the surgery we will all be eating better as a result of it. I also told her I will have the energy to exercise, walk, ride bikes and all of the other things we don't do as a family now. I am trying to make her see that this is a healthy decision for all of us. I don't want her to be at a point in her life like I am, seeing surgery as my only way to once again have a 'normal' life. So any words of wisdom you have would be greatly appreciated as I will let her read them. Thanks!

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