Is surgery worth the possibility of death?

I have been doing an extensive amount of research on wls. Today I looked at the Memorial page. I cried as I read the stories. I have a one year old daughter. I want to be able to be a part of her life. My dilema is this: if I die from surgical complications I cannot be in her life at all. If I don't have surgery, I will be alive. It may not be the life I want to be living, but I'll be there. I am 28, I don't have any major life-threatening problems, yet, so I don't think I'll die if I don't have the surgery. Can someone put this into perspective for me? I have been so certain this is what I should do...Now I'm lost.

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