My Co Workers Are Nurses and Most Do Not Support My Decision To Pursue WLS

I am pursuing approval through my insurance company to have this surgery and I am eager to have it done. I'm 320 lbs and have been debilitatingly heavy for too, too long. I have diabetes, increasing BP and a host of other problems. I work in an office full of nurses and most have a hard time understanding why I am resorting to 'something so drastic' as a gastric bypass. HOW can I explain to them why this is the answer for ME? I really expected they would be the most understanding, given their education, but they are the LEAST supportive of all, and they think I'm nuts for doing this. How can I explain my reasons in the face of their skepticism?

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