Is it worth the risk?

I just got word that a friend of mine that went in for a revision for her WLS that she had 5 years ago died in the hospital 2 days after surgery. She went in on 1/31, had the revision and a couple of days later developed an infection. She had trouble breathing and her heart stopped. They resuscitated her but it stopped again a little while later and they couldn't bring her back. The irony here is I hadn't spoken to this person in years. We just weren't traveling in the same circles anymore. She saw my name and profile on here and emailed me out of the blue just a few months back. She wanted to help with any questions I might have had. We got to be friends again in a short period of time and now she's gone. Because of a surgery that I'm trying desperately to get. God, is it really worth the risk? I know the arguement that I'm dying anyway with this weight but still....

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