Surgery booked

**jazz27** · 04-01-2012 06:55 AM

Hi my surgery date is booked for 22/05/12 in Perth Australia....I'm starting to double question myself! Is this the right choice for me as I’m only 27 years old, Has anyone else experienced this?

**Saras_Sleeve** · 04-01-2012 07:27 AM

Hi!
I'm 27 and having my surgery in Perth on the 28th of May

I have questioned myself a lot but I'm really looking forward to it now.

Nice to hear from someone in a similar situation. I'm using dr chandraratna, who is your surgeon?

**BBARB** · 04-01-2012 09:13 AM

The age is not an issue unless you are not ready. I got to this decision after years of battling against my weight. As the majority of us in this forum, I have tried all the diets I found on my path. I personally gave up a while a go, thinking I was defeated. The weight I had on my heart for this way of thinking was huge. But really nothing worked. I came across the surgery option after the last summer and since then studying about. It is a working tool. But to be frank it only work you if are ready to commit to it for the rest of your life! Surgery can help for a short time, then you can fail following the program and stretching your stomach. If you are committed to change your life aorund, then well go for it syster
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**Sunflower** · 04-01-2012 09:47 AM

Congratulations. All of us have second-guessed this decision. Very few regret going through with it. I wish this had been available to me when I was your age

**ShrinkingViolet** · 04-02-2012 06:25 AM

If your age is the only thing that has you questioning, no worries! I wish I had done it then.

**Grace** · 04-02-2012 09:04 AM

I'm almost twice your age. Had this been available to me years ago I would not have the pile of medical issues I've developed in my 30s and 40s.
If you qualify and you understand this is a lifetime change, then I'd say count yourself lucky it's available to you now and go for it!

**jerzeygirl** · 04-02-2012 11:09 AM

I'm standing in the "wish I had done it sooner" line too! If this was available for me when I was younger, since I've always been overweight, my whole life would have been different. I wouldn't have had the medical issues that came w/age and the complications of being morbidly obese, my body wouldn't have suffered damage from the weight I carried, etc. Please take it from someone who is now 62 and just had the surgery 8 months ago; go for it and enjoy the rest of your life! Continued success...

**jazz27** · 04-03-2012 08:02 PM

Hi saras_sleeve,

My surgeon is Jon Armstrong, I wish the surgery could come sooner so I don't have all this time to think about it hehe. Good luck with your surgery.

Thanks everyone for your comments.