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Thank you - ALL! For your advice and input. It's exactly what I needed to hear... In retrospect, 60-70 lbs is a lot! (How foolish am I?) It's actually the weight of my middle child! So thinking of it in those terms, HOLY CRAP!!! Even if I was able to lose 50 lbs., the journey would still be well worth it from where I'm sitting. Okay, so I'm doing it... I'M DOING IT!!!! *sigh* .... My next 2 hurdles: 1) Telling my husband... (Someone who is naturally thin *great*...) 2) Coming to the realization that my only option if I'm going to have this done, is that I'll need to go to Mexico... *sigh*.... Thank you again - ksk

No US doctor will consider me b/c my BMI is a 32. Yet I am classified as "obese" and have struggled with my weight my ENTIRE life! I've always been "healthy", "big-boned", "full-figured"...etc. blah, blah, blah... And then I read stories of people who have lost the weight by just doing a weight loss program. (Which I've tried, but never been truly successful...) So here I am terrified at the thought of traveling to Mexico to have this done. I realize that there are others who may feel that taking this step is justified b/c they have more to loose and keep off. Am I justified in wanting to go through such drastic measures to rid myself of 70 lbs??? Are there others out there who have done this in my same position??? I am a mother of 3 with a husband (who has not yet been told that this is what his wife wants to do!) But I know that I have tried other alternatives in the past without success. I don't want to look back a few years from now regretting that I didn't have to guts to move forward and just do it. I am ready to do something for MYSELF instead of others. But again, 70 lbs.???? I'm really conflicted...

Hi Shiney - I must be in your neck of the woods based on some of your posts. And just like you, I am at the VERY nervous stage thinking about going to Mexico to have this done. Was your decision to go to Dr. O based on finances, insurance, low BMI or all of the above? I live on the North Shore of LI and actually have an appt scheduled with NS Surgical (where I now see has a Dr. that does fills. Just not sure if it under flour...) However, in researching all of this, I am sure my insur won't cover me as my BMI is a 32. So even though at this point I still have that appt., I am beginning the process of considering the OCC - thus coming across your post. I'm also curious to know if you are traveling with someone or going at it solo. Although I am married, my husband will be at home with the kids. So I have already enlisted the help of a friend who said they would go with me for support. (And IMO, will probably return if my trip is successful where I will do the same for them... Yes - I guess that makes me the Ginny pig!) Just a little more research for me to do (how big are the incisions? How long is the recovery once home?...etc.) and if this still looks like the right decision for me, then I'm probably off the Mexico within the next month or two! interested to hear from you - ksk Someone who has always struggled with my weight and finally realized that I don't want to live with this demon anymore...