My into is short and sweet.  I am an insulin dependant diabetic.  I have many health problems as many of you do.  My decision to go through Gastric Bypass was not an easy one, but a necessary one.  I want to live to see my youngest son graduate from high school and be able to walk into the gymnasium and sit in a regular seat instead of the handicap section.  I want to be able to one day hold and play with my grandchildren.  There are many things I still would like to accomplish.  To do that I need to have this surgery to live!