Where do I start.....Well I am 32 and a mother of four beautiful girls. I've been dealing with me being over weight for 13 years. I starter off on the smaller size but if wasn't until I had my first child when my battle begin, so even though it's been 13 years my mind is stuck on the smaller me so I have never looked in the mirror and was happy with what was looking back at me. I have try many diets and lost but it always can back, I start looking in to wls because I didn't want to put anymore diet pills into my body. My first choice was the lapband about two years ago, I had dislocated my kneecap and my doctor thought getting a wls would be better on my knee. I went to the seminar and was excited and scared, because I have a history of blood clots. Well end up getting pregnant with my fourth child and had to put it off, my cousin actually went through with her's and is looking great. So the begining of this year the hunt was on again, went to my first appt. for the lapband and didn't get any of my questions answer, the doctor was in and out, do this do that. Really didn't like that at all so now I'm second guessing myself, It's bad enough my family giving me a hard time about getting wls I'm having a battle between them and my mind I can't think straight. So I let them get the best of me and put it off again, but then I delveop fibromyalgia, high cholesterol and I have a history of anxiety. So now I'm back thinking about wls because me being overweight is getting out of control and I owe it to myself and my kids to be a healthy me. I did a lot of research and found out that a lot of people was unhappy with their lapband and was getting VSG so with that being said I am considering VSG because I think that's the best choice for me after looking into it more. The band will be too much of a hassle with four kids and health issue of my own I'm already at the doctor alot. Well my first appt for my labs, upper GI and other things is April 10 can't wait because I am freaking out everyday just thinking about surgery and pre and post -op diet hope i have it in me. I need all the support I can get because I didn't tell alot of my family members that I change my mind because I don't want to hear anything negative