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that's it. i dint think i could ever be "ready" my whole fear is being 5 years down the road and my mind never catches up and i have to live every day consumed with thoughts of food.

doesn't that make sense to anyone? its not being ready its being able to live if the addiction never fades. and there is nothing that can be done.

 It makes so much sence That I am shocked that no one sees that asking these questions does not make one 'not ready' It means that you are a thinker and in all that thinking comes ????'s and that is what this forum is all about helping people answer ????'s. Marshal I believe anyone that has declared an addiction to anything is full of freaked out feelings of WHAT THE HELL WILL I DO NOW, WILL I FREAK OUT WILL I DRINK WILL I DO DRUGS WILL I RUIN MY NEW BODY. Food addiction is REAL and any addict facing rehab is scared. Scared of what that new life will be like, Scared of how they will learn to deal with life without mass quantitys of food, JUST PLAIN SCARED. 
It is totally OK to feel this way and you WILL learn new tools to deal with situations. Food will still be your friend. Food is still there when you need it just not in the quantities you used to eat. You can and will most likely make choices to abuse food but it will get easier. And you will learn, and you will NOT live with WANT all the time. You will succeed because you want to....

HiJack...Well, looky, there you are...and we even had the same surgeon...small world huh!!!!  I checked out your pics...You have done just awesome...seems to me last time I saw you, was way back in the early 90's, maybe when Sean was about 2 or 3.

great response Anita!

i understand    i feel that way too....what if   what if five years down the road i am two fifty again....how sad...but then  i  feel this time is different...this surgery was seamless...i feel good...no more meds...  just vitamins...i am exercising..me    wow.... i have lost 60 lbs...holy cow...only 25 or 30 lbs to goal....i am loving every minute of this..and yes six months out it is very slow weight loss...but still its a pound here and a pound there......and life at 55 is awesome....i am living life and not jus****ching life go by outside the window...so take a leap of faith....and so for it.....peace

how much do you weigh?

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You can pretty much guarantee success if you have the DS and be able to eat almost anything.  I know you said you don't want it, but if you say you are dying, you have nothing to lose.

Every post you've made has screamed at me that you need to get DS.  Toughen up and do it.

The DS side effects will not allow me to do my job. The risk would be to high to hope I don't get those certain side effects.

I did chose this on my own. I do want to beat it. I just am in fear after 10 days with no food.

I haven't cheated one time. I have fought hard and I am wearing out. I refuse to give in.

I...I don't know.

Have you spent time talking to people on the DS board?  They've indicated to us on this board that side effects are minimal.

What kind of job do you have, and what is your primary worry?