Sally,
(((BIG HUG)))...YOU CAN do this! When you need help you have 9000 of us here to help. When you are down.. we all want to help you up. You are not alone. Just take it one step at a time. Don't think of the path from start to finish.. think of the finish.. and hold on to it. WLS isn't about being skinny.. you know that.. it is about getting your life back. And you DESERVE that chance! Honey, keep on keepin on.. you will make it. Take each fear as it is, a fear, accept it and move on to the next step.
We ALL LOVE YOU and want you to succeed in life. I stay on this board and read each day just to hear about you. I pray for you each day, and I CARE about you. Care about yourself.
Depression can be as crippling as SMO. Try to overcome it and realize you are a wonderful, caring, beautiful human being that DESERVES a good healthy life.
Love, Tami