If you are reading this blog, it means you have joined the ever-growing ranks of brave men and women who have taken the courageous step to have a surgery in order to change - and save - our lives.

Choosing surgery is not taking the easy way out. Choosing surgery is choosing life. For those of us who have had wls, we are a community of people who have a bond - a shared experience of being obese and of overcoming our obesity.