I'm new to everything. I had an endoscopy on 8/21 and was referred to a bariatric doctor. Saw him the next week, he is going to schedule me on 11/7 and should be 3 weeks after that. I did my mental health eval and have scheduled my dietician meetings. First one is the 19th of September. I'm not doing this to lose weight, my diaphragm is failing and I have a severe hiatal hernia. The weight loss is going to be a bonus to me, I'm not scared, just curious how others get their families to understand. Thanks in advance.