Hi Soupie,
Welcome to the WLS forum! As I am sure you already know, there are loads of lovely people of here who are more than happy to support you and share words of wisdom with you. It's not an easy decision, but it clearly is the best decision for many on here, whose main wish was that they had done it sooner, even with the down times! I'm waiting for my bypass too, very imaptiently I might add, but we will all get there eventually! Good luck with everything xxx