It really depends on your body mass and your goals in life. If you are morbidly obese and your doctor gives you a very short amount of time to live, then its most certainly time to have it done.

But, if you can even move on your own, and feed yourself, then you shouldn't do it. I've known a lot of morbidly obese people. I used to live in Minnesota, which is jam-packed with them. Frankly, I see a lot of tragedy in the whole situation. When people can't just deal with their issues and lose the weight in a natural way.

A great example for every morbidly obese person in the world is this man:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/11/manuel-uribe-photos-pictu_n_106607.html

Manuel Uribe did not get any surgery. He weighed nearly 1200 lbs. and was the fattest man in the world. But he went on an appropriate diet and exercised by hand-pedaling and doing light pullups on a bar over his bed.

He is down to 700 lbs and it keeps on dropping. If this man can do it naturally from 1200 lbs, anyone can do it from much less. You have to have drive and determination and not expect that a surgery will solve all your problems.

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