Almost 2 Months Out

Happy 2 mos!! You're doing great! Don't worry so much about getting to goal, you WILL get there. Just keep doing all the right things, and goal will happen in time.

The questions will start popping up all the time on how did you lose the weight. Be prepared for this! It happens all the time. It doesn't last forever though. I used to get asked 20x a day, now it's only down to 10x... haha

Keep up the great progress!!

Congrats! I can't give you any advice because I have yet to have the surgery but I love reading peoples stories!

I too have decided that when or if I get the surgery I am only going to tell CLOSE family, and my very best friend (actually they already know) I'm not telling anyone else.

Congratulations! You are doing great!

Congrats, looks like you are doing amazing!!

I can feel your pain! I wasn't going to tell anyone either, except really close family. I did tell my sister, as we are really close. I asked her not to tell anyone though. Low and behold, when I got home from my surgery, I had an email from a college classmate who said she had seen Caroline (sister) and Caroline told her all about my WLS! I was stunned. I wrote back to the friend and said "Well I wonder what part of "Please don't tell anyone about my surgery! my sister didn't understand?"

But Melinda (friend) had already told about 8-10 of our other classmates, so the news was OUT big time. Since then, when anyone askes me about my weight loss, I just tell them, "I had a bariatric procedure." If they ask questions, I figure, I guess I will be the one to educate them on WLS surgery. That's what nurses do anyway, teach their patients about their conditions, how to handle it, what their meds are for, etc. A big part of being a nurse is educating your patients, so I just consider anyone who asks me questions about my weight loss as a sort of "quasi patient" of mine, and tell them what they want to know. I guess it has turned out to be easier that way. And nobody is off in the corner speculating about how I lost weight, and talking about me behind my back, they just come right up to me and ask. Which I guess I would rather they did anyway.

I felt the same as you when I went back to work. I work 12 hour shifts, and went back when I was 10 days post op. My surgeon told me I could go back to work in one week, but I had the ten days off, so I took them all. I was SO tired, this deep bone weary tired that just wouldn't go away. It took me like two months for the fatigue to wear off or go away or whatever. But I finally did start to feel better again. And now I feel pretty good. I have lots more energy than I used to have. And I don't need nearly as much sleep as I used to need (before loosing 100 pounds!).

Anyway, Congratulations! I think you are doing wonderful. Keep it up!

Kathy D (alias Helen the Cat)