ProudGrammy

Happy Surgiversary girlie! That's fantastic and you're such an inspiration!!

hap, happy one year surgiversary!!! 106 lbs gone!! you are aces - keep up the great job. continued success! congrats - kathy

ahhhh bud - you've got a keeper, and a winner.
he is very smart too! after all, he chose to be
with you!!! congrats! kathy

hap, happy one year surgiversary!!! 106 lbs gone!! you are aces - keep up the great job. continued success! congrats - kathy

I’m SOOOOOOOO HAPPY you beat that and recognized the problem and took care of it. Great job hon!!! I hope you find peace and rest in something healthy, should you need an outlet as well. I can’t say Great Job enough!!!!!! 👍😁 I’m really happy for you.

To larta, I didn't think anyone was responding to my introduction so today I wrote another one. It's basically the same. Thank you for your encouragement. We were talking about my daughter, well, she Skyped my grandson with a new baby on her lap. That was horrendous. Poor kids, they told everyone that their mother ran away and started a new family. These are the times where I just want to eat everything in sight! I was telling my surgeon that everybody in my house is fat, even the dogs!! My little granddaughter isn't. I have to get this emotional eating calmed down. What I have been doing is eating about the same amount of food that I would eat several months out from the surgery. I've been doing so much research. You'd think that being a nurse, that I would have this one in the bag!. Oh, no! Not even close! I'm so happy that I can chit chat with people on this forum. I promise I won't be so long winded. I'm just excited! Where are you in your journey? I'd love to hear about what you have been through!! God bless.

sorry you are having problems - hope things get better sooner than later. good thoughts being sent your way - kathy

Congrats on making it up the hill!! That is an amazing non scale victory, which deserves a happy dance in celebration. I love that you are meditating! I just started hot yoga after cleared for exercise after surgery. I almost started to cry during one of the meditation sessions. We hold a lot of emotional baggage that can carry through from our pre-op life. Its important for us to learn how to cheer and support ourselves through tough times, stalls etc. You sound like you are doing amazing! Give yourself a hug- keep doing what you are doing, it sounds like its working.

Congrats Kathy - yet another reason I find you so inspiring. Here's to good health

Congrats on 18 years! What a transformation and inspiration you are to me. I'd no idea you were a survivor too?

Great post!

surgery very recent? lot of pain? sorry you are feeling down. various sad/scared emotions can happen to newbies (to OP too). Do you have family/friends you can talk with - drown your sorrows (with water!) lay down, try and sleep, counting protein shakes to put you to sleep might help!! LOL Hopefully things will improve sooner than later. good luck - sweet dreams - kathy

welcome to our little group! (it continues to get "smaller and smaller you'll be amazed what is in store for your future. hope you are recuperating well. able to drink etc., not much pain. Don't look now, but i see a healthier, happier newbie coming to a theater near you!! good luck bud - kathy

you are aces in my book!! don't look back. keep running, moving through life. congrats - kathy

you are aces in my book!! don't look back. keep running, moving through life. congrats - kathy

you are aces - doing terrific - i can see you glowing!! keep up the good job for the rest of your healthier, happier life. congrats on your ongoing success. kathy

I knew i was seeing "less and less" of you congrats on your weight loss, and happy early surgiversary (with many more to follow) kathy

wow, congrats!! keep up the good work
you are aces kathy

3+ weeks before surgery, and counting.
how exciting, knowing you will have a
new life with improved health and happiness.
good luck bud - kathy

Unfortunately, it doesn't look like you can:

Also, I know advice coming from a 21 year old probably won't be given any credence, but perhaps assuming the best in others and having a positive and humble outlook would help with your healing process. It would definitely help with stress levels, reducing cortisol levels in your system. If you decide to continue to participate in this forum, a humble and positive attitude and a thicker skin would also really help in terms of interacting with others. We're all here to learn and lean on each other when things get tough, it'd be nice to think of the members of this site as a family. Please don't assume every comment that doesn't praise you is malicious. Some people might just use a different tone when writing.

I legitimately think Greensleevie was coming from a place of good and trying to help you in the comment quoted. Perhaps the tone wasn't particularly pleasant, but let's look at what she's actually saying: we should be humble (weight loss is relatively easy right now because we're so fresh out of surgery, we also don't know what struggles lie ahead), she's asking you to be cognizant of the fact that a large number of people do gain some weight back and she doesn't want you to be one of them, finally, she admits that she also doesn't know what happens down the road for her just like you don't know what happens in your future. The vets on here have experienced everything we're going through. It would be wise to learn from their mistakes and successes.

Instead of deciding to not go through with the surgery immediately, go ahead through your 6 month process AS THOUGH you are planning on having the procedure. You can ALWAYS decide NOT to do it in the end, but with your vision on the line and your current BMI, I believe this surgery is in your best interest.
And 6 months buys you more time to learn and think about it... and since there are diet classes and psych evaluations, you can learn more about yourself in the process.. anything you learn by going through the process will help you be successful with or without the actual surgery.

don't look a gift horse in the mouth!! LOL. keep up the good work.
congrats - kathy

you think you are excited now!!wait til WLS happpens!!
the changes you will experience are unbelievable -new world,
health and happiness are going your way good luck-kathy

here are some kleenex tissues
go ahead, have a good cry.
having WLS is terrific - good luck
kathy

here are some kleenex tissues
go ahead, have a good cry.
having WLS is terrific - good luck
kathy

Onderland!! wow!!! Congrats!
i've been waving you into our group. you
finally saw me!! thank goodness for small
favors -i've had my eye on you you continue
not to disappoint. keep up the great job.
kathy