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The other day I ranted about my pants falling off and later I had to laugh at myself. lol At the end of the day you have a great group of friends and a tech that has never heard of VSG. Hopefully you will smile later. :-)
PS. By smiling and saying to your friends "I promise I'm good" (or something like that) and changing the subject when they bring up surgery will take care of it eventually.
Po-tay-toe, po-tah-to = HILARIOUS!!!!!!! LOL

The other day I ranted about my pants falling off and later I had to laugh at myself. lol At the end of the day you have a great group of friends and a tech that has never heard of VSG. Hopefully you will smile later. :-)
PS. By smiling and saying to your friends "I promise I'm good" (or something like that) and changing the subject when they bring up surgery will take care of it eventually.
Po-tay-toe, po-tah-to = HILARIOUS!!!!!!! LOL

I would have been pissed too! Make sure you set up all your future appointments accordingly so you don't have to go through this again. He should have believed you because your PCOS must be in his charts, but also understand a lot of patients lie, so they are incredulous.
Once at your pre-op weight, if I was you, I would have a brief , nice but direct talk with him/her. It will benefit you greatly if he knows you are committed, so this doesn't happen again. Remember you will seeing this surgeon for a few years!
Something along the lines of "I want to let you know I am very committed and serious about this surgery. Last time I reminded you I have PCOS and had my period so I gained X number of pounds and you didn't seem to believe me. I know some patients lie so that made you incredulous but I want to make sure you know I am not one of them. I am committed and I will follow your rules but I am going to need your understanding once in a while." I would then smile.

Nice!

Sort of. In my case I was ok with Crystal Light for about 1 week. After that it started to bother my stomach. It felt too acidic. Now at 9 weeks I am diluting it much more and it is ok, so don't throw it away, it might taste ok in a few weeks.
(I switched to Powerade Zero, no calorie Sobe & warm tea first thing in the morning. Now Mio is my new favorite way to drink water. I still drink tea nearly every morning)

My heart goes out to you. How hard it must be to be so aware of your situation, trying to improve it and have others live the extreme opposite, especially while dealing with recently being sleeved.
A few things,
1) You seem to be quite young, thank God that you did not get caught up in this for the rest of your life. You are stopping that chain , that life cycle of dysfunction. Many of us have families living in these same situations. I am 47 years old and wish I stopped abusing myself long ago with food. My father died of obesity related illnesses and all his siblings. I was right there with them for years. So give yourself some credit, you are doing something for them. Be an example. Be loving to them but make good choices for you. You can not change them, and it sounds like they don't want to change.
2) I hope you understand how this relates....
Three of my siblings died of drug related incidents. I really was bitter with them for some time, without even realizing it. I did not understand it, I was so bothered by seeing my sister wither into a shell of who she was. I was a lot younger and very impressionable. I was experimenting with things I shouldn't of been also yet I made different choices and by the grace of God had the will to stop.
My point is this...I now look at there lifestyles as a lesson to me. When they died like that it was not in vane. Do you understand? I might not always no what I want but I sure no what I don't want. I did not want to go out like that. Looking at them in this perspective, allows me to live free of that lifestyle. They showed me very well what I did not want to end up like.
Your family is actually showing you something very powerful. I know you want to save them and it hurts terribly but you can't honey.
Don't be angry with them, it will eat you up. Love you Mama while she is here. Show your sister how she can recover. Pray!!!!
-Sorry to go on and on....

Oh my gosh Happy Life! I had never heard of your complication either. Seems like you picked a good surgeon. Thank goodness for that! Your attitude is amazing. I am sending tons of good vibes your way!