Lalou

Bless your heart! I can't get my mind around the two weeks before surgery yet--holding on to a 1200 cal diet is all I can handle right now. With food in the house and all of the joking (friendly or not) cannot possibly be easy. People w/o a weight problem just don't seem to understand some times. We tend to equate food, emotions and relationships. Other people don't! It has taken me years to come to that conclusion. Hang in there--leave if you have to! Or, if it gets too hairy, go in there and tell all of them off! And tell them that you have my permission!

I am 62 and have until yet to find someone my age who has been banded. Anyone out there? I am just beginning this journey, getting all my ducks in a row, waiting on insurance, dieting on my own, trying to move around more, etc. My doctor is gung-ho about this and I see my surgeon for the first time this next week. Anyone who could offer a little encouragement would be appreciated. I have been overweight most of my life and two weeks ago, I weighed 357. My cholesterol is fine, BP a little on the high side but controlled with meds. I lost my husband 3 years ago and life has really been lonesome and, naturally, somewhat depressing.Actually, jusst knowing that there are many folks out there with similar or worse problems is helpful. Thank ya'll in advance for helping each other.