Pelekania

How about patients that are seriously considering DR. Garcia?
IM TIRN BETWEEN 2 surgeons, Garcia and another.

Why did you choose to do surgery in the middle of a semester? Crazy lady lol!!! Winter break is so close and your given a good three weeks to relax and heal but like many will say, healing time is different for everyone. I hope your recovery is quick

Exactly, when your little sister sees you getting healthy, positive, confident, and more energetic, what more of postive influence on her to get healthy by doing what you arw doing, not surgery, but Portion Control and exercise! Make NO apologies...period regardless to who it is..yeah you may love them, but this is about loving you!!!!!

To be honest, it sounds like your friend may have a bit of jealousy stored up. You are pretty young lady and I can only imagine how you will look once you get down to your desired size/ healthier weight....smoking hottt! So in order to make you feel guilty and to start questioning your decision about the procedure she turns it into a God issue...one of Satans old tricks.
God did not intend for use to be obese and live unhealthy lifestyles. So many people die from cancer, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease- all which are preventable if we make and choose a healthier lifestyle and you are taking those steps to ensure that you do no fall victim to one of those diseases. God have given us the tools to take control of our lives. We didn't just magically come up with the various different wls...no God revealed those things to His children in order to help us...just like the other diseases.
I am not sure if your friend is within her h/w ratio, but alot of thinner people are not able to understand the difficulties an obese person face on a day to day basis. My sister is small...has been all her life. She eats whatever she wants and does not gain a pound and when I told her about my surgery she didn't understand why I couldn't really stick to a weightloss plan and exercise. I wanted her to be happy for me that I was taking this serious step, but to her it is taking the easy out. I had wanted her to be there with me when I have surgery, but now all I need/ want is me and God.
Do not be surprised that your friendship may change as you lose weight.

I want healthy curves. I don't mind being pleasantly plump. Just healthy.
Amanda Rae

To be honest, it sounds like your friend may have a bit of jealousy stored up. You are pretty young lady and I can only imagine how you will look once you get down to your desired size/ healthier weight....smoking hottt! So in order to make you feel guilty and to start questioning your decision about the procedure she turns it into a God issue...one of Satans old tricks.
God did not intend for use to be obese and live unhealthy lifestyles. So many people die from cancer, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease- all which are preventable if we make and choose a healthier lifestyle and you are taking those steps to ensure that you do no fall victim to one of those diseases. God have given us the tools to take control of our lives. We didn't just magically come up with the various different wls...no God revealed those things to His children in order to help us...just like the other diseases.
I am not sure if your friend is within her h/w ratio, but alot of thinner people are not able to understand the difficulties an obese person face on a day to day basis. My sister is small...has been all her life. She eats whatever she wants and does not gain a pound and when I told her about my surgery she didn't understand why I couldn't really stick to a weightloss plan and exercise. I wanted her to be happy for me that I was taking this serious step, but to her it is taking the easy out. I had wanted her to be there with me when I have surgery, but now all I need/ want is me and God.
Do not be surprised that your friendship may change as you lose weight.

Hello,
I'm sorry you have to be on the receiving end of this type of sentiment. Whenever I get responses from people about having enough faith to trust in God or self-control etc., I remind them of the many medical procedures that we do even though we have faith or self-control. We have our gall bladder or parts of our intestines removed when in fact, good preventive care might have prevented these problems in the first place. How many of our health problems like gallstones could have been prevented or delayed if we had taken exquisite care of ourselves? In some cases, you get to a place of no return. If our obesity gets to a place where metabolically our body is fighting against us and our health problems worsen despite trying to lose weight, then it is time to do the surgery. Research shows that the best results even for VSG are on the younger and lower BMI patients. It seems that waiting too long can make it harder to lost weight as fast or as much, in part, because our body has metabolically made it more difficult to lose the weight. My nutritionist and surgeon remind me every visit that if I go over 1300 calories a day, I will start gaining weight. This is not normal! For the rest of my life, I have to maintain a lower than normal calorie intake and it would have been impossible for me to maintain under 1300 calories without the sleeve. Your friend can't generalize her lived experience with yours, or her metabolic issues and weight loss success with you either. This is life or death for some of us, and research supports this!

I presume you knew when you posted this that you would get positive and negative responses. That is because there is no right answer to this. It is all in what YOU believe in. And how much crap your willing to take from this hypocrit friend of yours.
Think to yourself "she had a boob job. What gives her the right to tell you what is right or wrong with this and what would God want.
I will no longer follow this situation. I feel that you are looking for an easy way out. You still want to believe this person is you friend. So you will just make her think that she is right. Good luck to you.

My fellow sleevers...Pre & Post op....I cringed when I saw this post. What a low blow for someone to say to you.
God is merciful, great and loving. He provided this surgery for those of us unable to overcome our battles with weight. Agree with a lot of previous posts. Pray for peace on this issue as this is an optional surgery. Yes, I look better but this surgery was more about taking care of my health that wearing a size ____. The ways for me to serve are so much more broad now since I physically have abilities where before I had so many limitations.
Remember, His grace is sufficient and I am thankful everyday for my sleeve.
Peace to those in emotional turmoil.

Do you deep condition it? That will work. The truth is that we curlies have to work harder at maintain moisture. It's just the facts of life.