I don't want to be judged, bottom line. I told my husband and a friend who is a neighbor. Maybe later I will tell others till then, I am ok with keeping my medical issue to myself.
I told a lot of people in the beginning, but when everyone started making a big deal about it, I shut my mouth. Some people cannot walk up to me without asking, "so, how much weight have you lost?" it gets really irritating!!! I chose not to tell my mother and sisters because they are so incredibly negative that I didn't want to hear it!! I just don't need that in my life. I am almost 9 weeks out from surgery and have lost a total of 53 lbs (pre-op included). I will probably tell my family at Christmas when they can see for themselves what a benefit this surgery really is. (I live 500 miles from my family, so they haven't seen me since last Christmas)
