anneeo

Just came across this thread. Mine is my nickname, my first nickname of Annee and then added the O when I got married and my new last name started with an O. AnneeO was born.
Usually I'm hockey mom, txhockeymom, goaliemom, tendymom - something along those lines. My son is a hockey goalie and our family loves hockey.

I just want to not dread going shopping, especially grocery shopping, it wears me out and I'm drenched in sweat by check out. I also want to be able to not worry about the seat height, width or sturdiness of any where I sit down. Would love to go to a concert or travel and not worry about how much walking I have to do. I just want the simple things most people take for granted. And I also need to get the weight off of my left knee that is bone on bone and needs a replacement.
Oh, and I'd like more energy. There have been times when I've just wanted to crawl into bed and stay there til I die. I want to look forward to getting up and having plans I look forward to, not chores I have to do.

I'm easy to please. I just want to know that, barring accident, I will have more then another ten years of life to look forward to. And if, for some reason, I only have ten more years? To actually feel that I am living them, and not just existing.

I'm in Houston - surgery Dec 16th.

I'm in Houston - surgery Dec 16th.

I've been posting for 12 hours and already feel surrounded by love and support.
I'm much less scared and way more excited now.

My date is Dec. 16th! Getting more nervous as the day gets closer!

I'm on the 16th too, hyped.

There is a Facebook page started called December sleevers 2014 that is private if you guys want to join.

I'm Dec. 16th too nice to know there will be others going through this the same day I am!

December 16th here, too! Lots of people getting sleeved that week it seems. Does anyone want a surgery email/text buddy? I don't check here that often but would love a little support group!

hey all! This is my first post! But I am scheduled for December 16th! I'm so excited to see some folks close to my date!

I'm Dec. 16. Getting nervous but also looking forward to the change!

My date is December 16.

My date is Decemeber 16th!!!!!!

GENEPRO unflavored mixed in ANYTHING. It is truly flavorless!! I bought it on Amazon

@ melligates I had the same issue with being very constipated and no amount of drinking helped me.. So my dr had to start me on colace and I didn't get relief from that either so he had me take a Metamucil and that worked ,I would mix it in a cup of hot tea at bedtime and morning came relief???? hope this helps. And I'm 10 months out and my weight was at 384 highest and at my surgery day I was 325 and I'm now 208

I feel the same as most of you. My surgery is scheduled for 12/15.I'm looking forward to not having to shop in the plus size section anymore. I'm currently 5'4.5 and 280 (I've never shared that before ????) and I'm between 20/22 bottom and 18 top. Very curvy! I can't wait to be able to climb stairs without getting winded or the being able to buckle my seatbelt without having to move my butt over!
Single digits would be glorious but we'll see what happens. Good luck to all of u with upcoming dates and congrats on those who have already started the journey!

My ideal size would be around size 16 only because I'm 6 ft 2 I don't want to look like a twig.

1) Wear your heaviest clothes and shoes and 2) Scrunch/slouch down a little when they measure you. If you can be an inch shorter than you should be fine to qualify. This really works!!

I originally told everyone even remotely close to me stopping short of a full scale coming out on Facebook and got zero negative feedback. I got genuine concern and questions, which are a GOOD thing! It means the people in your life care about you! Did some of them try to talk me out of it? Yes, they did. Their concern forced me to educate myself and them about my procedure and the reasons I'd chosen to do this. It made me a smarter, stronger person and helped me educate some others about the struggle obesity is along the way. Today, I am an open book. I tell BECAUSE I don't want to fail. BECAUSE I want as many accountability partners out there as possible, and BECAUSE I've become an example and a mentor to others and I'm sure as hell not going to let them down!

Kindle, your lifestyle and personality are such that you aren't harmed by others' opinions about either WLS in general or your own WLS. Your decision to be transparent about WLS works for you.
But your situation isn't the same as mine. Looking only at our work situations, you work in veterinary medicine, and I work with people who wear suits six days a week.
My clients and yours probably couldn't be more different in terms of what is considered appropriate to discuss when the meter's running. "Buttoned down" only begins to describe how formal my work world is.
It's also a judgmental culture, in the sense that judgment is what my clients pay for and what their clients pay them for. Very few (if any) of my clients and work colleagues are overweight, much less obese. They are fit, fashionable and lead mostly healthy lifestyles. The comments they've made over the years about people who are heavy make it crystal-clear that they have zero understanding or empathy for those who are not like them. And trying to convince any of them that WLS is the proper response to obesity would be like trying to convince them that ... sorry, but I can't even think of a suitable analogy.
One of my motivations for WLS was to be able to become even more successful in my career. I'm not looking to be perceived as even more different from them.
So in response to your thread title, I am very honest with myself. But I do not see any upside for me in being honest with them.
Does this put a barrier between my work colleagues and clients and me? To some extent, yes. Is it possible I could change my mind and become more transparent with them? That option is always available to me.
But while I'm going through all these WLS changes myself and sorting out my own feelings about so many aspects of weight, overweight, health, and other things in my life, the last thing I need or want is to struggle through difficult conversations with people who have no understanding of the problems I have struggled with since I was six years old.
So this is why I think the decision to tell or not tell about WLS will always remain a very personal decision. There is no universal right or wrong about this decision.
In many ways, this ongoing debate about WLS transparency reminds me of my all-time favorite bumper sticker (seen 30 years ago on the back of a San Francisco taxi): "Opposed to abortion? Don't have one."

I'm definitely an open book. And one of my main reasons is that I hope I can be an inspiration to someone one day.
I haven't shouted it from social media just yet but that's only because I'm waiting until I'm post surgery because I'm afraid of jinxing it. Lol

Pre-op, I had a problem with peeing every 15 minutes or so. By the time I had lost that first thirty pounds, the problem resolved itself. Now I can sleep 4-5 hours at a time without having to get up to go the bathroom and I drink 80+ ounces of Water every day.

Nah, you look great!