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I have the same surgery date!! I cannot wait! I'm 32 so I'm close to your age, as well! :-) I've told a few people that I know won't judge but don't plan on shouting it from the rooftop or anything! Lol I don't think people mean to be judgemental...most people don't know much about the surgery and think it's the easy way out...they don't realize the huge changes you'll have to make to be successful so it's not really that "easy" anyway. It's your choice and yours alone whether you want to tell anyone!! Good luck with everything and I'll be thinking of you when I go in for my surgery the same day!! :-)
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Thank you...my dad and step mom were genuinely concerned when I first told them because my step mom's friend died a couple years after having wls...well, she chose to eat junk all the time instead of what she should and had health issues anyway...once I told them what to really expect and how I would take care of myself they were totally on board...most people just don't know much about it to know what to say Sent from my SM-G935V using the BariatricPal App

This is what I never understood about people saying surgery is the "easy way out". Though I always used the knee replacement metaphor, because it is also surgery with about the same mortality/complication rate. How is a surgical solution to a serious health problem ever a bad thing?!?!

My doctor told me that I don't have to justify this surgery to anyone. That it is not a weakness..he said if anyone tells me I took the easy way out, I should tell them "yes I did." He said if someone breaks their arm and they put a cast on, would you say they took the easy way out? Yes, because there was a solution to the problem and you took it.
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I am so so glad you have decided to finally do this for YOURSELF. My husband wasn't supportive either, but it is one of the best choices I've ever made for myself!

September 1st in CT. ???????? The 24th is my actual birthday????
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Hi All - Just wanted to start a September Group that we can all join and support one another on our new life's journey. I will be sleeved on Sept. 13th in Pennsylvania. Who's ready for this? I know I am!

Hi everyone! I've not been on this as much because I've been using a closed Facebook group instead. It's been really good so far. It's called Baritastic Social. Maybe I'll see you on there! My Facebook name is Lynne Dilligaf

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I just got my surgery date for September 26th! I cannot wait and neither can my husband...now....at first he was a little hesitant, as well, but now after all the research we've done he's on board with it. He's a person who has never had a weight problem so he doesn't understand the struggle that we go through to lose weight. I also have sleep apnea and cannot wait to no longer need a cpap!! I hope your wife gets on board for you...your health should be the most important thing...not whether or not she'll have an eating buddy.
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I'm paying for mine as well. Will be worth it in the end! I'll fly brisbane to LA and connect to San Diego. They'll collect me from there and take me to Tijuana. To LA is about 16 hours. Still another few hours before I get to Tijuana.

So, a wee bit about me. I'm 31, Scottish, but live in Australia now. BMI 35.
I Have my VSG booked in for the 26th of September. I'm not planning on telling any friends or family, and I'm going to Tijuana, Mexico to have it done. If anyone would like to buddy up and have someone to chat about what we're going through, please message me!
Anyone else in a similar position?

Thank you...my dad and step mom were genuinely concerned when I first told them because my step mom's friend died a couple years after having wls...well, she chose to eat junk all the time instead of what she should and had health issues anyway...once I told them what to really expect and how I would take care of myself they were totally on board...most people just don't know much about it to know what to say Sent from my SM-G935V using the BariatricPal App

Omg!!! Lol, reading what some people say is hilarious. Otherwise it's sad and hurtful.
People have really only said that they were scared for me. I had to explain. Their has been no wls deaths hospital (so far). My friend is a bill coder at the same hospital and she said that my surgeon is one of the best. I'm in good hands.

I haven't told anyone but my immediate family about my surgery so personally I haven't had many of those comments. But I know others who have
Mainly people seem to think that surgery is "cheating" that you could have just exercised and ate less and that was it. Well that doesn't work for everyone. There are people who can do that and be successful long term, but most people can't. How many of us have cut calories, exercised,starved ourselves, only to have lost just a few pounds.
Surgery is just another tool in the battle to loose weight. All the surgery did was change the shape of my stomach. I still decide what goes in my stomach, and I still have to choose to exercise. I can be bad and eat junk post surgery and gain weight, or I can be good and follow the plan and loose weight. The surgery was just a bit of help, most of the work is still up to me

A bit off topic but so far, my least favorite question post-op is "do u feel better?". I know they mean well and although I was 326 pounds, I felt and functioned just fine so 70 pounds down I kind of feel the same. I mean getting up off the floor is a little easier but otherwise I sort of feel the same....

Here's some of the dumb questions you get pre-op...
- now, you do know that this is not a magic procedure, it's just a tool, and it will require a lifestyle change (duh, cutting 80% of my stomach is a major freaking change ????)
- what made you choose the sleeve? Someone I know that had it gained all their weight back. You should do the bypass (as if it's impossible to gain weight back with the bypass ????)
- I would only do this if it were my last resort (being fat your whole life and wanting to experience a normal life with no health issues before it's almost over, in my opinion, is the last resort)
People are so judgmental of things that are unfamiliar to them. When I talk to people who are well informed about the surgery, they usually congratulate me for the decision and tell me I will have no regrets as long as I follow my doctors orders/diet.