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Don't see it!!! Still looks very good on you!!![emoji108][emoji108][emoji108] You look absolutely fit with hardly any loose skin!! Wow!!

Karen, ((((HUGS)))) to you!! You are a fantastic mom, wife and daughter to your parents and I totally understand your being hurt. But I honestly think they do not understand the full import of your surgery tomorrow as they think it is "elective bariatic" surgery and not due to what they consider life threatening otherwise, I bet they would move heaven and earth to be with you (for instance if it was heart or kidney surgery). Except one is going through it, I don't think they get it. And because you seem like a mom that makes everyone's life easy, I bet you have not been dramatic about the surgery and so they just assumed you are "cool" with it. You are hurt, but your hubs and children love you enormously, they just are not in your mind set. It could be worse, imagine if they were the the opposite i.e, all up in your pre-op diet, telling you what to eat or drink, being extremely scared for your and the impending surgery and trying to dissuade you from going through with it and turning tonight into a vigil of fear? Not to say there's no happy medium of support, but that human response and behavior can be so varied! Good luck and Godspeed tomorrow. Just imagine by this time tomorrow, you are on the other side. Praying for speedy recovery for you!!!

Thank you so much for your update and information about GERD!! So so appreciated!!! Congratulations on the advancement!! May your recovery continue to remain seamless!!![emoji176][emoji176][emoji176]

Well done [emoji122][emoji122][emoji122][emoji122][emoji122][emoji122] What a truly awesome and inspiring journey and story!!!!!!! Wow!!!!!!??????[emoji322][emoji322][emoji322][emoji322][emoji322] Sent from my SM-N960U using BariatricPal mobile app

Me too, not going to lie!!![emoji1][emoji28][emoji28][emoji28][emoji28][emoji1][emoji1][emoji1][emoji1][emoji1][emoji1][emoji1]

Thank you so much for this!! Very encouraging and helpful![emoji7]

I'm looking forward to what I would evolve into!! I'm very aware that this site won't consume me as much as it does now but I certainly hope I don't lose the thrill of coming on here!! The thrill I hope to lose is my ridiculous ability to veg out on my couch after work!!! Especially after I feel I've gone to my cycle class in the morning [emoji57][emoji20]

Hello Deegirl31[emoji870] Yes it's absolutely normal!!! Especially after a previous bad experience with infection! Just keep reminding yourself how safe this surgery is and due to previous complications, extra precautions should be taken by both you and your surgical team. If I were you, I won't cancel or reschedule as your anxiety is normal and protective. Keep watching/reading successful surgeries and recoveries should help ease your mind. PS: Our names are very similar and your surgery date is a day before mine! I'll be watching, praying and cheering you on as you go before me. Cheers to seeing you on the other side soon[emoji112][emoji112][emoji112][emoji112]

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Beautiful!!!![emoji108][emoji108][emoji108]

Truly happy for you and the speedy recovery!! I felt your denial and pain of going through a second surgery in your posts and I'm glad you were awesomely rewarded by a quick recovery. Full disclosure: TBH, I keep going back and forth between the sleeve and the bypass as it's a very difficult decision to make. I'm deathly afraid of GERD and sincerely your need to revise got me hopping to my surgeon's office. She continues to insist that the sleeve is still a great fit for me so I'll trust her judgement. I'll say that how you handled everything has been a class act[emoji122][emoji122][emoji122][emoji122] and dare I say, if the worst happens with my journey, I hope I handle it like you[emoji169][emoji169][emoji169][emoji169][emoji108][emoji108] But let this thread continue, it's a joyous thread that I look forward to daily......okay, hourly[emoji1][emoji1][emoji1]

[emoji114][emoji114][emoji114][emoji114][emoji114][emoji114][emoji114][emoji114][emoji122][emoji122][emoji122] FluffyChix, you look super skinny!!! Wow!!

Gorgeous!!!!

Wow!!!! That's how good and normal you feel??? That's absolutely amazing!![emoji108][emoji108]

Good luck and speedy recovery [emoji169][emoji169][emoji169][emoji253][emoji253][emoji253]

Good luck tomorrow!! Wishing you a safe and smooth surgery!!![emoji253][emoji253]

Gorgeous!!!!!

Thanks for the encouraging comments and feedback of what worked for you. So appreciated!! I plan to cut out exactly those items!!!!

Lol!!! Welcome PrincessWhyte!!![emoji169][emoji169] Don't blame you, currently on vacay with family at Cabo. Next a cruise to the Bahamas first week of August then it will be TIME for me too[emoji28][emoji28][emoji28][emoji28][emoji28][emoji85] [emoji85] [emoji85] [emoji85]

Congratulations and welcome!!!![emoji169][emoji169][emoji169]

Just next week big_ange!!!![emoji114][emoji114][emoji114][emoji114][emoji322][emoji322][emoji322][emoji322][emoji322]

Congratulations and welcome!!!!!!!![emoji169][emoji169][emoji169]

Wow!!! Congratulations!! You are off to a beautiful start!! [emoji322][emoji322][emoji322]

Following this thread, I've been approved and scheduled for Sleeve on August 16. My stats is EXACTLY like yours Lightnbreezy44 and I pray my rate of loss is like yours!!! I especially want to hear about the journeys of people with BMI of 35 or less. I'm 5'3 and 199lbs. 31lbs in a month or so OUT is outstanding!!!!![emoji122][emoji122][emoji122][emoji122][emoji106][emoji106][emoji106]????

Well said!!! There's a lot of research that has been done about how the marital dynamics changes quite dramatically after WLS! Even the most securely attached couples have adjustment problems talk more of couples that already dealing with active/acute psychiatric disorders such as depression and anxiety. It is EXTREMELY difficult!! I can so understand your frustration and angst but if you can view him differently (not easy to do) as in from empathy and compassion because believe it or not, those characteristics he's exhibiting now have ALWAYS been there, you just chose to make a change and he has not yet. I will STRONGLY recommend couples counseling as a way to eventually push him to his own individual therapy. My fear is that if he does not grow and catch up to you, it may cause irreparable damage to your relationship. Well done!!! You are inspiring and amazing for choosing to make very difficult changes for a better life especially with little marital support/solidarity. Continue to vent and we'll continue to support and cheer you on because we understand and know IT IS NOT EASY!! [emoji253][emoji253][emoji253][emoji253][emoji253][emoji253][emoji253][emoji253][emoji253][emoji253][emoji253]