Everyone has an opinion....thats what makes us human. I was wondering though what did people tell you before surgery that either had you worried or made you upset even though now after surgery you've found was not true. As we all know, everyone is different. These cookie cutter opinions are not true for every one. My favorite thing that everyone told me was that I was going to completely loose my breast. I was a 38 D before surgery and here I am, six months and 75 lbs down and my bra size is still a 38D. My butt on the other hand is COMPLETELY gone but no one warned me about that. The other thing everyone "warns" about is skin...if you read enough of these forums though you know, the skin monster is not as terrible as people make it out to be.

I was told the lap band doesnt work. I would have all kinds of complications. And the best one - If you just buckle down and watch what you eat you wouldnt need wls.

Lynn

You'll shoot your eye out kid!

be careful as (people die).....yeah and just last week someone in china walked into an ostrich pen to kill himself......what does being obese mean? that i may die if i dont......risk i took....

Outsiders didn't tell me anything ,b/c I didn't share with anyone who I thought wouldn't support me.

Worked out nice!

roflmao " you'll shoot your eye out kid"

I was told it would never work for me because I was "too fat".

I have 2 friends that got Gastric Bypass around the same time I got the band. They both repeatedly told me how stupid I was for going with the band instead of Gastric Bypass like them. They said I wouldn't lose nearly as much weight as they would.

Fast forward...one the friend who got Gastric Bypass has lost about 60 pounds. The other only 30. Neither changed their eating habits at all. I, on the other hand, have lost over 180 with the Lap Band. Needless to say, neither dare say a word how "stupid" I was to choose the band over Gastric Bypass

One person told me that by getting wls showed how weak I was... And that I was never going to be happy or that I was going to become an alcoholic or drug addict because I was already addicted to food ... Anyways and all this coming out of the only two ppl I trusted enough to tell them about my plans ... Now looking Back I think it was all jalousie because they are also fat!

Now we don't talk!