So I am POD#3 things have been great besides some gas discomfort. I am on the clear liquids for a week sipping my water. Lifes good. I am down 5#'s since surg date. I have been noticing a trend of other pre-op wls patients and my caregivers in the hospital asking me; "WHY"? "You're not big enough to have the surgery yet" or "You don't need the surgery". I guess it wasn't safe to assume that other wls patients haven't been going through the same battle as me for a majority of their lives. I just didn't wake up 100 pounds overweight. I can understand my caregivers because I am one. Especially because where I was operated on is pretty new to having WLS patients. My first experience of dealing with this type of judgement was at the bariatric surgery seminar that I attended. I was looked at up and down by a gentleman my age but in the 450 pound range. Never have I had to ask myself the question do I need this. This is tool to help break a chain, my destiny. FAT and BALD. I will settle for the bald part, I enjoy not paying $28 a month in haircuts. Has anyone else encountered this type of behavior?

First of all, I love your screen name

I understand what you're saying. I say F 'em. I started my journey at a BMI of 39; I know my patterns and I knew I was on the way up, and I KNOW the damage of yo-yo dieting. Enough was enough - I'm scheduled for 5/22. I didn't have any of the comorbidities on the "approved list of comorbidities". Yet. I knew my chances of a safer surgery are better now than if I wait until I'm bigger and sick. YOU know what's right for YOU, and your surgeon approved doing the surgery, so everyone else can take a hike with their opinions. I'd just give a withering smile & nod or change the subject.

The real bummer about being fat is not how you look but how you feel. I want to FEEL good! And FWIW, there are a lot of bald guys in this world that are really handsome My celebrity crush (and celebrity hall-pass from my husband lol) is Dwayne Johnson and he's super-shiney bald!