So sad

DebbieG · March 28, 2013

Hi! Everybody im just starting my journey going to my tests appts and all that loong process that we all know about anyway' date=' a coworker of mines overheard a phone conversation and starts telling me that this is the easy way out she doesnt beleive on this that i dont care about my children and that surgery is for lazy people!!! Really!?? I think that you cant say anything to me i you havent dont know how ot feels to be tired achy overweight depressed not happy and most importantly not being healthy for my boys its the reason that i want a change in my life if people dont have anything goo to say then dont sat anything at all....[/quote']
What you need to tell her is:

First of all this is not the easy way out!

Second, until she is educated on the weight loss surgeries, she is to not give you advice!

People are So Ignorant!

leonwittner · March 29, 2013

I too heard nothing but horror stories and negativity as I prepared for surgery. People also told me I was choosing the lazy way out. If I would just buckle down I would be normal. Well, today I tell those same people to kiss my ass when thy tell me how amazing I look and how shocking my results are. I have lost 185 pounds in the last year and I now expect I will see my daughters marry and have children. Nothing better than that.

sc_mama4 · March 29, 2013

Hey hon

I'm five years post op. When I read they say this is easy tell them this. GB is life altering it can save ur life or it can take it. Its painful complications arise you develop sensitivities to things you never had before. Your body aches bc its use to the cushion, you jerk all over freezing bc you can't keep warm. You partially lose your hair and sometimes long time friendships. You worry everytime you sit to eat out how much sugar, carbs or Protein is in this or am I going to get dumping from this. You tell them this and end with I'd rather die trying to save myself than to die from a heart attack stroke or diabetes costing me my quality of life. Say are you brave enough to do this as I am....

That's what I thought.

Hang in there...the path to skinny grass isn't ever easy.