My DH is completely supportive of my WLS, and we have been discussing which appointments he should come to. He did not attend the seminar with me, because he was home with our kids. I have my initial consultation coming up in a couple of weeks and I don't think he will come with me to that either, because he wants to save his time off to take care of me post surgery.

So which ones should he come to? I think he will be coming to the NUT visits with me because we share the shopping and cooking duties. What else? I have to attend a support group both before and after surgery. It might be nice for him to come then, but again he will be home with the kids. We could probably get a sitter if it is worth it though. Obviously he won't be coming to the psych consult or the other basic pre-op tests, etc.

So what is your experience with a spouse/significant other?

My husband is only coming to my appointment when I met the surgeon

, nut, and to signed off on the paperwork for surgery this meeting is 3-4 hours and he is saving his time so that he can take off when I have my procedure.

My husband will only be coming with me on the surgery day.

My hubby came with me to my appointment when I met with the surgeon before I had my surgery, and was there on surgery day. All the other pre-op appointments I did on my own.

My husband only came with me on surgery day. He was very supportive but I filled him in on details so he didn't need to attend other apps. My mom was apprehensive about the surgery, so I took her to a pre op appt so she could meet my surgeon and ask questions.

Lynda

My wife came to my nutrition, exercise and surgery classes.

This makes me feel better! I was worried that he might miss something but it sounds like we're on the right track.

My hubby will only be coming day of surgery.

He did attend the mandatory support group with me because it was on a Saturday and he actually enjoyed it. He asked if I needed to go to more because he wanted to come, but I only needed to go to one and I'm not a big in-person support group kind of girl (I like this one just fine!)

My mom came to my NUT appointment just because I thought she might like to be involved in some way but not because I needed her to.