Newbie!

[Melsyboo 43]

Hello everyone. I just started this journey back in Aug. I went to a seminar about WLS and now here I am with a booklet full of appointments and lists! I meet my surgeon Sept 27th. October is full of appointments for testing, nutritionist, and psych..I am looking forward to it all. Well maybe not the testing! I am so nervous that I will screw it up and go back to old habits, but I really feel that this will teach and retrain me on what is right and wrong for me. The support on these forums is another thing that I know will be of great value to me.

A little about myself, I am 41, single and live a bit north of Boston. I have been overweight my entire life. I come from a large Italian family and we are all overweight. Maybe my change will inspre other members to jump onboard. I have only told my mother and 1 close friend. I am worried about my sister. For the longest time her and I felt like WLS was the easy way out and people only end up getting fat again. This may be because she has known people who it has not worked for. I don't personally know them, so who knows what happened or where they went wrong. I just hope that she can be supportive and not tell me that I will just end up gaining it back. After going to the seminar and reading so much about gastric sleeve, I know that this is by far NOT the easy way out. Maybe I can convince her too. Other than that, I feel nobody needs to know..well my dad obviously, but I will tell him soon enough. He just can't keep secrets . I need to do this now, because I am terrified of ending up like my mom..She has everything wrong with her..Diabetes, which led to almost total blindness, which led to dialysis, etc etc..I do not want machines keeping me alive! I want control over my life!

So, I am eager to read about and hear from others on this journey! If anyone is from MA/NH even better! Take care!

[opie7799 69]

Hello. I'm on the same journey as you. Best of luck. Same as you I have told a select few people.

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[KristenLe 5,980]

@@Melsyboo Welcome! I'm a fellow New Englander (Rhode Island). I'm happy for you that you're taking this opportunity to improve your life before you end up with the comorbidities that go along with morbid obesity! Hopefully your sister will understand and support you! I originally said I wouldn't have WLS either - but this year has been nothing but medical problems for me and I knew I had to do something. I only wish I did it when I was much younger. Good luck on your journey!!! Look forward to seeing more posts from you!

~Kristen

[Seevan 32]

I just had surgery 2 weeks ago. It's a journey. Learn along the way. Ask questions.

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