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shedo82773    1,236

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I have always been very open about my WLS. If I can even help 1 person to understand and make a choice to have the help that I have I will be happy!! If someone asks me how I lost my weight I will share.

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Redmaxx    740

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I did post op but just to let everyone know that I was fine and just had minor surgery.

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elisa5150    212

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I was completely open. I'm a therapist and telling clients I'm taking a month off and then looking different would've been an issue. My family was opinionated but not problematic. If someone asks what I'm doing I tell them. It has made my support system larger and informed.

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Babbs    14,680

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I shared (on social media, actually) and was met with great support. People know better than to say anything negative, at least to my face, lol.

I also know it's a very personal decision whether to share or not to share, and I completely respect people who choose to keep it a secret from most.

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Vinasu    621

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Nope. No one not living in my house knows.

My family has been very judgemental about my weight my entire life. Living with them caused a ton of my weight and self esteem issues, and I don't need their input.

I work in a very appearance- oriented industry (media), and everyone at work talks about fay people. I don't have anything to share with them, either.

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woo woo    872

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Parents and husband only, all before. All were very supportive.

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bubbz333    49

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I'm in the very beginning stages of pre-op right now and I'm working on telling my immediate family, I might tell more people post-op but I'm not too sure yet. I worry that my dad and sister will be the most judgmental because they have always judged me for being overweight. I've decided that when I tell my dad and sister I plan on starting out with "Before I tell you I want you to know that I completely respect what ever your opinion may be about this but you will not change my mind."

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TiredOfMyself    141

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I haven't announced on SM yet and I don't think I will. Only a handful of people know I even had surgery.

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Shell ????    224

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Just immediate friends and family no social media etc however If a overweight person asks me how I've lost all the weight which they have

I'm 100% honest as to give an overweight person false hope about a fad diet or an exercise regime That worked a miracle on me which I never did is something I could never do because as a former big person if someone lost a lot of weight and if asked them I'd be on that fad diet or exercise regime the next day and I can't lie to them.

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Hammer_Down    631

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No, but I don't share much personal information on Facebook.< /p>

I told my parents and my parents in law. They are the only people I consider close enough to share this personal information with.

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SalOdyssey    441

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Been very vocal about it and have been able to help others. See my signature below if you're interested in following along.

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LittleBill    2,231

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I am selective. There is no all or nothing about this. I am sure that some of the people I have not told will find out eventually, and probably through other avenues, but I don't worry about that. Most of the people I have told have been extremely supportive of my decision. One of my best friends was not, and he had the very same surgery a few years earlier! Another was one of my daughters, and that one hurt, but she is her own person. I cannot control her, or anyone else. I barely control myself a lot of the time.

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Redmaxx    740

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The only reason that I did it is because I am running for a State level position with the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Stories would spread if I was rapidly loosing weight without some sort of explanation.

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      It's been 10 long years! Here is my VSG weight loss surgiversary update..
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    • BeanitoDiego

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      Oh yeah, something I wanted to rant about, a billing dispute that cropped up 3 months ago.
      Surgery was in August of 2023. A bill shows up for over $7,000 in January. WTF? I asks myself. I know that I jumped through all of the insurance hoops and verified this and triple checked that, as did the surgeon's office. All was set, and I paid all of the known costs before surgery.
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    • ChunkCat

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      Thank you everyone for your well wishes! I totally forgot I wrote an update here... I'm one week post op today. I gained 15 lbs in water weight overnight because they had to give me tons of fluids to bring my BP up after surgery! I stayed one night in the hospital. Everything has been fine except I seem to have picked up a bug while I was there and I've been running a low grade fever, coughing, and a sore throat. So I've been hydrating well and sleeping a ton. So far the Covid tests are negative.
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