I'm 61 years young and I've raised 10 children with my hubby. We have 28 grandchildren and 1 great grandson. My RNY is not primarily about weight loss as I have precancerous nodules from Nexium and a hiatal hernia plus a ruptured diaphragm that needs fixing. I'm reading all of the info you all share and feel quite educated to help myself.

I also see where this surgery is anything but a quick fix! I see some struggling with body issues and food addictions which are real! I've found in my life if I didn't like myself, it wouldn't matter what size I am. Big or small we must love ourselves! Yes, thinner people are taken more serious in workplaces as a whole... healthy needs to be the goal! I've had cancer 7xs and found out it can't own me unless I give my power for it to do so... we must be determined to be our best selves, adjusting the process along the way. None of us are perfect! None of us are junk either! Rediscovering who we really are will only make us better and stronger. These are feelings I want to share with you all as we are on this amazing journey called life and we each write our own story. God bless you all

Welcome!! You my freind are a blast of fresh air!!! Your attitude is AWESOME!!! I can tell from your post that you are a FIGHTER, heck with all that has happened in your life you can do this!!! You have defintly GOT THIS!!! Congratulations onm kicking your Cancer in the BEHIND> You took it down and didn't even look back!!!