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Forums for spouses of WLS patients

Good day. I hope it's okay to post here.

My husband is going to have gastric sleeve surgery on April 9th. Are there any forums for spouses? I'm on board with the surgery, but would like to talk to others who are spouses/partners and how they are dealing with the surgery.

I'm thin (always have been) and very active. I look forward to my husband getting healthier and being able to do physical activities with me. I want to be as supportive as possible. That said, I have to admit I'm going to miss our weekly dinners out and such. I wondered how others dealt with the new "normal".

Good luck to everyone and thank you in advance for any help you can provide.

PS: I wanted to cry reading the posts about unsupportive spouses. I hope you find a good support system.

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You are a sweetheart and 1 in a million. I hope your guy loves and appreciated your support. One of the reasons I didn't seek WLS sooner was that my late husband would have been so against it. I swallowed my pride, didn't upset the status quo and drug this fat tired body around longer than I should have. Now I've had 2 knee replacements, both done after his death, and its a race to see which will need surgery next, my hips or my left shoulder. Oh I need this surgery for my arthritis among other things. There should be a forum for spouses if there isn't already. Maybe me or someone should start one. Think I just might.

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