Even 4yrs out OH has been my rock

Oct 29, 2014

So here I am 4yrs out and find myself in the research phase all over again. Just as wide eyed and naive and scared as I was when researching WLS only now its for plastic surgery. 4yrs ago when I first found this site it was such an amazing thing. An entire site dedicated to all things WLS. A place where I could ask questions, hear stories, and talk about things that no one else would understand and that friends and family would judge me for. I never realized how much OH would become part of my family. I spent a lot of times in the forums before and after surgery. Everyone is so supportive and helpful and yes there are those who are brutally honest. Some people were downright jerks. lol. But so few in a pool of awesome people. I've never gotten the support i get on OH from anywhere else. I remember going to a support group at the local hospital. wow. it was so cliquey!!! they really were not nice to me at all and i only felt judged and not supported so i stopped going. thank god for my fam at OH. after a while, like everyone else, somewhere around the 1yr po mark i kind of stopped coming around. after all i had gotten everything i needed, what more was there to say?

but then i started trying to conceive. thats when i began going to the pregnancy after wls forum. omg i spent MONTHS on there. those ladies are amazing. and there we were, all going through the same thing that other people wouldn't understand. it was my sanctuary. i learned so many things from those ladies. thanks to them i was able to take my fertility into my own hands. and after one miscarriage i did become pregnant. i had my son in 2012. i came back a few times to share with ppl his pictures, but after that i kind of went away.

all the while i have used my blog as a way to get things out or to update. when i gained weight after my son i came on here to talk about my attempts at losing the weight. and my failures.

and now i'm back, back in the forums. this time the plastic surgery forum. and again i'm running into people who are just so incredibly helpful and kind, some who go above and beyond to give me information and explain things to me. i am so grateful for this site. honestly. i think its such an immense resource for people. i'm certainly grateful i found it. 

 

having weight loss surgery is still the best decision i ever made. without it i would not be where i am now. it was my miracle. my 2nd chance at life. 

 

if any of you are thinking of having WLS and want to speak to someone 4yrs out, don't hesitate to message me.

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