mlbmichigan
I have been obese my entire life, with the exception of two lovely years. When my husband died seven years ago, I lost a lot of weight with a hospital-based program because I was the only parent left for my two children and I needed to be healthy enough to see them grow up. I was terrified to leave them orphaned. You'd think that would be enough incentive to keep the weight off, but here I am, 100 lbs overweight again and facing the same issues. My sisters have been my rock during these hard years..yet they are very unsupportive of weight loss surgery (worried is a better word, I guess). Some have medical backgrounds and all are very educated, and have heard the same horror stories I have about RNY. They are against any type of surgery, especially since I have a history of blood clots. There is no long-term data about VSG, either, which doesn't help matters.
I know I will be unable to share my "downs" with them because I will hear "your decision, don't complain, we told you so." I also know if I don't do something, I will literally eat myself to death and be miserable to myself and everyone else while doing it. I'm healthy, young enough to want to have an active life and determined to lose this chain that drags me around day in and day out.
