All three of the triggers you mentioned apply to me.

I have not told many people about my surgery and have really only had two people question my decision. "You couldn't lose it on your own?" is one question I received. My response was "If I could have lost the weight and kept it off, I would have been very happy. But this is my body and this was a personal decision to take back my health." Then crickets from my so called friend/coworker.

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I didn't stay in bed but needed help to get up for exactly 2 weeks. But I had a hernia that they repaired during my surgery. I was nauseated also. My Nurse told me to drink orange Gatorade and water to stay hydrated.

I was a "normal" weight for many years and as it happened I steadily began to gain weight by eating my emotions. I absolutely noticed that no matter what symptoms I had, it almost always came back to my weight as far as my doctor was concerned. He was right on some issues but certainly not all. I almost always left his office feeling even worse about myself than I already did.