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White Dove
on 10/8/21 10:29 am - Warren, OH
Topic: RE: Help my mother with doesn't support me have weight loss surgery

I took my mom to the surgeon's office. Let her meet some people who had had the surgery and ask them questions. It reassured her a lot.

Real life begins where your comfort zone ends

Partlypollyanna
on 10/8/21 7:35 am
RNY on 02/14/18
Topic: RE: Help my mother with doesn't support me have weight loss surgery
  1. It's not the easy way out and 2. So what if it's easy? Why would someone who cares about you prefer you do things the hard way?

Seriously though, it's no one's business but your own. If you and your medical team are aligned that is all that should drive your decisions. No one will will have to do the work, no one else (who hasn't been through it) will really understand, so if you're ready and willing to do it the work, have the program and the medical team, then it's really up to you.

HW: 306 SW: 282 GW: 145 (reached 2/6/19) CW:150

Jen

ladygodiva1228
on 10/8/21 4:12 am - Putnam, CT
Revision on 02/04/15
Topic: RE: Help my mother with doesn't support me have weight loss surgery

Is your mom your caretaker? If so maybe she thinks that if you lose weight and get healthy that she will no longer be needed in your life.

Have you showed her any pamphlets or videos about WLS? Does she understand that it is not the easy way out and that there is a ton of work that is required to be successful?

Dr. Sanchez Lapband 9/12/2003
hw305/revision w280/cw197/gw150

Revision from Lap Band to Bypass on 2/4/2015 by Dr. Pohl

    

MetalHeadCHICK
on 10/7/21 7:34 pm
Topic: Help my mother with doesn't support me have weight loss surgery

Help my mother with doesn't support me have weight loss surgery, she keeps saying it is the easy way out or if I lose weight I will just gain all back, she does not understand weight over 700 pounds is very hard for me to live life.

White Dove
on 10/7/21 5:05 pm - Warren, OH
Topic: RE: One of my favorite foods

If you can eat cabbage without problems, then it is the dressing. Probably the sucolose in the dressing. That can cause gas, bloating, and diarrhea.

Real life begins where your comfort zone ends

Want2beMe
on 10/7/21 4:58 pm
VSG on 08/17/20
Topic: RE: One of my favorite foods

Thankfully I'm feeling better. I just hate the thought of not eating coleslaw. I'm thinking it was the dressing because I eat cabbage in my salads.

White Dove
on 10/7/21 4:10 pm - Warren, OH
Topic: RE: One of my favorite foods

Could be anything in the dressing or just all the fiber from the cabbage itself.

Real life begins where your comfort zone ends

Kathleen W.
on 10/7/21 2:05 pm - Lancaster, PA
Topic: RE: One of my favorite foods

I don't know if this will hel*****t. Walden Farms has a product for coleslaw. It's fat free and very low in calories. I'm not sure what else is in it. But they do have fat free stuff.

SW 327
GW 150
CW 126

                                      

White Dove
on 10/7/21 12:17 pm - Warren, OH
Topic: RE: One of my favorite foods

You may be sensitive to one of the ingredients in the coleslaw. I ended up with lactose intolerance after RNY. This could also be food poisoning. It is always smart to try any new food at home.

Real life begins where your comfort zone ends

Want2beMe
on 10/7/21 12:06 pm
VSG on 08/17/20
Topic: One of my favorite foods

I ate coleslaw today and I haven't had it since before my surgery, over a year ago. Instantly regret buying it because I've had the worst diaherrea. I knew I would have to use the bathroom, but not like this.

Should I be more careful with what I eat? I'm glad I was home after eating my food, because I barely made it to the bathroom.

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