Congratulations on your upcoming surgery.  How very exciting, what a great way to start the new year.  Imagine what the next years holidays will bring to you?  You will be able to have the energy to keep up with everyone, the hustle and bustle, shopping, buying new christmas outfits.  Wow.  What a great feeling.

I went to a Christmas party last weekend and I was thinking this just as I was so depressed getting dressed that hopefully next year with good discpline I will be able to keep up, be healthier, buy nice fitting clothes, etc. 

Looking forward to the new year.

 I still don't know why posting the truth is interpreted as "putting down" someone.    Someone can read it and decide if they want to investigate further (or not)!  It can also be ignored.   Some people actually appreciate hearing what others have discovered and some just want to believe what they already have in their heads.    

Some posters have hidden agendas and promote things which are not accurate.   This creates a trend for biased information and that's no way to make an important decision.   It's not my business to tell someone what to think.  I only provide the info.   What someone does with it is THEIR business.

If some of you feel that this action is "putting down" others, so be it.   I just think of it as "intelligence gathering". 

Hello-My surgery is scheduled for Jan 5th with Dr S. I feel I have made a good decision and am looking forward to being on the other side of this. This board has scared the crud out of me so far. I would love to see more positive people on here and share support. Thanks for posting a much needed message!

Ann, Nice to meet new people and have a good chat. Merry Christmas to all and a Healthy New Year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Look forward to meeting more people as I celebrate Christmas for my first time in AZ.

I have been a member of this site for years, upon years and I am coming here to get support, make friends and share experiences. 

I am getting turned off with the board being a means to slander one another.  If you don't like someone keep it to yourself, please.  Everyone has a right to their opinion about surgeons, people, staff, surgery, etc. 

The boards is not a place to constantly throw people under the bus.  It makes the board an uncomfortable place to come and that's not why the board was designed. 

My name is Jennifer and I had surgery almost ten years ago with a surgeon at Mayo clinic *****tired five months after my surgery.  I was forever grateful but wow have things changed in ten years.  When I had my surgery at Mayo Clinic we did not have a support group, myself along with four other people went to surgeons, board members, etc to appeal the case of having a support group at Mayo Clinic and in October 2000 the support group was born. 

I come to the boards recently because I am needing help, for so long and so many years I offered support to others I need it in return.  I have gained back 80 lbs and I want to stop the insanity of my weight gain.  I am not sure if revision is the answer, I am trying to remember all those promises I made to myself and to God on the day of surgery and realizing I am not doing what I promised.  So first I am taking time for myself to soul search and to reach out to the basics of my weight loss surgery and to realize those were things I needed to do forever, not just until I lost the weight. 

I do not mean to offend anyone I just want to come here and be friends and gain support.  I often feel like I am failure and wonder if I am alone.  I used to work for plastic surgeons at Mayo Clinic and so I have seen tons of my friends not only have the weight loss surgery but have their plastic surgery done and I think, why is that not me?  Why have I gained the weight back? 

What are some of your experiences since surgery?