I am so short.

I don't really mind being short, but sometimes it is a drag. I see posts where people say I weigh 200+ pounds and I am in a 14 or 16. I weigh 195 and I still wear a size 20 because I am only 5'2". I guess I need some cheese with my whine. I am so grateful for this board. Someone posts it all the time, but when I weighed 220 I would see people post on other boards that was their starting weight. I am grateful that they were able to have WLS at that weight and never had to be SMO, but I am glad I have somehwere to go where people understand that that weight is only part of the journey. I wish everyone well on their journeys. I haven't said anything before now, but I was badly flamed on the main message board after complaining that my serious post got less reponses than a frivolus one. Yes, I was being whiny, but I was hurting after finding out my mother's cancer was much worse. People continued to be very cruel to me even after I posted that I was in a lot of pain. I have been lurking on the main board, but I don't think I will ever be able to post there again. I didn't post saying that, it is just how I feel. I have never seen anyone being treated that way here. I am glad I still have a place to receive and give support. Love, Loris

Hey Loris, Yes dear, I am a member to of the short club lol. I am five four and is really hard to find pants to fit the length right. Plus, when you do the jogging pants thing..... At least they had elastic at the ankles lol.... I wore alot of dresses and still do today. And I also am guilty of looking at before and after pictures on the obesity website and I cant for the life of me get over some people weighing 220 and having this serious of a surgery. Dont get me wrong.. Everyone has there own life, but im like you. I have nothing in common with there weight being that. There is alot you can still do at 220. But like I said I know no matter what size someone is, they can have health issues. So dont you stray far from this board girl!! Dont want us to get dawg the bounty hunter after you and bring you back!! Hugs marge

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Loris! We appreciate you! Regarding the height thing, I hear you! Not only am I not all that tall (5'5"), I have basset hound legs and tyrannosaurus rex arms. All my height is in my torso. When I had to get a wheelchair back when my mobility issues were really bad, the occupational therapist asked me my height. I told her and the wheelchair was ordered. When the wheelchair arrived, I sat in it and my feet were dangling like a toddler sitting on a grownup chair! The OT asked me, "Are you sure you're 5'5"? " If there is such a thing as reincarnation, I'm coming back as a giraffe! Kix

Loris, I'm so sorry to hear that your mother is worse than you thought. I went for a weeks vacation with my girlfriends and missed that post. Anyway, I'm sorry you were flamed. What is wrong with people? Julie

I am so sorry they hurt you tht way Loris. As for the short thing, yeah I am short, for yrs I thought I was 5 ft 2 and my surgeon informed me I was 5 ft 3 so somewhere overthe years I gained a inch but I dont know how. Do you think my back fusion could have straighten me a whole inch. I dont see my back doc no more so I dont know if that is possible. I wouldnt think they could have added a whole inch doesnt sound doable to me. Anyway, hows mom doing? love marie

Loris, We will love and support you here! You are around folks that understand!!!! Lori 384/238/199

hi loris. i'm sorry, too, that you were flamed. it just isn't right - what some people will say and do without thinking about it first. and i'm glad you feel good about coming here. the people on this board are the best. i guess it's true about having had to walk in the shoes before you understand the journey. i know my weight right now is higher than alot of people's starting weight before surgery, too. i feel for ya, girl, and hope you'll continue to come here for talk, laughs, understanding, etc... hugs dorthe

Loris, Regardless of your height (I'm a shorty, too), you have still done an amazing job! I am sorry you got treated so poorly on the main board. Honestly, I rarely find any reason to go there; I can get anything I need right here from my friends. Take Care, Tanja

Another shorty here too. Only 5'2" also. I was 500 lbs on surgery day, that is HUGE on a 5'2" body!! I would love to only be 220 also. It sucks that you got flamed on the main board, I was once also so I rarely post there and when I do it is nothing serious or important, if I have serious or important I go here or the LGBT board, I have noticed that you get better responses from people that are "like you". take care ~ jeremy