People having WLS and are information challenged

Agreed. I researched all types of WLS for over a year before I would even sign up for a seminar. I'm a nurse and actually did not have the surgery at the hospital system i work at in order to go to a bariatric center of excellence because I knew how important that distinction was.

That said, I take  some  of these posts with a grain of salt. I imagine some people just like the attention gained by starting these threads. You know, "poking the bear". Just off the top of my head i can think of several ridiculously simple minded questions/statements i could post, just to get people riled up. I also know exactly who would take the bait and what kinds of responses i would gets. I have been a part of message boards for years and no matter what type of forum it is you see this happen. it's just the nature of life on the interwebz.

AMEN and well said. Prior to my surgery I read everything i could find, even the bad stuff. I wanted to be ready and educated about all aspects of what I was going to be doing. I just had a friend go in for the surgery and I honesty felt she went in a bit blind herself.

This is such a HUGE decision and life changing surgery you would think one would want to be educated going in.

With that being said I told myself that I would document my story every step of the way via my blog in hopes that I may be able to educate people all about the process. I am completely honest with my ups and downs and write all the time that weight loss surgery is not a magic surgery. Just sad for those who may have that in their heads because it will be a complete shocker for them afterwards for sure.

I see the point; however, I researched for 10 years before eventually being approved and having surgery and still things happened that I was not prepared for in the first weeks post op. I may have posted questions about whether or not I was losing fast enough etc that seemed unrealistic. I mostly just needed reassurance. I am a smart girl; I knew in the back of my head that 
I was losing ok and will not be the only person ever not to benefit from wls. The questions came from deeply rooted insecurity and the fear that I will fail even with this.

I feel the same thing when I see those posts. My whole entire journey became an ongoing research project. There was no way I was going to opt to have my guts re-routed and not know what my responsibilities and expectations are in all of it.