And like that my bubble burst...

sqlchick19
on 10/15/15 5:37 am

RNY on 12/15/14

Nothing bursts your bubble faster than walking into a new WLS support group this week - 10 months out, 107 lbs down, with 14 lbs to go to hit my first goal...out of plus sizes...feeling really good about myself....then sitting next to someone 2 weeks out who asks if I've "had the surgery yet"!!!!!

SIGH....

Banded 12/18/08. Band removed and revision to RNY on 12/15/14.

melissasue1982
on 10/15/15 6:01 am

RNY on 04/06/15

DO NOT LET THAT BOTHER YOU!!! I know, easier said than done, but you are doing an AMAZING job!!!

HW: 328 Program start weight: 309 SW:275.8 CW: 154.6 (12/14/16)

supershopper
on 10/15/15 6:35 am

You are doing amazing!! don't let it get you down. They were probably new and didn't mean anything by it. It is natural for people to ask if you have surgery when you are at a surgery support group.

HW 305 SW 278 Surgery weight 225 GW 160 LW: 118.8

RNY 12/15/2015,

GB removal 09/2016,

Twisted bowel/hernia repair 08/2017

M1 Dec 2015-13.0, M2-7.0, M3-14.5, M4-9.4, M5-7.1, M6 9.8, M7-7.6 ,M8- 7.6, M-9 5.5, M10-6.4, M11- 2.2, M12 Dec 2016- 5.8

The Salty Hag
on 10/15/15 6:49 am

RNY on 05/20/13

Open mouth, inset foot. That's like when I was still MO and people would ask me when I was due. I'd often say I was about 6 months overdue, and just leave them looking confused.

How did they respond when you told them your stats?

I woke up in between a memory and a dream...

Tom Petty

south2north
on 10/15/15 7:42 am

DS on 11/19/14

I don't think I would have been offended. I would have taken the opportunity to tell them how far out I was, how much weight I had lost and how great I now feel! Give them something to look forward to. Be proud of your incredible accomplishment!!

selhard
on 10/15/15 8:11 am - MN

RNY on 11/26/12

When I reported my recent bowel obstruction surgery at WLS support group, a member responded, "darn it, I thought of you as one of my role models." I've been de-throned.

Deanna798
on 10/15/15 8:14 am

RNY on 08/04/15

Lmao, like you're not worthy because you had a complication that you have no control over?

Age: 44 | Height: 5' 3" | Starting January 2015: 291 | RNY 8/4/15 with Dr. Arthur Carlin| Goal: 150

Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise. ~Proverbs 19:20

Deanna798
on 10/15/15 8:17 am

RNY on 08/04/15

People don't think before they speak. I believe it's an epidemic. I'm think you look fabulous, don't pay them any mind.

Age: 44 | Height: 5' 3" | Starting January 2015: 291 | RNY 8/4/15 with Dr. Arthur Carlin| Goal: 150

Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise. ~Proverbs 19:20

Grim_Traveller
on 10/15/15 8:35 am

RNY on 08/21/12

At the first local meeting I went to, they went around the room asking what surgery you had, when, and how much you'd lost. One woman said she'd lost 190 pounds from RNY 6 years prior. A newbie said "That's great, but why did you stop there?"

6'3" tall, male.

Highest weight was 475. RNY on 08/21/12. Current weight: 198.

M1 -24; M2 -21; M3 -19; M4 -21; M5 -13; M6 -21; M7 -10; M8 -16; M9 -10; M10 -8; M11 -6; M12 -5.