First Day Back at Work

Izabelle G.
on 12/3/12 3:43 am - Cheltenham, PA
VSG on 10/15/12

So I had my surgery on Oct. 15th and due to the surgeon's schedule and the Thanksgiving holiday, I was written out of work for 6 weeks. I started back today and everyone is commenting on how good I look. I did not make it a secret that I was having weight loss surgery. It is all nice but i hate being the center of attention.

The only thing that made me want to talk about i was reassuring a coworker that her nephew was going to be fine. He was scheduled for a DS and they ended up only giving him a VSG because his blood pressure spiked during surgery. She came over to ask me about the differences and what it all meant as soon as she heard that he was out of surgery. That made me feel better than all the compliments on my looks.

I would have killed for compliments before but now I found it more important to reassure her than listen to people compliment me. Does that make sense?

 

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Surgery 10/15/12 - HW-263lbs GW-150lbs CW- 170.8

      

smashlee
on 12/3/12 9:49 am
VSG on 12/17/12
This may be my biggest fear (of all things, I know...). Through counseling I've discovered that my fat is my "shield." And I've come to rely on that so I'm not noticed or center of attention. This is the biggest thing I think about, isn't that crazy? That losing weigh is going to make me vulnerable because my shield will be gone.
My surgery is on the 17th, and while I'm not hiding what I'm doing, I'm not going out if my way to publicize it (with a few trusted exceptions) either. I don't even mind talking about it but my counselor has been told (by me) that we need to work on my fear of excess attention.
***Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the places and moments that take our breath away. - Anonymous
    
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