New Here - Hello

southernlady5464
on 12/28/12 11:17 pm

Welcome to the LW board.

Who you tell is entirely up to you, altho you do need one IRL support person in your corner if possible.

Kermit P.
on 12/28/12 11:20 am

RNY on 03/08/11

Welcome!

We lightweights get it....and we needed surgery no matter what our starting weight was. Good luck on your journey and please stick around on the board....this is a great support system!

Jennifer

HW/232 CW/145.2 GW/???

Susiekay
on 12/28/12 12:20 pm

RNY on 04/24/12

Your stats are almost exactly like mine.....I was 219 at 5.5....Now 8 months out, I'm 161. Hoping to make it to 140, but its slowing way down...I've let carbs back in........Got to get them out!!!!! Good Luck and Welcome!!!

bugirll
on 12/28/12 10:14 pm - MD

DS on 03/19/12

Welcome! This is such a great spot in OH, very supportive. I started at 205lbs 5'0".

DS with Toon Sonneville 3/19/12

southernlady5464
on 12/28/12 11:16 pm

DS on 01/24/11

Welcome to the LW board...and yeap, we understand!

Liz

groovykg
on 12/29/12 8:59 am - VA

RNY on 02/27/13

I'm not planning to tell anyone either, though many people will know that I'm having surgery. I will tell them it's for my GERD and will repair hiatal hernia and LES. Even my husband isn't entirely clear on what the surgery is, though he hasn't really asked. I've only told him it will fix my esophagus and help me lose weight.

terryjones_57
on 12/30/12 2:34 am

My husband had Roux N Y a year ago and he has lost 130 pounds. Everybody tells him he's too skinny but his diabetes is gone and his blood pressure is normal.
He is 6'3" and weighed 305 and people still told him "You' re not that big, you don't need that surgery." So I guess if you don't weigh like 400 pounds no one will understand why you want the surgery.
Very few people know I'm planning on having the surgery because I don't want to hear any negative comments. I probably won't have all the prep s for surgery completed until March so I'll tell family then.