Chandra_R
Jumping through hoops...
Sep 12, 2009
This week my therapist gave me the psychological clearance for the surgery. I have one more weigh-in with my Doc before the surgeon's office will submit my documentation to the insurance company. I've scratched up the copayment. And I keep researching, researching, researching.So far, my parents, my 22 year-old daughter, one coworker, my boss, and one friend know that I'm getting ready to have WLS. Of these, 2 have been supportive, my father and my friend. Coincidentally, they are the ones who know what it means to struggle with obesity. The lack of support from my mother and daughter is particularly painful. My daughter immediately concluded that WLS is "the easy way out" - she has no idea! My mother is telling me the same things she's been saying all along - change my diet, my eating habits, & my exercise habits, and I'll be fine. Evidently, she has forgotten about all my efforts to do just that ever since I was a kid. I don't think they really understand, and that is, well, understandable, since they've never been obese and have not done the research that I have into the surgery, its benefits, the massive changes it will put me through, and the powerful tool it gives me to help maintain the weight loss. I'm printing journal articles and writing down internet addresses, like the one here at OH, to give them, because I really do want them to understand and support me.
I put up some "before" pictures and a real avatar. I really don't like these pictures, but they are what they are. Someday I'll have pictures of myself that I love.