Do relationships really change after WLS?

Aug 12, 2009

I've heard on several occasions that after surgery relationships change...I think I may know why.  I was at a family gathering recently and I turned to my sister and I said "now I see why relationships change after WLS".  Over the years I have been gaining more and more weight, recently I've noticed the people I was once close to... I can hardly even carry on a conversation with now.  I'm not the one to right away think "they're talking about me, I know it".  I've been big my entire life and the neighborhood I grew up in I had no choice but to be tough and soon used my size to my advantage...so with that being said, when ever I hear somebody say something I think to myself "haters"!  And I'll call them out on it, I don't play that mess.  Strangers mostly but FAMILY?!  These are people who have known me my whole life!  They've litterally been with me through the thick and thin!  Thank God I'm really close to my sisters and brothers...total there is 8 of us, 5 girls and 3 brothers.  They are my rock and if it wasn't for them I would be a mess right about now.  (LOL) As my sister and I were leaving our family gathering we talked on the way home and I explained everything to her and she says "you have every wright to have a big ego after WLS, you'll have a new found confidence".  I love my sister!  So again I ask, do relationships really change after surgery...for the good or bad??

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