Sometimes, things are better left unsaid!

I just returned from a very needed weeklong vacation and have to see if any of you have been through this scenerio yet. On two seperate occasions, I was laying at the pool where we were staying and both times people around me started talking about Al Roker and his WLS (yes, this really freaked me out!). They went on and on about how horrible the surgery is and how he was very fortunate to do so well with it. Of course, the people talking about it all knew someone who had the surgery and had horrible complications from it. And of course, they all knew more about it than probably our surgeons! Anyway, I listened each time and debated about telling them about my experience with the WLS. Of course, I couldn't keep my mouth shut and told them all that I had the surgery 20 months ago. You could have heard a pin drop after I told them. They couldn't believe that I had had the surgery. I was nice about it but I think they felt a little awkward to say the least. I didn't tell them about my surgery to make them feel awkward but to let them know that not everyone has complications from this surgery. One lady even went as far as to say "well, you haven't had any, YET". I didn't let that bother me, as I'm sure my swimsuit was about 5 sizes smaller than hers! (I know, childish.... but I do have a little bit of an evil streak in me!) This just goes to show, you never know how what you say can affect the people around you. Has this happened to anyone else? Wanda

You go girl! I have had people talk bad about the surgery before without knowing that I had it and I told them yeah there have been situations that people don't do well just as any surgery but there is me who is a product of the good in gastric bypass surgery. I know those people who know I have had it and pretend that they are "concerned" are waiting for me to gain the weight back, but I am not going to give them the satisfaction. I am sure later on that lady will be asking you for the name of your surgeon. Annette