Sharing your story!
I was at the mall today and say a couple there. Both of them were in those little wheelie carts riding around. Neither one of them could have weighed less than 500 lbs. I am not kidding about that, they were very big, and my heart sunk. I have found opportunities to talk about my surgery out loud at times so others in the vicinity could hear me on purpose, but there was no opportunity to do this today.
I know that OH has a place for us to print off cards about our experience and what we have done. I need opinions. Is it rude to quietly share my experience with people who are so obviously suffering, or would I be helping them? I don't want to come off as abrasive or hurt someone's feelings. I know that before my surgery, I was so glad when someone post op shared there story with me, but I don't know how I would have felt if a total stranger would have come up to me and said, " you look like you could use surgery!" I guess what I am looking for here is, what do you guys think about this?
What is being rude and what is trying to help another human being, that might be scared of wls because of all the negative publicity. People living in wheelie carts, is just sad and should be unacceptable when this option is available.
Opinions welcome.
Wendy