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I don't know about anyone else, But the compliments Just keep Coming. I know alot of you are married, But for the singles How do you Handle them... It makes me feel Great at that moment But then I start to think Thanks for that 6 months ago #$%HOLE... Just some personal thoughts.. I guess it comes with my line of work. ( Bartender) And Heres a lil comment about how rude people can be.. Last Wed night there were these 2 girls at the bar and they got drunk so i flagged them for the night (and they got mad) and the one says out loud in front of other customers. " Oh' she had a lil surgery and dropped a few pounds now she thinks shes god" OKAY 1st of all I don't think I'm God and I would have and have had to flag your simple self before I had surgery... It just goes to show you people are f.....ing rude...

Katy, I copied this off the profile of CN Texas. I am having a hard time this week, and I thought this described perfectly how I felt....... Someone who hasn't gone through this surgery or lost a large amount of weight can't possibly relate to the psychological aspect of losing an extreme amount of weight in a short period of time. Not only do you experience physical changes, but you also have extreme emotional changes. The hormones are raging; your comfort of food is gone; and life is good but so different from what you're used to that it's all hard to adjust to. Not to mention that when you lose your hair and your clothes look like crap all the time, it's just a strange thing and hard to cope with. In the last 4.5 months, I have lost a small person and you know what? That small person was part of me. And sometimes, I miss her. I don't miss the way she looks, but I do miss the comfort that she gave me. She was a safe zone. The more I lose the scarier it gets sometimes in some ways. Am I lucky that I have lost this much weight? No. Luck has nothing to do with it. I have worked hard for this weight loss and until you have the surgery, you'll never understand. This is not the easy way out - you don't have to have as much will power as before, but as all post ops can attest, the "surprises" that come along with this surgery are tough. It's a bumpy road.

Jackie, Sooooo Very True.. I wish Everyone could know how it feels.

Hello Katie and Jackie- Katie- I'm married and it is so hard to take a compliment. A man I work with asked how I was feeling and said that I looked good. I didn't take it anyway but a compliment but I thanked him and ran off. I am trying to just say thanks and leave it at that. Its the people that feel they need to pitty me that drive me nuts. Or the co-workers who treat me like I have a disease they are going to catch from me. For the first month I was back to work everyone thought what was different with me was my hair cut. Hey idiot- how about the 50 lbs I've lost!! And, Jackie- thank you for your post. I've copied and pasted this and will carry this around with me. No one will ever understand what we went thru for the surgery and go thru every day. Bless you both! Kathy