Okay post-ops, this question is for you!!!

I hate the summertime and I wish I could enjoy the warm weather, but all I seem to do is sweat!! I have been one sweat peach this summer and I can't stand it!! It is so frustrating that I am hot all the time. Please tell me there is hope for me after surgery and when I lose weight, I WON'T BE SWEATIN' ALL THE TIME. I know this is silly too, but I have this reoccurring fear that I will be the only one who does not lose weight from this surgery. I feel like I will be the only one that this doesn't work for. I know, it is silly, but I just can't imagine being thin. I have officially finished my requirements for surgery and am awaiting word from Dr. Giles to give me a date and tell me they are submitting my paperwork to insurance. How long was that wait for your post-ops. Thanks!! Phyllis

Hi Phyllis (I know you...) I can't help with the sweat thing...I have always been cold. Still am...in fact today at work the AC is off and everyone else is dying, but I'm just right. I think it's common to fear not being successful at WLS. Heck, all other diet attempts failed long-term, otherwise we wouldn't be in these shoes, right? We can't but help think we'll always be MO, but girlfriend, let me tell you, it works. And it will work for you. Nothing anyone can say will completely erase your fears that it wont work for you, so I sugest when you start getting nervous check out the Before and After pics. Those are living proof that this works, and it will work for YOU!! I can't imagine being thin either. 10 Months ago I wouldn't imagine being in a size 16. Still today when I shop I pick up larger sizes than what I am. it's an old habit to break and I think we lose so quickly our minds haven't caught up with our body. I started out a size 32, 4X and today, for the first time since 6th grade, I'm wearign a size 16. I'm half the woman I used to be! Hang in there, lets be thin together! -Deb

As far as the sweating goes, I have no answers ... although I don't get as hot as I used to with less meat on my bones. I think every person who has this surgery probably wonders if they'll be the one person who doesn't succeed. I know I thought it ... multiple times. There are still days when I'm afraid I won't lose any more & I won't be as successful as I want to be, etc. As Deb said, we've all got a lot of experience with diets that failed us over the years, so it's only logical that your head would feed you thoughts about failure. Anxieties aside, I have been successful, I went from a 2X/22 to size 12s in 8 months, and I feel great. Sooooo ... if I can do it, anybody can do it! Good luck, Kathy F.

Thanks Girls! The encouragement DOES help!! Like I said, I know it is silly, but its hard not to think it. Phyllis

I was hot all the time pre op. Since surgery, I am comfortable or cold. On hot days like today, I have been known to be walking around in a sweat shirt. Maggie

Hi Phyllis, I also can't help you because I am newly post-op, but I can tell you one thing. Being heavy and sweating profusely is embarrassing to me, I think I know how you feel. Somehow, I have in my mind that I won't be so self-conscious about sweating when I am thinner. Like, I think other people look at me being sweaty now and think it is because I am fat, but being sweaty as a thinner person will mean it is because it's hot. I know it's crazy, but that's how my sick mind works. I guess I'll have to wait and see how I feel about sweating when I am thinner. This is the first time I have said this out loud, and it reads as crazy thinking. Sorry if it makes no sense. Hope it works out for both of us! Anne

Hi Phyllis, One year ago I would have never gone to the park for lunch and sat outside in this heat. I would have been inside in the ac. But today 145#'s lighter, I have my lunch at the park and have to wear long sleeves to work if you can believe it. I still have more to loose but feel that little by little I will succeed. I didn't do this to be skinny but to feel better and be healthier. I decided a long time ago that I would never be rich or thin, but healthier I can do. If you don't already, please make sure you join a support group that will give you the encouragement to succeed and post here often with any questions or feelings you might have. Best of luck on your journey, Mary Lou

Good Morning Phyllis, I remembered that Kathy Bilodeau used to be sweating all the time until after her surgery. her sweating is gone!!!! I hope it will happen to you after surgery. I cannot answer how long the waiting is but you can ask my angel Cheryl S. because she have same doctor you have. here is her email address [email protected] Good Luck Kathy k

Thanks for the info ladies. I am at that stage of the waiting game and getting somewhat anxious. I will be asking my doctor if I can have my surgery in October (because in my perfect world that would be convenient for me) so I can wait to have the surgery, however, I would like to have definites, I think that would help the waiting. Phyllis

Hi Phyllis, Kathy K is right - I used to sweat like crazy. I wore short sleeves in the winter, and would still sweat. If it were hot like today, my hair would be soaking wet. Now - its a totally different story I'm cold constantly. My husband and I fight over the A/C or heat in the car - he's hot and I'm cold. Dr. Bell told me that I might get even colder! So, I'm willing to guess that you will not be quite as hot as you are now. God Bless, Kathy Bilodeau -94 lbs.