i paid it forward!
I'm in school full time, and the girl i sit next to in class is SMO. She's very friendly, and we're constantly chatting, but of course, you can't very well just tell her she oughtta have the DS. So I had been trying to come up with a tactful way to mention it.
One day I was wearing an outfit that she commented on, and she said "I could never wear that". And so I confessed that I'd had WLS and that it was quite different than the ones she's probably familiar with. Her sister has been considering RNY, etc... so anyway, i gave her some information, i guess it's up to her to look into it!
One day I was wearing an outfit that she commented on, and she said "I could never wear that". And so I confessed that I'd had WLS and that it was quite different than the ones she's probably familiar with. Her sister has been considering RNY, etc... so anyway, i gave her some information, i guess it's up to her to look into it!
Good for you! I did that the other day while waiting on my daughter to have her ultrasound. This very blunt older lady was sitting next to me and asked me why I had to use the O2, so I explained that my dumbass smoked for years and that I was fat, so it exacerbated the situation, but that I was having surgery soon, so I might not have to use it all the time afterwards. Of course, she automatically assumed I was having gastric bypass, so here went the longggg explanation as to WHAT is was I was having...LOL I have to say, the lady acted kind of excited that it was something different, as she was MO herself. Who knows? Maybe they will look into it......