Others won't understand

I hate the terms Morbidly Obese or Morbid Obesity. When I took my pre-op orders to the hospital, alll I could see was the diagnosis of "Morbid Obesity" in large letters at the top of the page. I just wanted to buy a gun and put myself out of my misery. I would not have felt any worse if they had substituted morbid obesity for " completely hopeless case with no self control and not fit to live". The term stands for everything that I hated about myself for being fat. I'm a control freak and my weight is my one big area of failure in my life. Well thank goodness for this surgery because as of this morning my BMI is 39.8 so I am no longer morbidly obese. Severly Obese sounds so much better to me. Now I can't wait to be just obese. denise

You're doing a great job Denise!!! Keep up the good work!!! Dee Dee

You are doing great Denise. Remember after just obese, comes fit and trim.(And I don't mean the dog food either! hahaha) Keep up the great work. If you need anything just yell. I will do what I can. Hugs, Debra =^..^=

Hi Denise. I know what you mean, when I found out that I was just obese (which was very early on) I was terrified. It's horrible for us that they've got label's, a person cant just be fat anymore, now we're obese, and morbidly obese. I took my bmi the other day and the site told me that I was super morbidly obese!!! Dam* ! I am thankful to God that we're allowed to have this surgery, it will change our lives for the better. Keep up the great work, you'll never have to be morbidly obese again! God Bless, Tiffany.

It iS a pretty crummy word, isn't it! I hate the word OBESE! Oh-BEEZE!! YUCK!! But, we will be merely overweight soon, and I never thought I would look forward to being OVERWEIGHT! LOL! Very happy for you! Tami