Just another opinion ...
Rarely, if ever, do I post on this messageboard but I do read from time to time. Mostly, to see if others are having the same issues as I do after having had gastric-bypass surgery. I don't enjoy drama and in all honesty, that's what I find on this board more than anything. What that has to with weight loss surgery is beyond me but I suppose some thrive off off the chaos. Today, I felt the need to post what is ONLY my opinion. Read if you like, delete it you don't but I need to write this for me and anyone else that is looking for support.
Webster's Dictionary defines a support system as follows ...support system
(noun) : a network of people who provide an individual with practical or emotional support.
Practical is defined as meaning
(noun) : an examination requiring demonstration of some practical skill or in our case, weight loss surgery.
When we are pre op we NEED to be able to hear other people's stories. We NEED to share our experiences, trials, tribulations, successes and yes, even at times, failures. We are NOT experts. We are HUMANS sharing a similar path. We examine, dissect and get all the information we can. Almost always, this comes from people that have gone before us. Some have harder journey's than others. Some blessedly sail through with little to no complications and others have more complications than one can imagine. YET, we ALL still have a common bond. That bond is weight loss surgery. Whether we are happy with our decision doesn't give anyone the right to take hope away from someone else. We many times don't know why a person that's pre op has opted to have this surgery. It doesn't matter. We ARE NOT here to judge ... we are here, or we should be here to SUPPORT one another. There are definately people here who do just that. For them, I am so grateful. For the ones that don't think the support is crucial no matter what your experience is or has been ... maybe you should rethink the reasons you had this surgery.
With that said, I'll go back to the Serenity Prayer ...
God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.
Thank goodness most of us here have the courage to change the things we can. Some of us have and some of us will soon ... with that, I wish each of you the support I've been fortunate enough to have during this incredible journey.
Peace,
Kimberly
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