Weight gain
Things have not been going so smoothly lately for me. I find weight creeping back on and my support meetings less supportive because I've been told by the moderator that I bring "negativity" to the room!!! go figure??? She wonders why I even "bother" coming, what I could possibly get out of it and she even mentioned (in front of the entire room no less) that she was going to talk to me about it???!!!! I really have to contain myself because I didn't know that I had to talk only about the good things post-op instead of my trials on my journey. If you are not in Disney Land mode always bragging about some monumental episode to sell the surgery to people who are not supposed to be at a POST-op meeting, then why bother having meetings at all????
The bottom line is that I know I need to get back on track but I no longer have trust and confidence in my surgeon's team to guide me after these kinds of comments. Anyone can make a recommendation? I will look into what I can. Thanks for your help.
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/LIPO.Nation
and they have a group on here... not as active but The moderator is on severl times a day. They are uber supportive.
I go to 2 groups my Surgeons and Lipo... they have meetings, activities etc.
feel free to contact me anytime. I am here.
Tammy
I wouldn't stop going if I were you. You'll find the support you need eventually. Maybe not from the leader, but from another person that attends.
I am also struggling with regain. Drop me a note if you want to chat.
Thanks for your replies. I realize now that Dr. Ahmad's office is only concerned with the physicallity of the surgery, not the emotional side of it. All we talk about is how much protein is in something, how many shakes and what kind we can tolerate, how much weight everyone lost (at this point who cares) and the focus seems to be about all the newbies who may have questions, because afterall we must only be there to sell them on the idea of the surgery. We wouldn't want to lose them as candidates based on any negative post-op topics that may arise on our journey (sarcasm here). But the truth is that they are never addressing the emotional parts of who we are that got us to absurd weight number to begin with!! We are not fixing the problem, only masking it with the plumbing. But everyone's demons are going to come back to haunt them at some point. I'm sure there are exceptions, people who make this their lifes work now. But I do not want my life identified as the woman who had gastric bypass surgery. I want my life to be as "normal" as possible now....I don't want to be a public spokesperson promoting it at every juncture of my life. Surgery is something I went through to set me in a different direction, but no one is helping us with that "direction" emotionally, just physically about the food. It was never about the food, it was always about the emotion behind it....the drug of choice, the object to numb and comfort us during all the days of our lives. I do believe the moderator is too personally involved with patients lives to be objective at meetings which is surely why I am being singled out for this. But I did connect with others and obviosly now that I have said something, there ARE people out their experiencing this...so I'm not abnormal....there is some comfort in this. I have to say that I am disappointed in what happened at last months meeting and will address it in future meetings since I have yet to get an apology that I requested. It was hurtful and others in attendance commented on her response to me after the meeting esp someone who is also having "issues"...TBC...April 26.