This needs to Be SAID!!!!

thank you

Lady A, First let me say I love your post, THANK YOU! I've been a nurse for 8 years and know a lot more post-op nightmares than are posted on this forum! I just want you to know that I, personally, value and appreciate your honesty. So many of us pre-oppers just don't want to know the negatives becuse we are scared. Many WLS patients have regrets and wish they hadn't done it, who knows, I might be one of them! I'm glad OH had this section, every one of us needs reality to boot us in the backside, if you know what I mean! There are a lot of idiots out there, but not all of us pre-ops! Reading your posts has really helped me, thank you. Bonnie

THANKS BONNIE, I AM SO HAPPY THAT YOU CAN TAKE SOMETHING POSITIVE FROM MY POST, BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY THAT GET AFFENDED AT MY RESPONSES, BUT I AM GLAD YOU CAN RESPEVT THEM. I AM HERE ANYTIME YOU NEED ME. ADRIENNE

I just read your words and they are singing in my head. I printed them out and hung them up at work. BEAUTIFUL. Reminds me of Maya Angelou, one of my favorite poets.

HI NATALIE, GLAD THAT YOU LIKED IT, VERY GLAD ADRIENNE

Dear Lady, May God bless and keep you. Your words have moved me to tears of joy. Every word hit home for me in more ways then I can put into words myself. Thank you so much for adding this to my daily prayers. I have copied it and printed it out put a copy on the frig., in the bathroom and on my bedroom wall. So that anytime I feel down and out I can read your powerful words and snap myself back into the land of the real world where life has its up and down, but really it is up to each of us on how we are going to deal with it. You have truly made a difference in my life. God bless, Janet

thanks janet, i so appreciate your kind words

Lady, From a Pre-Op'er THANK YOU !! I am new to this site & have read the good, the bad & well the ugly from so many. I cannot & will NOT ever dare to put myself in a Post-Op's shoes, I have not traveled down that road so it is not right for me too. Just in the same, I have had 2 back surgeries & and can relate to someone who has never traveled that path trying to feed me trash. They tried to tell me all sorts of horror stories about "people" they know or heard of & NOTHING, NOT ONE STORY was ever good. I went on with the surgeries & even after a whooping 14 wks flat of my back in bed & just now 6 mons out starting rehab, I would NEVER second guess doing it again. The best move of my life. I also wanted to tell you the post you wrote about Today I will make a difference, well it touched me so much. I have read it & re-read it & it rings in my ears. I LOVE IT !!! THANK YOU !!! Beautiful words to live by ! Thank You again, Julie

I just mailed my evaluation packet yesterday, so I am just starting on this leg of my journey. This is beautiful and I have printed it down and posted it on my cubicle wall at work. This applies to anyone whatever they are involved in. I don't know why I am the way I am. Maybe I overeat, maybe I have had a tramatic childhood and use food as comfort, maybe I'm just lazy. None of that really matters. It's the past and I have to look at everyday as a blank page of paper for me to write on. You can't dwell in the past or you will never know what lies on the road ahead. God Bless