Thats fine.
 
I too feel like it was a mistake, yes I lost a lot of weight but i was left with sadness, constant stomach pains, throwing and a sense of feeling not excepted. I just need some encouragement to help me step out of the slump am in. I am so sad because in any given week I have two to three good days. I never thought that it would be like this.

Hi

I had the same conflict but have decided on DS mainly because of the sustained weight loss over time.

Best wishes

and much less problems with severe nutritional deficiency.

 I don't know about that!    B/c we have much greater malabsorption than RNYers, I would say our nutritional deficencies are greater, as well .   

Brian, 

Thanks for your honesty.  I'm thinking about having WLS in the coming months, but I have fears of secondary addictions and depression.  I hope you are doing well now and thanks again for sharing your story.

Sincerely,
Utahrob

Once upon a time, a therapist of mine asked me if I was using my fat as an excuse to not date men.

At the time, I thought that was the craziest question ever. Why would my weight keep me from dating? I just couldn't see the connection.

Now, I realize that I have used my weight - my overabundance of fat - to keep men at bay. This way, as a fat woman, I didn't have to try to attract a man, I didn't need to worry about being rejected since I was never approached to begin with.

In the past year, I've started to really lose the weight - twenty pounds on my own with lots of effort and set backs; on March 27th, I'll have VSG surgery and hopefully within a year be within a 'normal' weight range - and I'm sure I'll miss my fat then, when it won't be around to insulate me from male attention any longer.

- Reva