Looking for a Penpal??

Well hello all my name is Jessica I am from upstate NY. I am about 9 days away from having my surgery woud love to have a couple of penpals to keep in touch with. Hope to hear from some of you!!

I am not sure if I will be the best pen pal, but I need someone to talk to also.  The preop diet was one of the hardest things I have ever done!  I was starving the entire time and I'm not sure if it was completely in my head or not.  I had my surgery on Tuesdsday, the 30th.  Not drinking has been ok with me and that is the big thing that all of my friends and family were worried about.  I am not even a week post op and I started to eat a few bites of really BAD food last night.  I can not stand the liquid diet and I am driving myself insane!  This is so much harder than I was expecting.  I already have phone calls in to my insurance to see about finding a therapist in my area who specializes in eating disorders because I have come to the conclusion that I need more help than this band.  I paid out of pocket and I do not know why I would try and ruin this for myself!  I have been crying a lot and this whole experience is making me crazy!  LOL....I have been trying to stay very active and busy with other areas of my life I guess I just need to get it all out and talk about it all.  If I am too depressing to write back I will totally understand.  Haha....I just want to get to the happy and skinny part with out feeling so crappy!

Hi there.
I just found this 'pen pal' page and thought I'd write to you...you sound 'fun and interesting' lol  What type of surgery did you have?  I had lap band surgery Dec. 15, 2006.  At first, I was NOT one who believed in surgery to lose weight, but after losing/gaining/losing/gaining and my sister talking about GBP, I started researching and found out about the lap band.  Even though it's been a very difficult journey for me, I would do it again in a heart beat!!   If you would like to email me back, that would be great.  If not, have a nice day.

 

Lisa