Who are we to try to persuade someone?
Hi everyone im new at this im going through the learning stages to see if this what i want to do but i have decided that i am going to do it iam tired looking this way you i have to have a scooter to get around because i cant not walk far without stopping to rest but next mounth im telling the endocrinology dr to getting on the pre-op stuff so we can get-er done thank you Bob
Welcome to the locker room......I remember the first time I had to use one of those ride on scooters in walmart....yesh talk about humiliating. At 500 lbs, I must have been a sight to see....fortuantely things changed quickly for me post DS...and within a few months I went from barely being abl to walk 1 city block to walking many
Scott ..
Research all of your options...including the DS, and make an informed decision. I know that I could not have made the lap band, VSG, or the RNY work for me.....I needed much more then good restriction, I needed malabsorbtion to help me lose the weight and keep it off.
As for support, I think there is just a unique amount of support that comes through these forums. You just don't get or maybe can't get from home, because only people that have been there, done that can really understand what you are going through...
scott
hey Scott .. I was in Wal-Mart tonight to buy a few things after work and was walking through one of the aisles when a guy came up the other way all alone .. young fella (relatively) in his early 30s .. he must have been well over 500 lbs. - in a mobility scooter (he could barely fit on it) .. MAN did I have to bite my tongue &:-x) ... I wish SO much I could have struck up a conversation and talked to him eventually about WLS opportunities, but then I remembered what everyone has been telling me on here and I realized that I'm sure he has probably heard about WLS by now and if there is any way he could have it done I bet he was already trying .. poor fella .. &:-(... < fingers crossed >
As someone that has been there, I can only say ..when you are riding around in one of those carts you just dont' want to be noticed.....and the last thing you want to do is to have some stranger come up to you and say "go on a diet or get WLS".....sometimes we just have to bite our tongues....(some more then others).
Scott
I really don't see why the need to be ashamed of our surgery (see my post earler on "Clops" - closet post-ops) or not willing to share this miracle with others .. I'm constantly reminded of Ramon's (BigDawg) orders at his break-out groups, over and over, to "pay it forward" .. in other words, help out your fellow man with their weight loss journey whenever you can .. My DS ();-) also reminds me of this "duty" as a post-op whenever she asks me to give someone help that needs it .. Seems like I'm getting beat up now for doing just that, or trying to (unless I'm misinterpreting something here) &:-/)
I'm not ashamed that I had surgery, but I don't tell people, because it's none of their business. I like to keep my personal issues (health or otherwise) personal. I do not walk around discussing my private maters in public...but thats me.
There is nothing wrong with having WLS, there is nothing wrong with saving your life or telling others that you had surgery.....if you choose to do so...but I didn't sign up to be part of a cult.....I'm not going to stand around in airports selling flowers or go around knocking on people's doors to tell them the "good news".
WLS is now mainstream...and with the internet so readily available to anyone and everyone.....people can find the information for themselves. Even PCPs are now recommending WLS to their patients. I was very fortunate to find out about the DS, if there are newbies on this or another forum that want info on that surgery, I am more then happy to share.....but because I choose not to do it on a regular basis, I don't feel bad. I'm under no moral obligation to evangelize WLS.
Scott
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