You know it is time for WLS when....

1.  When you pee and you find youself missing the 'target' more often than not and have to resort to sitting down so wife will stop complaining about the mess around the toilet !


 

Been there.. Done that.

2.  You can't wipe your ass well because the non-ADA compliant stall you are using is so narrow that you can't get your legs spread out enough to reach past your balls to wipe said ass. 

3.  When the neighborhood kids see you in a red T-shirt and start calling your "Mr. Kool-aid"!  (never happened to me but the joke came to mind so leave the flame throwers in the back of the garage)

- you are only a few years aways from being bed bound and needing the jaws of life to cut you out of your house.

- your wife tells you that you'll need to go into a home to take care of your daily needs.


Scott

You feel like you need a new car because you no longer fit behind the steering wheel of your current one--no matter how far back you push the seat or recline it.

____ When you have to stop putting on your shoes to prevent yourself from passing out... resting between each shoe.    ________When you need to have your wife cut your toe nails. ________ When getting up from sitting on the floor you need to crawl to a chair or sofa so you can use it to get to your feet.                                             

When you have to crawl up the stairs
When you are reaching the upper size limit from the Big And Tall man's catalogue
When you use a shopping cart as a walker

-Chest Pains at 30
-Couldn't carry my kids upstairs
-Couldn't play with my kids more than 2-3 minutes
-Couldn't "finish" when gettin' it on (maybe after 3-4 rest breaks)
-Closet full of clothes that are too small
-Excessive sweating through clothing  (even in winter and even with "xtra stregnth deodorant)
-Odors (see above)
-Couldn't go to the beach without feeling like the fattest guy in the world
-Felt embarrassed taking kids to school
-Deferred maintenence on the house/cars beause I was so tired all of the time
-Gout
-Diabetes
-Hypertension
-Depression
-Overlooked for advancement at work (can't prove this one, but have been promoted, twice, since the weight has come off)
-Ignored by women (married, but the new attention is still nice)
-Didn't attend class reunion(s) because I knew I had gained alot of weight since high school
-$100+ per month in prescriptions ($0 now)

...and that's just off the top of my head. 

Best of luck to everyone

Jason

320-299-204

- having your wife have to help you get dressed
- falling down in a diner because of slipping, and needing help from strangers getting up
- needing two seats to fly on an airplane
- every damn business meeting you have the chairs are too small
- not getting to choose your car, just driving the one that fits
- asking for a table, never a booth
- can't play with the twins on the floor
- cant do as much as i should around the house
- seat belt extenders on cars
- people worrying about you all the time

You start getting big old scabs on your lower calves and ankles because there's not good enough circulation down there to maintain healthy skin repair.

You wash a bunch of **** out of your crack every time you shower cause you couldn't reach it when you wiped.

You try to walk a mile as a first step towards taking back your life and your hip joints feel like they need to be injected with AstroGlide during the last half of the trip.

You haven't seen your best friend (other than in the mirror) in years. If ya know what I'm saying and I think ya do.