I am here! My husband is in the Air force and we are stationed here in Belgium. We have been here for 3 years and I had RNY done here on January 15, 2007.

Trying to get it going! Jut realized there was one.

I think that being a military spouse has made it easier. No dealing with catty people who knew you when...it's easier to pick and choose who you tell, and if you tell the wrong person, you know that one of you will PCS within the next couple of years, lol. It's also easier not having extended family breathing down my throat, analysing what I eat and don't eat, and trying to "help me". Don't get me wrong - they are supportive, but my mil had her own issues when my weight went below hers for the first time in all the years she's known me. I have enough trouble dealing with my own issues and feelings of body dysmorphia without having to deal with others.

I am having surgery on Monday, and luckily my fiance was able to take two weeks of leave. We are very fortunate he's on shore duty right now, I can't imagine doing this if he had been deployed. I am 2,000 miles away from my family, and would be lost without him during this. I know my mom would have come up, but I am glad she doesn't have to spend the money (she doesn't really have it, and she's coming up here in July for my wedding) and that my sweet boy can take care of me.

To be honest I think I found it easier. If my husband had been here I think he would have made me more nervous because he would have been so nervous. As for the rest of my family not being around I think it made it easier for me because I got to have quiet. I have always been kind of an independent girl though, so my experience probaly differs from others.