Random Poll o' the Week: Non-ops say the darndest things...

Yes, They do expect you to lose it overnight...just so you know.

Mine was actually in the doctors office - a comment from the nurse checking my vitals....yes...the nurse!

She weighs me, then takes my temp while taking my blood pressure and looks over my chart, gasps and says "OH...MY....GOSH...you have lost like...A LOT of weight since you were here last time! Is everything okay?!" I about spit the thermometer out of my mouth trying not to be a smarty-butt.  I DID tell her "yeah accept for the fact that my guts aren't where they are supposed to be." She got a horrified look on her face and I pointed to the top of my friggin chart where in big red letters it says RNY PATIENT - NO BLIND NG - ALLERGY TO LATEX.     Talk about a facepalm eh?? good thing she didnt try to take my temp with latex gloves on...-_- *sigh*

 i have two:

went to see my psychiatrist at 8 months post-op (down 110 lbs and in a size 12)
"so, have you had surgery yet?"

at my birthday party last week, an acquantaince I hadn't seen in a while:
"you look SO unlike YOU!  you look GOOD!"

 I have not had surgery yet, but I have started to tell my family.  After informing my father of my decision and explaining the reasons why I have made my decision he said, "why don't you just other the biggest loser camp?".  Yes.  At 32 (with 2 kids and 2 jobs) he just thinks I need to go to fat camp for a few months and that will solve all my problems.  

From my mil: "But, you are not THAT fat!!!! You are a GOOD fat. It's nice!!!!"

She meant well. She really did.

:/

The worst was from a co-worker (office gossip) who said  I did not look nearly as bad in that area (pointing to the lower stomach area) as she thought I would by now.  She also asked what I weighed before I had surgery.  When I said I wasn't going to answer that questions she responded with  Oh is that a rude question?  I wasn't sure.

I have also gotten 2 questions in the same breathe:  How much have you lost and followed by how much more do you want to lose (so I can get my calculator out and work backwards to an estimate of your original weight)

After I had lost most of my weight..."So when is the last time you were this weight?"  Umm...gee, I don't know.  I was heavier in High School so I'll go with...toddler?? (Bad thing is she is an older person I work with and she doesn't seem to remember asking me this question..or any other for that matter.  So I get it every few weeks.) 

"How much can you eat now?"  Well they prefer it if we don't explode, but I think thats common for everyone. 

"How's your husband doing with your weight loss?"  He's fine but who's business is that? 

I had a lady at work (who is about as wide as she is tall, no lie) tell me she would NEVER have WLS, "after all, I'm not morbidly obese or anything." Um, yeah, you are.

I don't take offense to anything bc my decision to have surgery was the best decision I've ever made, the comments make me laugh :) A co-worker I've seen almost everyday for almost the last year stopped me and said, "Wow I didn't realize how pretty you are..." Really lol I only see you and speak to you almost every day lol

Some ppl try to downplay the surgery as a quick fix by saying that they actually work out and eat right to lose the weight, which is the same exact thing that I do. The stabs and jabs dont hurt at all, its actually funny :)

Oh yeah! That reminded me of another one! We had a director who was a PhD. Smart, you'd think. One day he came by my cubicle and said, "Hey, a fat girl used to work in that cube." Really?? Not to mention all of the other STILL "fat girls" who were within earshot of his remark. Sheesh!