RANT- Tired of People Insinuating I'm Vain
Okay, I AM vain, but that's not the point. I'm having surgery because I'm morbidly obese. Not because I want to be model thin. People are intelligence challenged. I mean who the heck lets a surgeon cut into their bowels, and take out most of their stomach as a cosmetic procedure?? For the record, I'm having surgery because my lipid profile came back bad, and my mother is only 16 years older than me and has serious heart disease. Grrrrrrr. (End Rant)
"Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius." Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
"What your heart thinks is great, is great. The soul's emphasis is always right." Ralph Waldo Emerson
"What your heart thinks is great, is great. The soul's emphasis is always right." Ralph Waldo Emerson
Yep, that's the stuff that's whispered behind our backs or sometimes to our faces. I got to the point I listed my comorbidities right after I told a lab tech or what not that I was having WLS. I also chose to tell only family, medical folks and total strangers at first. Never the idgits at work.
Hang tough, sweetie.
--gina
Hang tough, sweetie.
--gina
5'1" -- HW 195/SW 187/GW 115 July 08/CW 121 Dec 2012
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Starting BMI between 35 and 40ish?
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DS on Aug 9, 2007 with Dr. Hazem Elariny
The cool thing about this whole situtation is that now you CAN be model thin IF YOU WANT and
still be healthy ....we can have it all...BOOOH to the haters and the frenemies...yay to the healthy happy lightweight sleevers....we know what we have to do every day to get to where we want to be and to stay there....and we also deserve all the rewards...even looking fantastic...SEAVIEW
still be healthy ....we can have it all...BOOOH to the haters and the frenemies...yay to the healthy happy lightweight sleevers....we know what we have to do every day to get to where we want to be and to stay there....and we also deserve all the rewards...even looking fantastic...SEAVIEW
If I had a smaller pair of pants for every time they said it to me, I'd need to fill ALL the closets in the house with them!
As everyone has said, don't listen to the idiots. You know why you're having this - and that's because you need it for health.
As everyone has said, don't listen to the idiots. You know why you're having this - and that's because you need it for health.
Rebecca
Circumferential LBL, anchor TT, BL/BR, brachioplasty 12-16-10 Drs. Howard and Gutowski
Thigh lift 3-24-11, Drs. Howard and Gutowski again!
Height 5' 5". Start point 254. DH's goal: 154. My guess: 144. Insurance goal: 134. Currently bouncing around 130-135.
Circumferential LBL, anchor TT, BL/BR, brachioplasty 12-16-10 Drs. Howard and Gutowski
Thigh lift 3-24-11, Drs. Howard and Gutowski again!
Height 5' 5". Start point 254. DH's goal: 154. My guess: 144. Insurance goal: 134. Currently bouncing around 130-135. 
At 61, I didn't do it to look better. I really did do it because I couldn't continue as I had been and have the life I wanted to. HOWEVER. looking better is sure fun too. Folks don't see your bp going down or the fewer meds you take, they do see how you look.
66 yrs young, 4'11" hw 220, goal 120 met at 12 months, cw 129 learning Maintainance
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I didn't have a whole lot of co-morbids like diabetes or hypertension, but I did have bad GERD and sleep apnea; and I am very vain. So what!! I hated looking in the mirror and seeing all that blubber, wearing size 20W clothes, not being able to cross my legs, problems getting out of the car, etc. I needed a solution, and KNEW WW/exercise wasn't going to do it. I tried that a cazillion times. I have/had the right to make this decision...and the insurance company agrees!!! They sure wouldn't pay for it if they thought it was just a cosmetic procedure!!!! I was so excited when I found out I only had to have a BMI of 40 to qualify or 35 with co-morbids. It didn't take me long to make a commitment to have surg. I just had to sell my husband on it. He is all about me making my own decisions and then supporting them, and making me happy. I will have to say he didn't think I needed the surg, was happy with the way I looked (ugh), and was concerned he might loose me during the procedure, but it got on board and has been very proud of me....he had doubts as to whether I would follow through and be successful. I showed him LOL....
I told almost everybody in the beginning, maybe as a way of saying, I am finally going to take the necessary steps to take of this problem. I was surprised, a little, about the support AND lack of support of some folks. Most seem to think WLS is only for the grossly morbidly obese, like we LWs don't deserve it.
End of soap box.
I told almost everybody in the beginning, maybe as a way of saying, I am finally going to take the necessary steps to take of this problem. I was surprised, a little, about the support AND lack of support of some folks. Most seem to think WLS is only for the grossly morbidly obese, like we LWs don't deserve it.
End of soap box.
5'6" 
I think there are people out there who are narrow minded.. or just can't see beyond the "thinness and clothes" issue. They don't realize what carrying around a mass amount of weight does to our bodies, organs, joints, etc. What kind of diseases we carry along with it. Even other heavy people, who do have the same issues, become jealous because we are taking care of ourselves - when they may not have the fortitude to do it for themselves (ok, maybe money, insurance, etc).
Do it for YOU! Yes, the side benefit is looking good and buying smaller size clothes - we at least deserve that!!
Do it for YOU! Yes, the side benefit is looking good and buying smaller size clothes - we at least deserve that!!
HW-218/SW-208/CW-126/ Lowest Weight-121/Goal-125 - hit 8/23/09/Height-5'3"
Regain 30 lbs from 2012 to 2016 - got back on track and lost it. Took 8 months.
90+/- pounds lost BMI - 24 or so
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