WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY MISCONCEPTIONS....

Hey everyone, well i haven`t posted in a while but i thought i would post my feelings on this surgery and people`s misconceptions or ideas about this surgery....when i first started researching this surgery i heard alot of xxx amonut of pounds gone *forever* when i had my surgery last august i expected to drop weight quickly with little to no effort and never regain a pound....lol this is so not true at least not for all of us i had a conservative surgeon and i had a proximal rny w/ gall bladder removal i am happier and healthier...but i have had to explain to family numerous times that i worked my butt off to lose this weight....i lowcarbed and had to exercise...the surgery gave me a tool not a cure to work with. at over a year postop i still have 40 lbs to lose i don`t dump on anything,and i can eat alot more than before.... so when people say this is the easy way out, it is very disheartening bc getting cut open and having my insides altered, and still having to depend on myself and my choices to lose weight is no different than those who take diet pills to give them an edge on losing this is my 2 cents god bless ..... open rny proximal w/ gallbladder removal august 14 ,2002 262/155/119ish

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