Question:
My surgery date is May 17, 04...
and even though I am anxious about the actual day, I have decided to wait until it is closer to worry about that, thus causing me to worry about something else. For those of us that were overweight since birth I am wondering if you have a hard time adjusting to being thin and do you eventually relax and accept it? I am anxious that someday I will just walk by a mirror and freak out because I will not know who I am staring back at. Sound crazy? I have more where that came from...HA — Brandi C. (posted on March 26, 2004)
March 26, 2004
The freak out thingy is called WLS Moments and I have them all the time
now...remember how you use to dread to look past a mirror as you strolled
by cause you would see this person that you knew for ONCE that everyone
else saw at that moment and it instantly made you feel sick? OK so maybe
not you but it was for me..... welp now its just the opposite.. I stroll by
and I try not to look at the face but the body and Im amazed... this person
is me...and I have come a long way... yep definately a freaky thing but now
its a good freaky thing... hurry on over.. May is a wonderful time of the
month to have a re birthday..means at Christmas you will be skinny and
everyone else will be gorging their faces on food and you will look like a
princess in your cute outfits and looking PHAT.. (PRETTY HOT AND TEMPTING)
you go girl... go for the goal!!
— WLS_Deb
March 26, 2004
Congratulation on having a date. I am 16 months post open RNY and have lost
190 pounds. I am always walking past mirrors in stores and thinking
"that woman has on the same outfit that I do"..That woman is me.
It takes a long time for your mind to catch up with your body and how you
look. It's still hard for me to believe that I can wear size 12 clothes and
not size 28-30. Godd luck on this wonderful journey.
— dianne E.
March 27, 2004
Brandi I have not been obese all my life, but I have friends who had been
and they have shared the same feelings with me. Some of them cannot accept
the person they see in the mirror (yet) but counseling with a WLS
specialist is what you should consider seeing. So many Post-op do not
return to a therapist after surgery (on when required). Find one that is
right for you and knows about this surgery. I too have issue of seeing
myself thinner once again - so I can imagine how it might be for some of
those who had this disease all their lives. BUT YOU ARE RIGHT ABOUT NO
WORRYING JUST GET READY FOR YOUR BIG DAY AND A HEALTHIER YOU!!!
— Anna M.
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