~~Eileen~~

[Guest guest]

****but I confess to looking forward to being able to buy " normal "

sized clothes -- and (whispering now...) lacy underwear!!*********

ME TOO!!!!!!!!! It is so fun buying clothes now!!!

Hugs!!

>

> Kim -- keep your chin up! I hate those people who think they know

> everything about a condition they don't have and are sure they know

how

> easy it is to fix. I have had problems with depression over the

years

> (fortunately, pretty much controlled with meds and a wonderful

> therapist)and sooner or later, I'm sure I'm going to beat someone

with

> my heaviest purse when they tell me to " use positive thinking, stop

> whining, pull yourself up by your bootstraps! "

>

> I'm lucky to work in a large urban teaching hospital where a number

of

> my co-workers and friends have already had weight loss surgery. Of

> those, only one person I know had a problem afterwards, and

eventually,

> that resolved. Not one of them regrets having had the surgery and

> they're all incredibly supportive of anyone who's looking towards

it.

> So if you're surrounded only by people who know very little about

the

> surgery, try to drown them out if you can. Or move to Boston and

I'll

> introduce you to my friends!!!!!

>

> Shauna -- CONGRATULATIONS on your new jeans!!! I have to say, most

of

> my reasons for having the surgery are health-related, but I confess

to

> looking forward to being able to buy " normal " sized clothes -- and

> (whispering now...) lacy underwear!!

>

> Eileen

>