Re: Thanks Everyone I made my Decision and Told my Sister (Long)

[Guest guest]

Way to go Vickie! I know it is hard to hear those kinds of comments

that family members make, they think there helping. The truth is if

they would just stop and think first they might realize we've already

tryed everything and nothing worked. I find the DS to be a very

freeing option. I find diet's play to much with my head. Good luck on

your new path.

Rhonda M

> I have finally decided to admit I really want this surgery. I kept

telling

> myself I was only thinking about it, but I think I was afraid to

get my

> hopes up.

> I want to thank everyone in this group for their support. You are

all so

> wonderful. Reading your responses and help for each other has

really opened

> my eyes. Normally I don't trust, I have been more open with group

than

> anyone else, ever. I have opened up with my DH and we have talked

more

> recently than ever before.

> A couple of recent incidents show my growth. I was on a business

trip this

> week and had to fly. Always in the past I have squeezed into the

seat and

> seatbelt, no matter how tight. On this trip when the seatbelt was

too tight

> I actually asked for an extender and flew in comfort...

> I finally got the nerve to talk to my sister about my WLS choice.

Based on

> messages seen here in this list, I didn't expect too much. I got

what I

> expected, first she suggested I try the new Weight Watchers

program, I tried

> to explain that wasn't the problem I know I can lose weight, but I

always

> gain it back, plus more. She said that she can see why, I eat a

lot. She has

> been out to dinner with me and seen how much I eat! Lol, because I

had read

> similar stories of reactions I just ignored her and continued to

explain.

> She agreed that I have to do something, turns out that she and her

DH have

> discussed raising my children, when I die young.

>

> Thank you all for being there for me even when my own family can't

be. Off

> to my PCP for step one...

>

> Vickie Hewitt

> Pre-OP Wt. 285 BMI 44.7

> West Chester/Exton PA

> Consult w/ Dr Herron 10/12/00