11 days until my consultation! I can't wait to get this ball rolling.
On the other hand, I told my mom and she was pretty upset. Aparently she doesn't think I should get the surgery because I don't have any life threatening comorbids and by life threatening she means diabetes that doesn't respond to insulin ect. I tried to explain to her if your health is too compromised they wont do surgery but she wouldn't listen. Never mind my borderline blood pressure and my prediabetes (my father was diagnosed diabetic just a few years older then I am too) and the fact that my BMI is over 40... Turns out she lost a close friend 30ish years ago to WLS and I think that is fueling most of her worries. I am still going forward with it but its hard when your family isn't supportive. My husband thinks I shouldn't have told her... at all... but I know that would be unfair to her and to me. I have a close relationship with my mother and it hasn't always been that way and I wouldn't want to compromise that. She knows I will still get the surgery and she is ok with that, just worried. And fortunately this wont damage my relationship with her but I just wish she were more supportive. I am hopeing she comes around. My husband wasn't supportive 6 months ago when I proposed the idea but as he got more educated his aprehension has faded down to a small amount of healthy worry about the potential for a bad outcome. I couldn't and wouldn't do this if I didn't have his support at least.
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Heather
Lap RNY on 12/12/05
261/118/150/5'8"
preop/current/goal
BMI 17.9
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