Amilea thank you so much. I went for my 4th laser treatment today, and yep, I feel quite chuff about it. I can actually feel my soft skin again. WOW!! I have half my face done because I have hair growth on my cheeks, chin and neck, like you. I feel more like a female should feel. I got a great compliment on Sunday, I saw my Ex, and he comment was you're looking really good. I know he didn't realise why but I knew what it was for sure lol.

The relative situation has not been sorted but at this point it has simmered a little. I'll just have to wait and see.

Wow. I am sorry things are so tough. All I can share is that having lost the weight has been vey liberating for me. I am much healthier, no longer prediabetic or hypertensive, the joints feel good-even my knee that had surgery last year and was still giving me trouble. I wonder how much of the weight loss success is due to the surgery and how much is due to the mental mindset and commitment. I certainly still find I have to face the question every day of whether I should eat this or that and is it god for me or not. Take it one day at a time. Try to make good choices today. Don't worry about all you have to lose or how overwhelming that is. Just try to do better today. Just today. And when you wake up tomorrow, try all over again. Hang in there..

hello ardita.
Cannot afford many things at the moment. Where I live such operations are rarely approved, and if they are, the public hospitals that do them are bad. (and thats a nice way of putting it).
So life will (once again) have to wait. :-(

I am very sorry you have been so ill. It must be so frustrating. Hopefully the stress with the young relative has worked itself out. I suffer with the weather too, especially this time of the year.

I have had facial hair removal too on my cheeks, chin, and neck. I remember how happy I was when they started getting downy instead of like whiskers! THose whiskers seemed to grow at an alarming rate.

Still a long way behind you on the WLS journey, but know that I wish you all the best, and that you can bet that someone (me!) always reads what you post, wishes you the best, and is cheering you on.

Oh I just want to give you a big *hug*. I saw a lot of myself in your story. That is so wonderful that your doctor was so (surprisingly) supportive! I know the feeling of getting myself all worked up for a fight that doesn't come! hehe!

I am still in the beginning of the process (still doing the six month diet) where are you? Have you chosen a surgeon? Been given a date?

Thank you Laboire, it is comforting to know that you have people out there that care about what happens and how you feel. Thank you again. I will keep you posted.

hello, I hope you are doing well now. I am 9 weeks out from surgery and I am so excited - down two sizes and loving it. Hope you know we are all here for you.

Good Evening from the US. I am post op 9 weeks and it is all worth it. I'll be watching your blog to see when you have your surgery. keep us all posted so we can be with you. Good luck.

Thank you very much, I appreciate the hug. Thanks for taking the time to read my blog. Sometimes I wonder if anyone reads these things. Frustrated? I don't know what I feel anymore, I'd just like it to be done so that I can move onto the next stage. Right now it looks like I wont be eating anything for the xmas holiday, but I'm still going to be cooking the meal. If I have my surgery in mid Nov. then I'll probably be on puree foods by Xmas. Thanks again.

Hi! I'm new on here and just wanted to send a hug from me to you. I read your blog and you must be so frustrated! I hope your date comes soon, I know how stressful waiting can be =)

I'd just like to welcome you to TT. and to thank you for sharing your experience with us. Hope you become part of the family and enjoy the journey ahead.

I which you every success. Welcome to TT. You have any questions, please do throw them out there on the forums. There are people willing to share their experience and give you support if you need it.

I know exactly how u feel,I had my surgery on september 30th,and I feel i lost more weight before wls then after my wls.But,ur time is coming,wls is a very hard decision to make.But when its all said and done u will be happy with the results.I know its hard to be patient,but try not to think about it,it will go alot faster.
good luck and I hope all goes well for you.

I would love to say that you imagined this but sadly, I've met his kind too. The failure to make eye contact is the tell. I understand where you are right now...I too am tired of being the biggest person in the room.

Wow! Bless your heart! I look forward to hearing that your husband returned home safe and sound. Please update to let us know how you are progressing!

I LOVE isopure plus..it taste just like Gatorade! My favorite flavors are Alpine Punch & Grape Frost! They come in plastic bottles & glass bottles I prefer the glass bottle taste.

my surgeon's office recommended getting the vitamin suppliment Biotin. i found it at wal-mart & it wasn't expensive.

CONGRATS!!!

As for the hair loss, I have an aunt who owns a salon and she started me on a cinamon and rosmary based shampoo. It suppose to help massage your scalp and help with hair loss... Not too sure if it would work, but it's definately worth trying.

Best wishes

Ok lets see if I can help you. If you go to the home page or New Posts at the top of the page, in the right hand colum you should a number of different forums, i.e social, vertical sleeve, recipes, gastric bypass etc.

Choose a forum (click) once this opens you should see a list of threads (different topics). At the top or the bottom of the page you should see an orange heading - NEW ThREAD, click this and you are now able to post your question. Make sure you give it an Topic Heading so it can be noticed in the new thread. if you want to respond to any of the threads you just click the thread, and again at the bottom or the top it will say POST.

Good luck, hope to see you posting soon.

Hyacinth

I have no idea how to do that.