I, like almost everyeone else here have tried every known weight loss program, hell, I should own stock in Jenny Craig and Weight Watchers. I have struggled with weight loss (really weight gain as I was not successful at weight loss) since my twenties. Now at 48, I have a 9 year son, weigh 276 pounds, have GERD, hyperlipidemia, obstructive sleep apnea, and my sugars are starting to run high. I have dementia on both sides of my family, as well as heart disease. Obesity is a risk factors for these and so many others. Also like others, I am not stupid, and successful by even my own high standards. I am a nurse practitioner with a doctorate degree specialized in caring for elders and terminally ill, but obesity has gotten the best of me so far.
I have mentioned that I was considering the sleeve to several people (have not told them it is scheduled and happening in two weeks), and gotten responses such as "why," "you don't need that," etc. My work, which is a close group of health professionals just know that I am having "surgery" and will be out two weeks. No one has asked what I am having done, so I can only imagine what they have created in their minds.
Did others have a reluctance to tell family and friends and if so why? How did you respond to this reluctance? I believe that surgery is the only answer for me, for my health, and for my family, so why don't I just tell people?
Thanks!
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