I don’t know if I am just being overly sensitive or if maybe it is just the people who keep doing it.
While I appreciate the support from other people in this crazy journey I am on. I am finding myself a little annoyed when people tell me how proud they are of me for sticking to my pre-op diet and following through with all of the requirements for my surgery. I want to think they mean well, but I can’t help but hear this little voice in the back of my head that says, “Like I am going through all of this to make you proud?!?!” If it was my father, maybe lol, but its people I work with.
Maybe the lack of fat/sugar is making me crouch lol
I have those friends at work that encourage me and inquire about how I am doing and what new creative way I have come up with to deal with the drastic changes in my diet. And I love them for it. I didn’t necessarily plan on a bunch of people in my office knowing about my surgery just yet, but one of my friends let it slip when we were in a crowd and others overheard it. It’s not a huge deal, they would have figured it out in the next few months anyway lol, but they can keep their opinions to themselves.
While I am on the subject, there is another statement that gets on my nerves. “So once it’s done you are only going to be able to eat like a saltine cracker right?” I mean REALLY? Like the idea isn’t causing me enough anxiety already? lol
I am sure this is not the last time I will get “encouragement” that makes my spine sweat. And I am sure its mostly a case of a people just not knowing what to say. But we have to get it off our chest right? Lol
Thanks for letting me vent J