TexasDy

=_) Thanks guys!!

What an A**! I agree w/ the "screw them" expression. I need to remember that. I am thankful mine wasn't to my face. I cry easily so it would have made it worse! One thing that was said... a friend's boyfriend asked her "why would you want to hang out with that fat hippo instead of me?" Yes, she broke up w/ him. So SCREW 'EM!! Thanks for the encouragement =)

Still waiting to schedule my surgery... just a lot of ifs, ands, or buts to go through... For me, my husband and my parents know. Before surgery, I plan to tell my grandmother and our pastor. Really that's it. I work in a salon/spa with a lot of beautiful, thin women that don't really like themselves. I LOVE ME (just not the fatness!) and have a hard enough time keeping my self esteem up when I'm around them that I can't even imagine the "trying-to-be-positive" negative remarks they would make about this. But I ultimately agree with what most people have said. It's a personal decision for you to make. As long as you have a good support system, anyone else is just a choice.

Thanks to both of you. That really does help a lot. =)