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Thank you! I had a similar moment: I was walking down a narrow sidewalk, and some teenage punk was behind me and wanted to go around me. So he said, "Move it fat boy! Damn, you are WIDE!" It was painful to hear. Yes, we Italians love to eat! At puberty, my mother took my sister and me aside and explained that we had a family curse: we would always be hungry. It's been that way in her family for generations and it looked like it would be passed down to us as well. She takes it seriously too. It was sort of downhill from there.

Hey, thanks! It's always nice to hear from other Italians, short or not, fat or not. Especially NY Italians! Yes, my surgery went well. I'm 7 days out and I still have a bit of abdominal pain. But it's manageable (not on any pain meds), and only bad if I twist in certain ways. I am climbing the walls though not being able to eat. My surgeon gave me a VERY conservative food stage plan. I won't be able to advance to pureed/mushy food stage until week 5! I'm on "full liquids", but according to his plan, that only includes Protein shakes. Other people have been talking about Soups and all that at this stage. Ugh!

I only told my husband and I told him not to tell anyone else. But he told a friend of his, so I'm sure it's leaked out to other people. I decided not to tell other people myself because I didn't want to get from other people the same shocked and horrified look I got from my husband when I first told him that I wanted the surgery. He wasn't supportive at first, but he finally came around. Remember, a person is smart; PEOPLE are stupid. I just didn't want to have to explain it over and over to everyone. The office I work in is filled with gossipy, bitchy, small-minded people and the last thing I needed was to be the subject of all that negative behavior. Nor did I tell my friends. I'm not really sure why, but I felt it was very, very personal and none of their business. They know my weight goes up and down, and can even fluctuate as much as 50 pounds within just a few months. So my weight loss won't really be that big of a surprise to them. They've seen me at 165 and they've seen me at 255. I didn't tell my family either. I don't get along with them all that well, and again, I felt it was none of their business. They're all lifetime yo-yo dieters anyway. But I think it's different for everyone, and only you can decide what's best for you.

Not to sound like a broken record here, but I decided to have the sleeve for the same reasons as the others. It seemed like a comfortable "middle ground" between lap band and bypass. I didn't like the idea of a foreign object inside me and I really didn't like the idea of having my insides rerouted. I kept asking what would happen to the stomach after bypass, since it seemed it would just sit there doing nothing. And no one really gave me a straight answer. Good luck!

Yeah, I agree with your wife. Before I got the sleeve, I'd sometimes look at the food in front of me and think, "Is this worth being fat for?" I'm only a week into the sleeve, so all I can think about is eating a huge bowl of macaroni and cheese, but I just have to keep telling myself that I'm still "in mourning" here.

I can viscerally relate. I'm one week out from my surgery and I keep thinking to myself, "What the hell have I done?" I feel like I'll never be able to enjoy food ever again. I'm so sick of broth and Water and those awful Protein shakes that I want to pull out my esophagus and strangle someone with it. But I've been reading these posts as well as other message topics, and it would seem that virtually no one regrets having the sleeve. I suppose it'll be worth it in the end, but it does make me crazy when I think about it all too much. I really, really enjoyed eating. But I guess that was part of the problem... Either way, thanks for sharing everyone. It has helped.

Yep, gay here too. Moreover, I'm gay and I live in New York City. Discuss.

Hi there...yes, gay here. I just had my sleeve done on July 9th, so I'm an extreme newbie. I took two weeks off from work, and I'm getting really tired of sitting at home watching tv and movies. Has anyone else noticed that about every third commercial on tv is for a food product or restaurant? Drives me insane.