Hi, i had my sleeve last Monday-1 week ago today! I am 58, been married for 40 years, and have 2 grown and successful kids. I also have 2 rescue dogs-who give unconditional love, no matter what. They love you whether you're fat or not, have makeup on or not, and just because you are you.
I have dieted all my life. My mother was always thin and never understood why I had a problem. In my old age, I have figured out that my mom at to live-she hated eating. My dad and I lived to eat. I was called fat names my whole life, so in high school, I became anorexic. Back then, no one really cared about you not eating enough-they just told you how beautiful you were, now that you had lost all that weight. After getting married, I thought life was going to be perfect and I would be able to control my life of food. Unfortunately, I began eating again and gained weight and yo-yo'd (among other things) for years. It used to be I could quit eating and I could lose, but the older I got, the more I realized, no matter what I did, I could not lose-even when eating very little. So, I finally decided I needed to take charge of my life again, so I began checking into surgery.
In life, I have achieved most of the things I really tried -except for my weight reduction. I am a manager and have a lot of employees in "Corporate America". My concern has been that in "Corporate America", no one's job is really that secure. Plus, the older you get, the less value some people place on you.
I did this surgery for ME-to give me the confidence I need to do what I want and need to do. I am old enough that I do not care about being skinny. I want to be healthy! I want to be able to go to the doctor and not DIE every time I step on the scales. I want to have the confidence to take a cruise or go to the pool, or do anything else i darned well want to do. I am excited to be able to talk to people who have gone through the surgery and may be experiencing the same things I am now. As of today, I have lost 20 LBS. I would like to know if anyone has had bad headaches or felt like your brain was not really working since your surgery. I would bet it is hormones, but it would make me feel better to know if other people have faced these same issues.
