I would not consider YOU a successful WLS patient!

[freshair 135]

I had to go to a specialist for my reactive hypoglycemia. Nothing is working. I have tried it all so far and have passed out several times. Anyway. I went two days ago and I am not saying the guy was a jerk because he wasn't. He was very nice and said that he can help me....They are sending me to a dietitian that specializes in difficult situations like mine where nothing is working. He said I was a survivor not a success at WLS.

He told me that I am going to be turned into someone that Bariatrics does not like and that is a grazer. I am going to eat every hour. All day long. And the food that I will be given will regulate my sugars. This is his plan.....

Now back to my shock and hurt over his comment. I said what are you talking about...I am at goal, and thin....He said so what it is healthy we aim for not thin. Sounded right to me. But then I asked if he had ever been fat in his life and he said..NO..Well I said, You have not got one clue what it is like to be fat and what we go through....He said true but I recommend WLS to a lot of my patients because of Diabetes. I said almost before he finished...And then what!? they get the surgery and are left hanging with no support or help from the medical community.

He asked me what I meant and I told him that for most of the complications I have had they have sent me right back to my original surgeon. And there were times when it was not necessary. He said. That's not fair. I said that didn't matter it is the way it is around my area. He said that the wait time is now 7 years here. I said well then a person who really needs it has 2 problems right. He looked at me...first they are in a place where you feel they need this surgery and then they can't get it because of the lists.....Why don't you just write a death certificate and get it over with.

He told me to stop crying and put myself together. He asked me why I was so upset. I told him that losing my weight was me being a success story and he repeated again. No! I said I am alive and I was dead before just not in the ground. He said look at you...You are weak and sick and now I have to find out why this stuff keeps happening to you. You obviously have unresolved food issues. I said yes doesn't everyone. Doesn't every one go through periods in their lives where they eat to be happy. Look at the new WW commercial. He then asked me if I would like to see a shrink and I said NO..I have been to enough of them to know they know less them me.. ( sorry if any of you are shrinks, it is not personal ) So I left his office after 2 hours of questions and tears and a solution to my hypoglycemia problem...Soon...

So I am still upset and I talk to someone I trust and still crying and in the conversation she says to me. I really don't understand why you even bother with Bariatric Pal. They have not helped you and the only thing you could say to anyone is maybe how to live through a botched surgery....Crushed I listened to the rest of the call without much commenting. This place has been a home for me for over 2 years......And then someone says that I have no right to be here. That I am not needed here. This has really sent me into a spin....

I am not looking for compliments. I want to know what you think about the situation. Am I unsuccessful or should I leave this site that has helped me so much? If there is nothing to offer others then my place here is for not!? Am I only a survivor of WLS? Are others going through similar things as I am? I feel so disheartened!

Hey so i actually was reading up on this and it's more common than you think. I don't understand why your doctor isn't explaining to you that this what you are going through is a side effect of having this surgery. I found a link that you can read on what it is why it happens and usually what they do to fix it. So upset at your doctor!!!! http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1550728913002219

[kimdlawson06 141]

You are indeed a success, but I do believe that being healthy and not thin should be the primary indicator.

[RJ'S/beginning 5,358]

You are indeed a success, but I do believe that being healthy and not thin should be the primary indicator.

I said that kinda tongue in cheek to him. He had already made me upset and I was implying that that is all that matters to them as health professionals. Anyone I have had dealings with anyway!

Edited December 21, 2014 by RJ'S/beginning

[JustWatchMe 7,117]

Late to the party here, but I want to add my two cents and say that you, RJ, are a tremendous help to me. Your honesty and compassion have benefitted many. You post what's real. The good, the bad, and the ugly. No "happy horse$#!t". I learn from you and am gentler with myself because of your example.

Stay and keep posting.