Has everyone had WLS?

[gowalking 10,790]

I went out a couple of times with a guy I met online who had the band. And there is a coworker of mine who was very heavy and he's probably half his size now. I heard he had WLS. I'm pretty sure that most of the folks in my office are presuming I had surgery as well even though I only told a few of my closer friends here.

When you are truly obese and lose so much weight that you are virtually unrecognizable, people will make that assumption. No one has asked me directly except one person and I did not lie..I admitted I had surgery. If she told others, so be it.

No one in my family has had WLS though I wish my sister would do it. She's morbidly obese and I worry for her health. I don't care what she looks like, but I want her around as long as possible and I know her co-morbidities can impact her life.

[sprocket 104]

I think WLS is much more common than we all realize because many people tend to not talk about it, especially once it's old news and they've lost most of their weight. After I had my surgery, I found out that several people I've worked with for several years had some sort of WLS in the past.

Also, it seems to run heavily in different career fields - long hours, high stress, sedentary.

[Grandma De 1]

I know of three people who have had it. I'm currently going through the insurance hoops

[Julie norton 2,850]

I only know one other person who has had WLS. She was not banded

And she is happy also????