Over 50, over 1 year post-op, and in SOUTH JERSEY

[DecorDiva 0]

I'm looking for a peer - someone who "gets" where I am right now in the process. Oh ... and add to the mix - clinical depression.

I've been stuck at the same weight or have gained, so I'd really like to find someone to text (for starters) for some mutual support, as I really don't have the ability or discipline to sit down and READ (God forbid) all of the great info out there on how to bolster yourself up and keep moving in the right direction.

If you understand any element of where I am right now (age, location, situation) and feel like we could help each other, please reach out. My name is Pam.

[Pinkgirl1234 761]

Hi Pam

I am going for a revision from a failed lapband to bypass.At 51 I know that the weight will be hard to come off..,but I gotta get it done...My doctor is Dr. Ness.I haven't told anyone except my parents...zi am so fat right now I feel invisible...I attended the hospital seminar and ....you are gonna laugh..I was the supermodel in the room!Everone was 2 to 3 times my size....I have to make this work.Being this overweight is just plain miserable...what procedure did you have done?

I live near Princeton

Who was your surgeon?

[DecorDiva 0]

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Edited December 8, 2015 by DecorDiva

[DecorDiva 0]

Hi - I went to HUP - Dr. Schuricht was my surgeon. (Love him). I'm 51, too; and I, too, was the supermodel in the pre-surgical groups! (Lol!). I never felt like a size 2 before, but in the obese world, I wasn't that bad, I guess.

I have a congenital heart defect, tho, so I was in CHF and couldn't walk 10 feet and breathe at the same time ... so I was more "sick," if you will, than a lot of heavier people.

I had the sleeve surgery

[Pinkgirl1234 761]

Good for you,,...my good friend had sleeve surgery with her daughter back in July ...omg...they look and feel great!

[blessedandreborn@50 9]

DecorDiva check Brolins group in Princeton

[DecorDiva 0]

I'll do that - thanks

[DecorDiva 0]

Everyone in that thread is in Central Jersey - I really want to find someone in South Jersey. Anybody out there?