*VSG Advice for a young adult?

[tal 129]

Hello I have a few questions. 😊 I'm on my journey for VSG and i'm a very private person so i haven't really told anyone about this journey besides my parents.

Did you have a lot of mood swings after this surgery? Did anyone treat you differently after getting this surgery?

What advice do you have for a 22 year old getting this surgery??😊

[Honeybee22 2]

Hey Girl 😁

First of all congrats to making this first step. Yeey! Believe me it will be so worth it. I'm 23 years old and hand gastric bypass surgery a month ago. I was't sure who I should tell either but in the end it's easiest to just own it. People are gonna comment on your new eating habits anyway. I figured with my friends knowing it would just be easier for me to follow the rules and have a support system. But the most important thing is that YOU feel comfortable.

You do you and you will be proud no matter what

[🅺🅸🅼🅼🅸🅴🅺 296]

I'm nowhere near 22 anymore, but I'm with @Honeybee22 You don't owe anyone a darn thing. Tell who you know in your heart needs to know. This journey is about you, no one else and if they can't accept that you're doing this to improve your health, then I wouldn't consider them a person worthy of being your friend. That's just my old person opinion LOL It's tougher when you're younger. I get that. If you work with or go to school with a small group of people, it'll be obvious eventually. People will begin to ask what you've done to look so good.

[tal 129]

3 hours ago, 🅺🅸🅼🅼🅸🅴🅺 said:

I'm nowhere near 22 anymore, but I'm with @Honeybee22 You don't owe anyone a darn thing. Tell who you know in your heart needs to know. This journey is about you, no one else and if they can't accept that you're doing this to improve your health, then I wouldn't consider them a person worthy of being your friend. That's just my old person opinion LOL It's tougher when you're younger. I get that. If you work with or go to school with a small group of people, it'll be obvious eventually. People will begin to ask what you've done to look so good.

Thank you so much! Totally appreciate that, made me feel alot better reading that!

[tal 129]

5 hours ago, Honeybee22 said:

Hey Girl 😁

First of all congrats to making this first step. Yeey! Believe me it will be so worth it. I'm 23 years old and hand gastric bypass surgery a month ago. I was't sure who I should tell either but in the end it's easiest to just own it. People are gonna comment on your new eating habits anyway. I figured with my friends knowing it would just be easier for me to follow the rules and have a support system. But the most important thing is that YOU feel comfortable.

You do you and you will be proud no matter what

Thank you girl! I dont know very many people that are getting this and are around my age so thank you for commenting i feel alot better about it!