ok so I might get some flack for my comments right now but this is how I feel about quite a few issues regarding certain situations which have been raised here . .
Firstly, there seems to be some idea in the back of everyones mind that when this operation is done we are all going to have a wonderful body, look like models and have such wonderful lives, and lets face it this is from friends as well as our own inner demons. I have lost nearly 100lb already and my sister is already talking about me having a boob lift and everything else lifted, well she might not be the size I was but after having 3 kids perhaps she is the one who should think about the boob job and I don't say this to be mean I am just using it as an example of what we face post op.
Our bodies where far from perfect when we where big, but the biggest change is when we think that when we are 'thin' everyone will love us and the kids will behave and suddenly we get thin or thinner and you know the katty girls are still katty and the kids/hubbies/dogs still drive us insane and yes we would still love the big bar of chocolate, 5 bags of crisps and a few bottles of wine but now we are incapable of doing this to our bodies and we have to face up to our problems instead of try to find the answers at the bottom of a family size Caramel bar.
We had problems with food before we will all have problems with food in the future it is all about how we handle them that will see us through.
As for wishing you had not had the operation coz you have all this loose skin, well I for one would sooner have loose skin than the extra 100lbs I was carrying around with me and if it bothers you so much get a job and pay for it yourself, this is something WE ALL did to ourselves and I think we should all count ourselves pretty lucky that the NHS funded our operations in the first place and if me not having a brest lift or tummy tuck means some poor soul gets chemo for cancer or my tummy tuck money goes towards some other person on here who is so desperate for the bypass but is way down the waiting list gets it a few months earlier then so be it.
You know at a size 28 I was never going to look good in a bikini if I don't look good in one at a size 12 well boo hoo it's hardly then end of the world but with the wonders of modern underwear I will rock a stunning dress.
Sorry to rant like this but we need to put in to prespective the gift we have been given and how lucky we all are compared to those who are still waiting - I don't mean harm to anyone but I certainly wouldn't want to take away anyones dreams in place of my own
