Guest guest Posted September 28, 2006 Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 hahahaha YEAH THAT'S IT MIKE!!! Naw school has me INSANE truly!!! I am trying so hard to catch-up with you guys and I need all your support, I just need to find more then 10 min to dig in here... Thanks for being patient, I will bb regularly soon. Shauna Mike Tune wrote: 2-shay..........very good .......You are learning the way of the smart ass......I have taught you well young grasshopper! LOL..... Mike T Heart Broken in one day! >> >> I joinded this group because I was so happy at what I had >> done to improve my life and make my family happy and in one day it >> all came crashing down by two total strangers. I'm sure this has >> happened to others and it is so damm wrong! >> >> Twice in one day I heard some of the most negative comments I >> have ever heard on how I look after having Gastric by-pass surgery. >> These two people don't know me, never have meet me, will in all >> likely hood never will meet me but they judged me based solely on >> pictures that they saw of how my abdomen looks today. To say that >> these comments did not cut me deeper than any Doctors knife is an >> understatement! I know that after having five surgeries in the last >> eighteen months and countless tubes stuck in my chest and abdomen >> that they have left me with many ugly and permanent scars. Added to >> that is the fact that my body shape is not what would be considered >> normal, some places sunk in and some sticking out more that they >> should. >> >> Never mind that over the last eighteen months I have lost >> more than half of my original body weight, going from 450+ pounds to >> now at 220/225 pounds and still dropping 1 to 3 pounds a month. >> Never mind that I have probably extended my own life by years now >> that my heart, lungs, etc. no longer have to maintain the extra >> weight. Never mind that today I can walk without shortness of breath >> or chest pains. Never mind that I feel healthier and better than I >> have in at least twenty five years. All I heard were " you are >> looking like a High School science experiment gone horribly wrong " >> and " I would not touch or be seen in public with him! " >> >> I have spent my entire life being judged by people based >> solely on my looks. Because of this I have always had a very low >> self esteem, been very self consciences, and worried about people >> seeing and judging me. I had hoped that when I lost the weight this >> would stop! I was very wrong, seems like people for the most part >> will always just look at the " wrapper " and not the " contents " . >> >> Just when I was feeling good about myself and pleased >> with " how I look " someone comes along and just wipes all of the good >> feeling away. Life sucks!!! >> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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