Divorce post op . . .Re: Digest Number 1457

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In a message dated 6/1/2002 7:06:12 AM Pacific Standard Time,

dbandas@... writes:

I think quite a few people get the surgery to be more " marketable "

knowing they are goping to end their relationship post op. For me, the " old

me " is back . . this is the chickie my husband married and fell in love with.

I didn't even know the fat version of myself, I refused to see it,

apparently so did he. He always saw me at 160 pounds and it wasn't until I

got smaller than that, that he really noticed how small I am. He has a BMI

of 39, but really isn't 100 pounds overweight . . . I would be so excited if

he lost his extra weight in a healthy way . . . I want the rest of our lives

together too be a long long long time! He is my best friend in the world and

having had a crappy first marriage, I treasure the past 14 years we have had

together! For better or worse, richer or poorer, fat or thin . . .

) Vicki

> My doctor has some staggering statistics about the " failure " of (or success,

> depending on point of view) marriages after WLS. Don't hold me to it, and

> I

> could check, but something like 4 out of 5 end. Of course, this goes right

> up there with the 18 month " window " theory. Mileage varies.

>

> in Austin

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