I went alone to the meeting last night. My DH was working and I didn't feel like dragging anyone else along. My usual routine is to go in, sign in, get a parking pass and then take a seat somewhere that I can observe not only the meeting leaders but the attendees. Then while I wait for them to start, I scan the crowd guessing if they had surgery yet or not. Some people are so thin - you'd NEVER guess they had surgery. Others you can tell by the hanging skin or the awkward shape of their lower body compared to the upper body.
I was sitting there thinking, "These meetings would be so much better if they had folks speak who had surgery", when low and behold - they announced a WLS'er wanted to talk about her journey! Score. The woman who spoke was my age (30) and had surgery about 2 1/2 years ago. She looked beautiful and was very confident in her words. I was impressed by her conviction and felt more at peace with my own desire to have surgery.
I'm really glad I went to the meeting. My friend at work had her LAP Band surgery this morning. She did very well. I'm going to give her a call tomorrow to see how she is doing!
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