Plastic surgery after weight loss surgery?
There’s not much that’s as divisive in the weight loss surgery community as having plastic surgery after weight loss surgery can be. I’ve really noticed…
Head Issues
Getting through Christmas parties and the silly season after bariatric surgery
Just because we all affectionately call the end of the year the silly season doesn’t mean you need to let everything go out the…
Gosh, I have some work to do on myself ……
I’ve been looking at and assessing where I’m at lately and I’ve come to the conclusion that I have some serious work to do. I…
How do I choose which weight loss surgery to have?
There are a few things I see asked in weight loss surgery groups time and time again and one of those is how do you…
What life is like long-term after weight loss surgery
The process of weight loss surgery is all consuming. It takes up so much space in your life, head and body that you start to…
Things I will never take for granted
It’s a well-known saying that you don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone. I think obesity and morbid obesity are things that slowly take…
Head hunger or physical hunger, how do you tell?
One thing I love most about having had a gastric bypass is that I, for a long time after surgery, did not feel physical hunger…
The pre-op, are you sure you can’t do this on your own, suggestion
If there’s one thing I’m sure we all hear just before our surgery it’s the good old, “Are you sure you can’t do this on…
How to support someone through weight loss surgery: Post-op edition
This post follows on from last weeks Pre-op edition so head there to read that first! The initial post-op stage The first few weeks after…
Why you need to find your people after weight loss surgery
One thing I have noticed in myself and in many others is that weight loss surgery sets off a process of personal evolution. When I…