People are frustrating

_idonerds
on 1/17/15 3:49 am - Mount vernon, NY
with

People keep telling me I'm to young for the surgery "your only 27 just work out and eat better and it will come off" what the fudge do they think I've been doing.... this weight is uncomfortable so I honestly don't care about their options it's just get really annoying... I look at them and want to ask them if they know how it feels to be 378lbs(367 lbs now) and do normal things... no so stop telling me that

Amy M.
on 1/17/15 3:54 am - Grand Island, NY
VSG on 07/30/14

I am also 27 and I'm telling you that you are not too young.  Ignore the haters they don't understand.  You are doing this for you and it's a decision that you will not regret!  I know there are a lot of people who wish they had the option to do this when they were our age.  This is the perfect time to take control of your life and make healthy changes.  

        

Age: 26, Height: 5'8" HW: 328, SW: 322, CW: 239  

mickeymantle
on 1/17/15 3:59 am - Eugene/Springfield, OR
VSG on 07/22/13

having surgery at your age is safer than when your older , in 10 years you will probably  weigh alot more without wls and be a lot worse health wise now is the time to do it 

 younger people usually lose faster after wls also , get it done while your knees work and every organ  starts giving you problems 

diabeties is around the corner if you don't already have it

 your doing the best thing for your self forget what others tell you

take any loved ones to a support group or to see your surgeon with you so they will understand a little better and forget any other people if they can't support your decision the he77 with them

Effie H.
on 1/17/15 4:33 am

27 is in no way early. I'm 18 and I feel I made the right decision at the right time. It's your life and don't let anybody tell you what is too young. 

Sleeved 1/5/15 - 5'4, 18 years old

    

        

TexasTerritory
on 1/17/15 4:52 am
VSG on 07/22/13
Get the surgery!

  

_idonerds
on 1/17/15 5:05 am, edited 1/17/15 5:05 am - Mount vernon, NY
with

Oh I'm getting the surgery... my family is super supportive...friends are supportive... just acquaintances who have a problem with it ....probably why they are acquaintances

Jennsumner722
on 1/17/15 9:49 am
VSG on 04/23/14 with

They told me the samething,  you're not. Do what's best for y9u!

        
KattattaK
on 1/17/15 10:15 am

Whaaaat!?!? You are nowhere near too young to have this surgery!!! Wish I would've been brave enough to have wls when I was 27!!! Could have saved myself a lot of problems!!! Ignore them and carry on lol 

Luvmygs
on 1/17/15 10:21 am
VSG on 12/04/14

One of my favorite surgeons did the sleeve on a 12 year old!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86Ipm7dYN78

 

Mary Gee
on 1/17/15 11:02 am - AZ
VSG on 05/14/14
I wish I had my surgery when I was 27....would have saved me a lot of misery. Doesn't matter what anyone says - do what's best for YOU.

       

 HW: 380 SW: 324 GW: 175  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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