I've been wondering today if I have done myself a disservice by not attending WLS support group meetings or by not continuing to be an active member of sites like OH? I attended one support group meeting hosted by my bariatric surgeon's office when I was only a couple of months post-op. One of the things that turned me off by it was that it felt a little like a Weight Watcher's meeting. The nurses from the office were leading the meeting and they had a set topic for the night. The group consisted mostly of women who were much farther out than me which is why I think I felt disconnected from them. Also, the majority of them were still overweight and much older than I. I should be bitch slapped for even thinking this (I'm just trying to keep it real) but I believe in some dark deep recess of my subconscious mind I didn't want to be around fat people who were struggling and appeared to be "unsuccessful" even after having WLS. I never went back.
As far as sites like OH go...ugh, the drama! I've already been to Jr. High girls. I really don't want to have a virtual fight with you about which surgery is best or how awful I am for eating a bran muffin to battle my post-op constipation. It seemed like once the honeymoon phase was over that most of the people left on those sites stayed to antagonize or to get up on their soapboxes. I do check in on OH occasionally but find that there are mostly newbies posting and that the subject matter doesn't really relate to me anymore.
I do still read several WLS related blogs but overall I'm pretty disconnected from the WLS community. Good or bad?
