More about privacy. . .

I posted a while ago about a woman at work who I really like, and who has a significant amount of weight that she wants to lose. I'd wanted to tell her about my band, but didn't want to sacrifice my privacy at work. I met up recently with my friend Debbie, who is the first person I spoke with about getting banded (she was banded by my doctor 3 years ago and has lost and kept off 90 pounds). Debbie suggested that I tell my friend at work about her experience and offered to speak with her for me!

So, yesterday, I gave my friend Debbie's contact information and put the two of them in touch. I really hope that this will help her move toward getting banded, if she decides that's what she wants. I know all too well how depressed, hopeless and frustrated she feels about the prospect of losing 70-90 pounds, and I also know very well that getting banded let me put all of those bad feelings behind me and start feeling good about my weight, health, etc. I hope it will do the same for her.

I'm sure that she'll probably figure out that I am banded if she learns more about it (or goes on LapBandTalk.com and sees me on there), but hopefully by that point, she'll have even more understanding for my feelings about privacy at work and will respect them. Anyway, I thought this was a good solution and am happy that Debbie helped me find a way to get the information about banding to my friend from work.