We All Need A Laugh!

Weight-loss surgery can cause depression, pain, anxiety, and other numerous negative feelings.  Those negative thoughts add up when we finally realize that even surgery is not a magic cure for weight loss and, that despite the surgery, we still have to work hard to lose weight.  All of that disappointment and hard work can make you feel chronically depressed.

Make yourself aware if you feel depression or just  “feeling low.”  According to Dr. James Potash at Johns Hopkins University, chronic depression is defined as “being depressed most or all of the time since the [depression] first started”.   One might first notice a sense of numbness upon recovery of bariatric surgery.  “WHY ME?” or “WHAT DID I DO?” are very common questions to oneself during the post operative period.  A few years later depression may hit as patients reach their goal weight and ask themselves “WHY DIDN’T I DO THIS SOONER?”.  The feelings of regret and remorse may sabotage even the greatest of weight-losses.

If you are feeling depressed or “feeling low” it’s best to speak to a professional counselor.  There is a  Psychologist who comes to each support group meeting – JUST FOR YOU. 

How did you handle stress before you had surgery?  Did you receive massages, purchase something special for yourself or perhaps took a day off from work? Apart from eating, you can participate in your pre-surgical activities or start new ones.   As you read “Unusual or Suspicious Sick-Day Alibis”, we hope this list might give you a much needed chuckle!

Unusual Or Suspicious Sick-Day Alibis

(courtesy of : Richard Castellini, Senior Career Adviser for CareerBuilder.com)

 
  1. Employee was poisoned by his mother-in-law.
  2. A buffalo escaped from the game reserve and kept charging the employee every   time she tried to go to her car from her house.
  3. Employee was feeling all the symptoms of his expecting wife.
  4. Employee called from his cell phone, saying that he was accidentally locked in a restroom stall and that no one was around to let him out.
  5. Employee broke his leg snowboarding off his roof while drunk.
  6. Employee's wife said he couldn't come into work because he had a lot of chores to do around the house.
  7. One of the walls in the employee's home fell off the night before.
  8. Employee's mother was in jail.
  9. A skunk got into the employee's house and sprayed all of his uniforms.
10. Employee had a bad case of hiccups.
11. Employee blew his nose so hard, his back went out.
12. Employee's horses got loose and were running down the highway.
13. Employee was hit by a bus while walking.
14. Employee's dog swallowed her bus pass.
15. [Employee pulled neck out of joint while towel-drying hair.]