I had a conversation with the husband the other day. On Facebook I’m in a group dedicated to the Duodenal Switch Surgery. Basically, it’s a place where people from around the world can come together and talk about issues or ask questions when they arise. I’ll be honest, most of the posts irritate me and I don’t ask many questions because they won’t just answer them. They attempt to educate you in ways that they think make them sound smart when all it does is irk my last nerve.

Anyway…

Some of them go on to talk about addictions they’ve gotten since losing the weight. They start with a food addiction, realize they can’t keep that up, so they move on to something else. Alcohol, drugs, sex, marriages, divorces – yes, some will divorce, get married, divorce, get married, etc. A lot, I have noticed, go to alcohol. They stop taking their vitamins and just drink.

I don’t drink. I didn’t drink before the surgery.
I don’t do drugs. Same as before. I rarely took Tylenol before surgery.
Sex. With the husband, great! But I’m not out just treking around trying to find sexual conquests.
Marriage. I did get married a year-ish after the surgery.
Divorce. I did not divorce anyone. I’m with the same guy today that I have been with since 2014 – I had surgery in 2024 – and unless he just disappears without a trace – he is stuck with me forever.

So, what did I get? I honestly feel I still have my food addiction. I’m not sure that’ll ever fade. But did I get anything else?

That’s what our conversation was about.

I was curious if I had picked up something since surgery. I have seen a lot of them become addiction to exercise. Other than a few months of water aerobics (the instructor I enjoyed was transferred out and I don’t like the one taking over) I wouldn’t say I picked that up.

So, what did I get? His answer was simple. Video games. && I told him I blame him. He is a video game nerd. I knew it when we got together. When he first moved in all he brought was a backet of clothes and himself. His first paycheck, because the bills I could do on my own, I told him he could use it for whatever he wants. Especially since he didn’t have anything. He bought an Xbox 360. That’s all you need to know about him and his video games.

Me? Barely played. When he moved in, I owned a Nintendo Wii – it wasn’t hooked up. Before him I might have played Super Mario Brothers on the NES. Sonic on the Sega. Then maybe small phone games that I could put on my cell phone.

2016ish, I saw him playing Grand Theft Auto 5. Up to this point, I hated those games. Hated the graphics, the plots. I might have been on the side of banning those games at one point because they were stupid. Then GTA5 – I became intrigued. Not because of the shoot everyone, run everyone over, strip clubs (this is still something people should take in account while talking trash about GTA6) – it was the game play itself.

When I play a video game I need objectives. I need something to do. I can’t just run around and shoot people. I get bored. That’s when I saw that GTA5 had objectives. So, I started playing it. Keep in mind this is way before the surgery. I played that from start to finish.

2018ish, I saw him Playing Fallout 4. Up to this point, I had never heard of a Fallout game so knowing it was already on 4 (which wasn’t the actual number of games, by the way) was not that surprising. My brother plays video games but all I’d usually watch him play was Call of Duty. So, I knew about those – Husband doesn’t like those.

I started playing Fallout 4. Sitting here today, 2026, I have played Fallout 4 multiple times from start to finish. I have a bunch of hours into it. && I will still just sit for hours and playing it – even though I know what happens on each quest, with each person, I can pinpoint the quests I’ll do or won’t do. I started purchasing the verified – he makes sure it’s verified so it doesn’t mess with my system – DLC’s so I can play more into it. ((For Fallout 4 players, The Bounty one is great. You can get a gun that is one shot one kill && I love it – but you can also do that with Kellog’s gun.))

Husband thinks that my love of these games came with the surgery. Mind numbing games – he calls them. Lately, I’ve been playing Supermarket Simulator – yesterday there was an update and I was mad – they broke the online orders so now with all of my employees in my store, I have nothing to do. I didn’t play it much yesterday, went and played Fallout 4 instead – I have it powered up today to see if maybe it works better.

We’ll see.

I don’t think the surgery found a love for video games. I think the Husband did.

I blame him.

So, with that theory, I don’t know what new addiction I picked up. I may just stick with my food addiction – because they food noise hasn’t disappeared. But last Wednesday I weighed 264 pounds – woo! But sadly, it’s still considered obese when you’re 5’2″. But starting at 326 pounds – I’m not complaining in my little obese body.