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I will be 2 years out this July. I can say through my ups and downs, I do NOT regret getting surgery. When you undergo any weight loss surgery, you are fighting. Fighting against excuses, bad habits, temptations, bad influences, and haters. It's not an easy battle but I know you can do it. Believe in yourself and believe in your success

I'll be incredibly honest with you. I am a month out and I can tell you that I've been where you've been. I've vomited more than I ever have in my entire life, I've been constipated for almost 2 weeks, I've had to run out to the bathroom in the middle of a date with my fiance more than once. I have clutched at my stomach, wishing I could take it out and put a new one in. I have cried because I could smell all the food in the grocery store and felt like I would never be able to eat again. I've regretted my surgery more than once and I've had some pretty dark times. Despite all those things, I had a great day yesterday. For the first time in a month, I didn't get ill once. My issues have ceased for the most part (besides insomnia!). I don't know what today will bring, but I can only hope for the best. We don't know what tomorrow, a week, or months from now will bring us. But I know you and I will get through this. I'm really sorry you are feeling ill. This is something we have to take one hour, one day at a time. You will have your dark days, but you will also have really good ones. Stay strong, you are not alone. Maybe you don't recover as quickly as one person said they did, maybe you won't lose 10 lbs in a week, and maybe you end up having the worst diarrhea ever while another person poops heavenly nougats. We will all eventually recover though and get better though, one day at a time

I am 12 days post op. I too have felt buyers remorse because I can't eat or drink anything and I have severe nausea. But I know that this change is for the better. This certainly isn't a simple and fast cure all for obesity. I know we will have down days ahead of us, but we can do it. I've seen too many success stories not to think so. I would rather be sick for a month or so and lose the weight than to be sick from obesity the rest of my life. Hang in there, we got this!

My surgery date is July 20th. Enjoying my sugar free jello at the moment