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[Banker53 0]

I am scheduled for my sleeve on July 5th. I have been reading for hours on this forum and it is encouraging. Two questions:

1) What is NSV?

2) Does anyone have extremely serious regrets for having the surgery? I have seen few if any negatives in these conversations.

Thank you,

[DonnaC 0]

Hi there,

I am scheduled for my surgery on July 1st (revision from lapband to plication) so I can answer alot of your questions.

Two questions:

1) What is NSV? no scale victory -

2) Does anyone have extremely serious regrets for having the surgery? well even with having to have a revision on my band - I don't regret it - lost 170 lbs - gained back 50lbs due to an enlarged pouch - but will have the plication and get back to my lowest weight in no time.

Hope this was helpful.

Donna in Seattle

surgery lap band 3/2003 - scheduled for plication on July 1st with OCC TJ

310/145/200 and counting down again!

[Amanda131 214]

I am scheduled for my sleeve on July 5th. I have been reading for hours on this forum and it is encouraging. Two questions:

1) What is NSV?

2) Does anyone have extremely serious regrets for having the surgery? I have seen few if any negatives in these conversations.

Thank you,

Welcome, Banker53!

You've already got the answer to #1 (Non-scale Victory) so I'll jump to #2. I was sleeved almost 3 months ago and I honestly have no regrets. Do I wish I could have controlled my weight without surgery? Absolutely. But I couldn't and I am now really proud of myself for seeking out a viable solution and following it through. If I had it to do over, the only thing I would do differently is take the pre-op diet more seriously. I think my head would have been better off right after surgery if I had done this.

Now, I have had zero complications and fantastic weight loss thus far so it's pretty easy for me to lack regret.

Best of luck to you!

Amanda

[lunarose 97]

Hi, I am 9 months out and have absolutely no regrets. I think everyone has a moment or two during the first couple of weeks where they say "what have I done" but it is short lived.