Anybody regretted it, even with no complications?

[feedyoureye 3,087]

One way to get more natural VitD in your diet is expose fresh mushrooms (the kind you get at the store)to the sun, gill side up for 6 hours... before you eat them.

http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/ART02935/Four-Unexpected-Food-Facts.html

[TES 858]

One way to get more natural VitD in your diet is expose fresh mushrooms (the kind you get at the store)to the sun, gill side up for 6 hours... before you eat them.

http://www.drweil.co...Food-Facts.html

good to know, FeedyourEye--unfortunately, mushrooms are the one vegetable (or more aptly, fungus) I just can't eat. People think it's weird since so many vegetarians love mushrooms--but I just can't do it...not even the portabellos. However, this is super-interesting, and I am going to tell my husband, who loves mushrooms. Thanks!

[Mastiff_mama 171]

I never said that it wasn't an issue just bc most other people have low Vit D' date=' and neither did my RD/LD. In fact, my RD is absolutely amazing. She has been the most pivotal person in my journey--I give her as much credit as my surgeon. I love that my surgeon's office and RD are so great that they check your Vit D when you first start seeing them...in my case, 6 months before surgery. As I mentioned, my levels are coming up, but they are still too low. I'm confident they will continue to come up, but it doesn't happen overnight. I mentioned that most people's are low in part to increase others' awareness about Vit D if they haven't already been tested. I'm a medical writer/editor and low Vit D is increasingly being tied to many medical conditions. It's not as major of a factor as once was believed based on many of the recent trials, but it is still very important.[/quote']

Oh! I misunderstood... But wasn't being given as judgmental as my response came off!

[zbeeze 17]

I am 5 months out from my surgery and down 50 pounds (60 if you include the pre-op). Losing slow, but steady with very few stalls. I have had NO issues or complications from my surgery. This was the best decision of my life, just wish I had done it sooner. I am no longer in plus sizes, hooray! The journey for me was not so much about "what" I was eating (we eat very fresh/ good meals, very little "junk" type foods), but how much food I was eating was killing me.

Now, I eat 6-7 times per day, choosing high Protein, low carb foods, but I still don't eat red meat and find that I really don't miss it. I was never a big cola drinker, so also don't miss that.

I can socialize with our friends and neighbors, and love having wine and liquors back in my life (just limit them and use my fitness pal for tracking those empty calories). When everyone is having Desserts, I am satisfied with a bite or two from my husband's dessert. The only thing I "do miss" and will "NOT" go back to is drinking beer !! SIGH !!

So, for me ~ NO REGRETS!!!! For the first time in my life, I feel "normal" and satisfied !

[Tink22-sleeve 528]

I am hungry more often than I was presurgery' date=' but a small snack of something will stop the feeling. Some on here will says it's impossible to be hungry after surgery, that's simply not true. Some will say you're not hungry, it's just acid, that's simply not true either. Ghrelin isn't the only thing that makes you hungry! And empty stomach will! Also, the part of the stomach they remove isn't the only part of the body that produces ghrelin. Also, if you drink too soon after eating you will wash the food out of your sleeve and be hungry again sooner than if you set a timer and do not drink! Hope that helps a little <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />[/quote']

I agree completely!

[Sheraton1 15]

When meeting my Sleeve Team Dr. Campos gave the best explanation as to how the sleeve works.

Think of a table with four legs. Two of the legs are VSG. The third leg is "what" you put into your body. The fourth leg is exercise and moving more. The more "legs" you take away' date=' the more unstable and ineffective your "table" becomes.[/quote']

I don't really understand this!!

[LipstickLady 25,682]

I regret it every day. Every time someone posts a similar question about regrets. I respond & speak my truth...I regret it. I would not do it again. I hope I feel differently in time; I am 1 month post-op. I know myself, I don't foresee that happening...but my goal must be now to accept I have done it & make the best out of it.

Best of luck to you! Everybody is different. Many, many people on this site are very happy with their wls decision. Do what is best for you & your situation! Take care!

Why?

[smpuckett 0]

I've had complications and regret the surgery. I had the first surgery on March 19. A 14 year old nissen wrap at the top of the stomach complicated things by partial blockage. Was very nauseous until the doc had me come back in on Saturday evening, April 6. I had 4 hours surgery to undo the wrap and do a traditional sleeve. Stayed in the hospital until Thursday. Developed a blood clot in my jugular vein while in hospital - on blood thinners now. Today, I threw up the Protein Drink. If I could turn back the clock, I wouldn't do it. I had considered hypnosis which would have cost me about $1300. Wish I had done that along with diet and exercise. I have 100 lbs to lose. Why couldn't I have lost that weight the normal way. I've been fairly drepressed but I know that is due to the torture my body has been through. I hope someday I am happy with the decision I've made and will be able to eat anything but in small amounts. After all, isn't that what normal people do? Why did I need 2 to 3 slices of pizza when one should have been plenty. I'm going to ignore the March 19 date and consider myself sleeved on April 6. How much longer am I going to feel bad?

[TES 858]

I've had complications and regret the surgery. I had the first surgery on March 19. A 14 year old nissen wrap at the top of the stomach complicated things by partial blockage. Was very nauseous until the doc had me come back in on Saturday evening, April 6. I had 4 hours surgery to undo the wrap and do a traditional sleeve. Stayed in the hospital until Thursday. Developed a blood clot in my jugular vein while in hospital - on blood thinners now. Today, I threw up the Protein drink. If I could turn back the clock, I wouldn't do it. I had considered hypnosis which would have cost me about $1300. Wish I had done that along with diet and exercise. I have 100 lbs to lose. Why couldn't I have lost that weight the normal way. I've been fairly drepressed but I know that is due to the torture my body has been through. I hope someday I am happy with the decision I've made and will be able to eat anything but in small amounts. After all, isn't that what normal people do? Why did I need 2 to 3 slices of pizza when one should have been plenty. I'm going to ignore the March 19 date and consider myself sleeved on April 6. How much longer am I going to feel bad?

I'm so sorry that you are going through this. Sending you healing thoughts.

[Sheraton1 15]

I've had complications and regret the surgery. I had the first surgery on March 19. A 14 year old nissen wrap at the top of the stomach complicated things by partial blockage. Was very nauseous until the doc had me come back in on Saturday evening' date=' April 6. I had 4 hours surgery to undo the wrap and do a traditional sleeve. Stayed in the hospital until Thursday. Developed a blood clot in my jugular vein while in hospital - on blood thinners now. Today, I threw up the Protein drink. If I could turn back the clock, I wouldn't do it. I had considered hypnosis which would have cost me about 1300. Wish I had done that along with diet and exercise. I have 100 lbs to lose. Why couldn't I have lost that weight the normal way. I've been fairly drepressed but I know that is due to the torture my body has been through. I hope someday I am happy with the decision I've made and will be able to eat anything but in small amounts. After all, isn't that what normal people do? Why did I need 2 to 3 slices of pizza when one should have been plenty. I'm going to ignore the March 19 date and consider myself sleeved on April 6. How much longer am I going to feel bad?[/quote']

Hang in there. I didn't have such bad problems but have struggled and back in ER twice. Today is my 3 week anniversary and it is getting better than the first week where I wrote about my regret. The weird thing is nothing taste right. Even Water.

[TES 858]

Hang in there. I didn't have such bad problems but have struggled and back in ER twice. Today is my 3 week anniversary and it is getting better than the first week where I wrote about my regret. The weird thing is nothing taste right. Even Water.< /p>

Some people don't do well with the water viscosity after surgery. Have you tried flavoring your water with something like Mio? Glad you are doing better!

[SkinnyMalink 44]

I'm sorry if you've been asked this already but has anyone regretted their surgery, with no complications? I have a bit of a love affair with food, it's such a part of my social life with my family and friends, we eat out a lot, we gather round the table for family meals every day, we Celebrate with food, we comfort with food, we make up with food... jeez it's all about food. How do you deal with this and did any of you regret it or miss that side of things?

This July will make two years since my surgery. I have no regrets, mostly because I had an excellent surgeon and nutritionist who made sure I knew exactly what to expect after the surgery. I give them a lot of credit for that because based on what they told me, I almost decided against the surgery as I’m sure a lot of people do.

I didn't expect to never feel hungry again. I was told that I would still experience some hunger but that it wouldn't be as severe or quite the same as before and that it would be easier to deal with by eating just a little bit of Protein. Not all the ghrelin in your bloodstream is produced by the fundus. Fifteen to 20 percent of ghrelin is produced by other organs including the brain. Aside from that, ghrelin is not the only chemical that regulates hunger. There are several other body chemicals that control hunger including neuropeptide-Y. These other chemicals are unaffected by the surgery. You will experience real hunger pains after the surgery. It’s just that they are a lot more manageable (at least they have been for me. Your individual mileage may vary).

I didn't expect to lose my taste for food. My doctor did not remove any of my taste buds or surgically alter my cerebrum, the part of my brain that analyzes taste. He only operated on my stomach. Food still tastes as good to me now as it did before the surgery, maybe even better because I am attending to my food a lot more than I used to. What I mean is that because I am eating more slowly and a lot less, I am paying much closer attention to the food that I do eat and I’m enjoying it more than I did before the surgery.

I expected to eat a well-balanced diet after the surgery. My doctor and nutritionist told me that eating "healthy" means eating a well-balanced diet and that includes carbohydrates, fat, and Protein.< /p>

I expected to eat all foods in moderation and I do, including pizza, candy, and an occasional glass of Scotch.

I expected to gain weight if I ate more calories than I expended, lose weight if I consumed less calories than I used for the day, and to maintain my body weight if I ate around the same number of calories that I expended.

This isn't a matter of luck. I leave nothing to chance. I wear the BodyMedia Fit Link armband (the same one they use on the Biggest Loser) to monitor how many calories I burn each day and I make sure I don't eat more calories than I use by monitoring every piece of food and drop of Fluid that goes into my mouth. It's really that simple.

I have been following Dr. Mosley's Fast Diet religiously for the past year for weight maintenance and health benefits. Two days of fasting per week leads to reduced risk of cancer (due to reduction of the cells' inflammatory response), reduced chance of Alzheimer's disease, and prolonged life.

I still go out to eat with my wife, friends, and colleagues, No one but my wife knows I have had surgery. At 18 months, I could eat six to eight ounces of food in one sitting so no one is the wiser. My friends from high school and I have had a tradition of meeting at McDonald’s for Breakfast on a regular basis. I still go. I can eat half an order of hash browns and about ¾ of a sausage McMuffin with cheese depending on how much coffee I drink.

I am in excellent physical health mostly because of my weight but also because of the fasting. My blood work has never been better and my lean body mass is now at 82%, which is the best it’s ever been since I was a teenager.

I do at times regret that I can't eat more in one sitting than I am able to but only as a mental exercise in comparison to how I used to eat. What I mean is that if my wife and I are going to go to our favorite buffet dinner restaurant, I know in advance that I will not be able to eat as much as I used to and I do feel some regret about that like in a nostalgic sort of way. However, once we're at the restaurant, I eat until I'm full. Once I'm full, I feel no regret that I can't eat more because I'm full. Only later, when I think about how little I've eaten, do I feel some regret over it... if that makes any sense.

I am as thin now as I used to be before a serious knee injury turned me into an invalid who got fatter and fatter over the years because I was depressed and sedentary. I feel like my old self again. I was self-pay and even at four times the price, it would have been worth it to me.

This surgery is not a miracle cure for obesity. It is a very valuable tool, but it's just a tool. Like any tool, it only works if you use it. If you are not willing to monitor your food intake and how many calories you are burning, you cannot expect an optimal result. The surgery will not do all the work for you.

Based on my two years of reading this forum, if you are an emotional eater or a grazer (overeaters who pop a few Cookies or a handful of potato chips into their mouth every time they pass the kitchen), you will probably be very disappointed by the end result unless you get professional help for your food issues. Some forum members here try to deal with their food issues with sheer determination and will-power to avoid so-called “slider foods”. That approach seems to produce mixed results. Personally, I have successfully maintained my weight loss with the moderation approach but I don’t have the same kind of food issues that others do. In the end, everyone has to do what works best for him or her.

Best of luck to you.

[ladya345 10]

Yikes most of these replies have scared the hell out of me. Thanks for your honesty it's what I needed to hear if I pass this on to my husband he will say no don't do it and I've only just convinced him how much I need it!

Dont let others experiences discourage u. This journey is different for everyone. Some have complications and some dont. Some loose fast and some loose slow. I am 8 weeks post op and since i started my pre op diet 9 weeks ago, i am down 29lbs. Not as fast as id like, but it is going! U might sometimes feel hungry and sometimes not. Also stomach acids can cause what feels like hunger and u can take a pill like omeperozal twice a day to help with that. The choice to do this surgery depends on weighing out the good and the bad and deciding if the good will out weigh the bad in the end. U can never be sure how the outcome will be, just decide if u wind up having any complications its worth the the opportunity to be healthier in the end.

[buplee 556]

To those on the fence, as with any surgery there are risks associated, and I have had four major operations in five years. WLS is no different from any other major surgeries I have had and have recovered from or are recovering from currently. I have read multiple posts on this forum and have never said anything mean, but need to now have my say.

For the people who have had complications, bad eating habits and have received bad advice, maybe a better surgeon, nutritionist, and support group in a WLS center of excellence may have greatly diminished those risks. Whether you have great insurance as I or are self pay, research is the key your weight loss experience.

For those of you who have regrets because you can't eat the same quantity of food as pre-op, I think some additional sessions with a psychotherapist might be in order. Isn't eating in an uncontrolled manner, the reason we all needed surgery in the first place and are/were all classified as morbidly obese. We are all suppose to meet with a therapist for the psych part of our pre-op clearances. I did this and had additional sessions to come to grip with my decision to have surgery, deal with the food issues which led me to be over 300 pounds, and my feelings of failure for having to have the procedure. Speak to your respective surgeon's office to get a referral to a good support group or psychologist to help deal with your food issues otherwise you can not and will not succeed post-op. At that point the failure will not be your surgeon or nutritionist, it will be yours.

I regret not doing this in my 20s, 30s, or 40s, I did this at 51. I do not regret that I can't eat huge quantities of food or will not have to shop at a big and tall or buy anything that is a size 2X or larger much longer. I regret having cheated my wife and family of doing some of the activities other husbands and fathers did like going to the beach and going on rides at the amusement park and not getting winded quickly playing softball with my son. I had this surgery for me and to be healthy for my family and others should do the same and not let the negatives keep them from a life change.

I have nothing against free speech that is our right, but why discourage someone else who wants a change because of your individual hang ups. Yes, this is an forum to share our thoughts, views and experience but let's be supportive and help people on the fence who need some assistance and support. Not all people on this forum have supportive spouses, children or other love ones. This forum helped me make the decision to get the sleeve over the band. It was the people on this forum who gave me kind words when I hit a stall or did not lose as much weight as I thought I should have. I was sleeved on 2/19 and am now some 42lbs light and getting smaller.

Speak you mind but get over your respective mental issues before you discourage others.

Sorry for the long message but this is my 2 cents for all who care.

[iggychic 1,405]

buplee, I'm sure you didn't intend to insult...but just to be clear, people who have complications do not necessarily do so because they did something "wrong". Nor because they chose the wrong doctor, etc. Nor because they cheaped out and didn't go to a center of excellence....sometimes it is due to surgeon error, good surgeons screw up too. Sometimes it's just how their body reacted to the surgery.

I went to a surgeon who had excellent reviews, had seen people on this forum, was quite experienced, not the cheapest (very expensive actually) and who runs a "Center of Excellence". All that great thought and it nearly killed me.