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Would You Have Weight Loss Surgery Again?



Would You Have Weight Loss Surgery Again?  

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  1. 1. Knowing what you know now about weight loss surgery, would you do it again if you had the chance to make your decision again?

    • Yes, without a doubt! The surgery has been everything I’d hoped for.
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    • Yes, probably. The journey hasn’t been easy, but I’m losing weight and feel that this was my best option.
      7
    • Yes, but I would have chosen a different type of weight loss surgery.
      1
    • No. I’ve had complications and my health has suffered and/or I haven’t been hitting my weight loss goals.
      5
    • I haven’t had the surgery yet, but I’m looking at the results of this poll carefully to help me make my decision!
      7
    • Other...read my response below!
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Hi Alex...

Would I so this again. Uh YES!!! To say it has been life changing is putting it mildly. I feel so much better. Not only with 185 lbs gone... Yep 185 pounds gone... But my sense of happiness has increased beyond anything I could have imagined. The weight is really where I want to be... The mind is still catching up but I'm getting there!!!

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You're absolutely right... I haven't given it a chance. I guess I was looking for this dramatic weight loss the first few weeks like I keep reading about. My scale has said 200.2 to 200.8 the last week and I'm ready to scream ... I seem to be dropping sizes but I too wanna be able to see the numbers drop.

~Leticia **HW: 259**PreOp: 216**SURG: 3/21/13 **Discharged @: 221**25 days post op. CW: 200.2 lbs---THE WORSE PLATEAU EVER ---

I'm 14 days post OP. My loss has been super slow also. In 4 days I've lost .4! I totally understand how you are feeling. It would be so much easier to be having nothing but puréed food and Protein shakes if I would see the scale moving! It's hard to hear about people losing large amounts of weight and mine is barely inching along. I'm no where near giving up though! I hope I did this right! I just now joined this app! I have no idea how to use it! I'm having a hard time learning how to post questions or comments!

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I'm 14 days post OP. My loss has been super slow also. In 4 days I've lost .4! I totally understand how you are feeling. It would be so much easier to be having nothing but puréed food and Protein shakes if I would see the scale moving! It's hard to hear about people losing large amounts of weight and mine is barely inching along. I'm no where near giving up though! I hope I did this right! I just now joined this app! I have no idea how to use it! I'm having a hard time learning how to post questions or comments!

Try not to weigh so often. Also a lot of people hit a stall on week two or three.

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Just a few days shy of 18 months post-op. Hypertension - gone. Type 2 diabetes - gone. sleep apnea - gone. 130 pounds gone and stable at 155 (5' 9") for several months now. Back, knee and joint pain - gone. Cholesterol - low normal. Virtually all blood work - spot on. Complications - ulcer at the anastomosis that healed completely within five months after diagnosis. I have to be a little careful with sugar to avoid dumping (in the form of hypoglycemia). Other than that, I eat anything I want - it's about control, not denial. Stay focused on following the protocol as closely as you can, maintain a food log, stay active and stay away from the scales as long as possible. Relax and trust your body to find its own way in its own time. Would I do it again? In a second and twenty years earlier if I had the option!

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I had RNY 26 Jan 2012. Started at 268 and today I weigh 154. I feel and look healthy and feel better about myself than I ever have. Recently saw my family doctor for a complete physical and some tests and he called me to let me know the results. He said everything looked PERFECT. My bad cholesterol was low, my good cholesterol was high, my triglycerides and thyroid levels were all great! Thanks to the results of the surgery, I have come off of all medications I used to take: blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes, GERD. I feel like I've been given my life back. I couldn't be happier! :D

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Yes!! I started at 300 lbs on the dot and today I weight 115!!!! I was always the fat girl. I had tried pills, trainers, all the diets, doctors, dietitians... Nothing worked. I would lose some and then gain more. WLS was the best decision I ever made! I've never been so happy with myself. I'm no longer ashamed. I can be the person I always wanted to be. Nothing holds me back!

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I most certainly would. I was on 2000 Metformin a day plus a Byetta injection and four injections of Insulin. Now I'm on

1000 Metformin that's all and that might finish altogether as I lose more weight. I'm only on my sixth week after the op. I have more energy can walk further stairs do not pose a problem any more. I have taken pride now in how I dress I feel like a new woman. I am 60 yrs old and my dad died at 62 so I am hoping this will give me the extra years with my grandchildren. :D :wub:

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Would not think twice about it! The day I left the hospital, my diabetes & blood pressure meds were no longer needed! Main reason why I had it done;))

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I'm 14 days post OP. My loss has been super slow also. In 4 days I've lost .4! I totally understand how you are feeling. It would be so much easier to be having nothing but puréed food and Protein shakes if I would see the scale moving! It's hard to hear about people losing large amounts of weight and mine is barely inching along. I'm no where near giving up though! I hope I did this right! I just now joined this app! I have no idea how to use it! I'm having a hard time learning how to post questions or comments!

Totally! I agree! It's hard to be excited about it and keep up the hard work when the scale isn't moving!

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In a heartbeat, yes. It's been a roughish road for me - no complications, but a lot (a LOT) of pain, but my diabetes is officially in remission (no diabetes meds since the day of the surgery!), and that alone makes it worth it.

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I would definitely do it again.

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Yes!! I started at 300 lbs on the dot and today I weight 115!!!! I was always the fat girl. I had tried pills' date=' trainers, all the diets, doctors, dietitians... Nothing worked. I would lose some and then gain more. WLS was the best decision I ever made! I've never been so happy with myself. I'm no longer ashamed. I can be the person I always wanted to be. Nothing holds me back![/quote']

You look absolutely amazing!! Which surgery did you have? What do you think has helped you the most? Any advice?! I'm 3 weeks out.

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Had my RNY in 2004. Although I had a regain (have lost 2/3 of it, though), I am definitely glad I had WLS. If I hadn't, who knows how heavy I would be now! At 62 I have my mobility problems (arthritis - a family trait), but would have had to have 2 knee replacements by now if I hadn't lost the weight.

WLS is not a cure for our problem. We still have to do "the right things" - proper eating, exercising, etc. - but it can help us get to where we want to IF we are willing to overcome the hurdles in our path.

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