anyone REGRET the sleeve?

[elpasovet 83]

Just curious....

Edited August 12, 2014 by elpasovet

[blondebomb 580]

heck no!!!! I'll b happy to readjust behavior it's exactly what I needed for a tool...I'm not living for food or socializing I eat to live an do other things!

[Cariboom 13]

Of all the crazy diets we have been on, this procedure may be the best monitored, most researched, and best supported of all of them. No more fruit fasts or cabbage Soup 5 times a day. This is forever and it will work if you let it.

Imagine one of those crazy diets being forever?

[Zane's Mom 184]

No regrets. Worth it in every way.

Under the forum look for the complications. Even many of those members say they would do it all over again.

[NewBeginning2014 45]

I regret not doing it sooner...am SO glad I did it!

[SusinMichigan 76]

Yes, I am 6 weeks out and regret it every day. Thinking I should have tried harder with Atkins since that's what life basically is now. I don't like the stalls, it almost kills me to go 12 days without losing a single pound all while trying to drink 64 oz. of Fluid a day that I just about never get in. I'm lucky if I can get 350 calories in a day.

I don't enjoy eating anything it's a chore to do so. I eat by a timer, hell, I live by a timer these days. I have to take a cooler with me when I even run errands because there is something goofy going on that throws my entire body off whack. I'm always tired.

While I have lost 36.5 pounds since surgery, and am grateful for that, I have yet to have a single happy day. My stomach hurts with just about every meal I eat. I can slowly sip on bouillon and as long as it's only 4 oz. I can do okay. I can eat about 1 tablespoon of food at a sitting without severe chest through my back pain. About 30 of the 36.5 pounds came off in a week. Then there were 12 days with nothing ... not one pound lost. After that I've been losing maybe 1/4 or 1/2 of a pound a day when I have a loss. I think I might have made the wrong decision ... maybe I should have had RNY instead. My brother and friends all went that route, but I didn't want my insides all rerouted.

Think long and hard before you make this decision. It's not reversible and it's forever.

[EvEisMySleeve 3]

I had my sleeve done 3 weeks ago and I DONT regret a thing! I have lost 30lbs since and feel great! Is it all sunshine and roses? Of course not there are bad days...but nothing worthwhile is easy. I know that it seems, at least in my experience that younger people tend to do better with this surgery...I can't imagine having this when I was 50 or 60, it's a huge toll on your body. It's def something you have to think long and hard about! Best of luck!

[BitterSweet* 835]

@@SusinMichigan, thank you so much for your reply. Your candidness is refreshing. I have not had surgery and although I am approved for the VSG, something in my mind keeps bugging me and it's exactly what you pointed out.

The sleeve forces you to do what you could not do, maintain, or accomplish on your own. The question I keep asking myself is why...... I have been successful at losing 75 lbs and keeping it off for years. I wonder, had I paused and appreciated what I accomplished and sought therapy for my food addiction at that time, where would I be today? I really feel in my heart that I could have maintained my weight.

I looked awesome and I felt awesome. It felt amazing knowing I had accomplished this from eating 6 healthy meals and working out hard and consistently; but I didn't appreciate it and didn't feel like I deserved it, as odd as that sounds. I never addressed the mental aspects of this roller coaster ride of obesity and slowly but surely I began sabotaging myself and slipping back into old habits - and of course the weight came back with a vengeance.

I have been reading these threads for a couple of months and one minute I'm all for the surgery and then I read a story like yours and remember why I'm reluctant in the first place. Again, thank you for your honesty.

[blondebomb 580]

I am 50 yrs old...had weight prblm all my life. By my 30s I started with insulin problems, hypothyroidism. No matter what I ate either 300 cal or 1700 cal weight didn't budge. I did active aerobics till mid 30s...health kept goin down hill. Fibromyalgia, autoimmune diseases etc...Iv thought about surgery for 20 yrs..the only regret is I didn't do this sooner. Its a major desicion. When 2 specialist sent me with neither one knowing about the other..I knew it was my time. Yea my surgeon told me if you can get thru first month youv got it whipped. .easy? Hell no! Its a major commitment an lifestyle change. I needed this tool to force me to make the needed changes bc let's face it were here bc of being fat we were unsuccessful on our own. It takes brutal honesty to oneself to face it when we accept we need help. I was in 2 yrs therapy getting to bottom of issues I did that. There is a lonnnng process to go thru to even be approved as a good candidate for this major surgery but I'm soo happy I did..I'm sorry some aren't. Its challenging changes an mental an emotional changes have to be done before this happens. For those who feel it was a mistake I'm sorry u feel that way but give it time. Its a new learned behavior. We have to baby our tummy. I lost 40 pds in 5 wks...it works! Ur body stalls it has to catch up it's also hormonal changes. Cover all basis...there is more success storys then not. I'm feeling like I have a new life! An I'm so excited I'm finally feeling free...best wishes:)

[Unhappysleever 39]

Yes I regret it every damn day, 7 mths post op and even though it has got better I would never recommend this to anyone. When I did my research I thought yes this is what I want to do before I get old and have real health issues but I am with Susan. I was totally prepared to eat smaller meals but really to have to eat at a snails pace every single time is so tiring and cumbersome and yeah there are other things but no point going on and on......

[sdvorak88 10]

Im only 15 days out but no regrets! I prepared well and not perfect but is best thing I've done for myself!

[BitterSweet* 835]

@blondbomb, thank you for your post. Your honesty is equally appreciated. For me, I really don't know what the turning point will be. I am going through all of the program requirements in case I do decide to have surgery, but at this point I am still very unsure.

I know I must sound like a million other obese people thinking they can try one last time to lose weight on their own. The only difference for me is I have always focused on my body and NEVER my mind in my weight loss efforts. Sorta feels like I did things backwards and I know that sleeve surgery is not going to fix my mind, which is the biggest hurdle to overcome.

[moonlitestarbrite 902]

The only difference for me is I have always focused on my body and NEVER my mind in my weight loss efforts. Sorta feels like I did things backwards and I know that sleeve surgery is not going to fix my mind, which is the biggest hurdle to overcome.

actually this sounds like most of us around here.

[BitterSweet* 835]

@@moonlitestarbrite, I agree. Did you seek counseling, and if so, why did you feel it wasn't enough to get you to change your behavior instead of proceeding with surgery (assuming you've been sleeved)? I guess that's really what I'm wondering.....

[elpasovet 83]

Wow. Reading all of this I'm speechless and afraid. Insurance has approved me for surgery. Haven't made a decision yet, I thought I was 100% sure until I read ...above.