What do you wish you would have known more about before WLS?

[MIZ60 1,291]

Loose skin. It took me 4 years to reach goal after adopting intermittent fasting and now I am trying to decide if I want any plastics. Seems kind of silly at my age (65) to spend the $$ and it really does not bother me too much (just no sleeveless tops or shorts and Spanx). I have retired and would rather spend the money on travel...

[ms.sss 15,748]

i love that i had my surgery. it has changed my life exponentially for the better in more ways than a hundred. i have ZERO regrets having it and would not change any aspect of it that i endured (both good AND bad) because that road got me to where i am today.

anything i did not know beforehand and/or had to learn or be surprised by during the actual process were non-issues in the grand scheme of things. just teaching moments really. sometimes i think its better to internalize a lesson when you when you find out the consequences of being on the other side of it, vs just being TOLD.

BUT.

i will say i do wish i had known 5-6 years earlier than when i first started looking into WLS that i would have qualified for it at a BMI of 35 with 2 co-morbidities. Instead i had waited until i got to BMI 40, because i did not know about the lower qualification. But whatevs. Better late than never!

Edited August 12, 2023 by ms.sss

[sweetsmith78 60]

On 12/3/2022 at 9:58 PM, Bee kami said:

If you had it to do all over again what would you say was missing in your weight loss surgery experience thus far? Length experience doesn’t matter.

All possible side effects besides weight-loss. That can be detrimental to your health. (Reality ) 💕.

[ShoppGirl 5,061]

On 12/3/2022 at 9:58 PM, Bee kami said:

If you had it to do all over again what would you say was missing in your weight loss surgery experience thus far? Length experience doesn’t matter.

I wish I had realized that if I had pain or needed an in office procedure or whatever that drs would not just rx me pain meds like I was led to believe. I had back pain and had two procedures requiring NSAIDS and was basically left to tough them both out because I could not take them and they felt that rx pain meds were not warranted even though I told them my medical history. I even had a doctor ask me to leave his practice after I was telling him I was concerned about future pain management. I think he thought I had an addiction but I was really just in pain and scared because they weren’t helping me.

On 12/3/2022 at 9:58 PM, Bee kami said: