Long Range Post Ops

I guess there are not that many people who are several years post op that post very much. That is a shame as I would love to talk to others that are as far post op as I am just to compare notes.

i'm going to have my surgery 2/13/2004 and i would like to know how you are doing ten years after your surgery. have you kept the weight off? would you do it again? were you scared? did anything bad happen? jodey

Hi. I am new to this website. I had a Vertical Banded Gastroplasty, on 02/16/1995. At the time of my surgery, I weighed 320 lbs. I stand 5' 11" tall. Before my surgery, I fought the yo-yo effects, for years. My highest weight (in 1993) was 350 lbs. After my surgery, the weight started magically disappearing. In the first year, I went from 320 lbs., to 210 lbs. After that time, I moved back to Texas, and met and married my 2nd husband. During the second year, I went from 210 lbs., to 159 lbs., for a total weight loss of 161 lbs. -- That's like losing 1/2 of my body. -- For the last seven years, I have successfully kept the weight off, fluctuating between 170-180 lbs. I am so much happier, since I had the surgery; and would do it again, in a heartbeat. I am hoping some day to be able to put some pictures on here, to share with everyone. It makes such a big difference in your life, and your outlook on life. You are in my prayers.