Regret?
Oh and hope this helps your research: http://www.obesityaction.org/educational-resources/brochures -and-guides/understanding-your-weight-loss-options-brochure/ weight-loss-surgery-morbid-obesity a little bit about the procedures currently approved.
No regrets- only 5 months out. I've already lost 87 lbs and feel confident I will maintain that loss as long as I am fully committed to my health. I already feel so much better than I have in years. If you're considering VSG and have any acid reflux at all be sure to mention that to your center - good luck with your journey.

RNY Jan 12, 2017 Lost 137 lbs but regained 60.
77 lbs lost and counting!
Losing the regain! I got this!
I have no regrets, except, like others have said, not doing it sooner.
That's now, at 5 months out. After I woke up from surgery I felt like I wa**** by a truck and my first thought was, "OMG, what have I done to myself?".
During my first walk after surgery, in the hospital, I stopped a nurse and asked her to wheel me over to the psych ward because I was sure I wasn't in my right mind for having done this to myself and thought I needed psychological help. I was dead serious but she thought I was joking and just laughed and helped me back to bed.
Then, several hours later, I noticed that for the first time in my life, I wasn't obsessing over what I could eat next. I had NO appetite at all, and had to force myself to sip on water and the soup broth they gave me that first day.
The next day I was still in pain but was still amazed that I had no appetite, no food obsessions, nothing.
Once I was discharged from the hospital and able to sleep I started feeling a bit better. I still had pain (which is not normal; most people don't have pain like I did, so don't worry), but it got a little better every day.
Now I'm thrilled with my decision and wish I would have done it 20 or 30 years sooner. I spent so long trying to lose the weight on my own and just kept losing and regaining everything I lost, plus more, for so long. I felt so hopeless about my weight pre op. I'm down almost 90 Lbs and walk, ride my bike, or swim almost every day. I am no longer depressed or anxious and no longer need to shop in plus sized stores. It feels great to go into ANY store and find clothes that fit. I still have a long way to go, but I am thrilled with this journey, bumps and all.

Pre-Op Visit: Jan. 10, 2017, weight 304, surgeon: Dr. David Lindsay, St. Joe's, Toronto
1st Day of (3 weeks worth of) Optifast: Jan. 11, 2017
Surgery Date: Feb. 1st, 2017
Kathy
I can totally relate to your story, i am so happy with the results that i am getting. I haven't felt this good or been at this weight in the last 25 years.i can't wait to see what else life has in store for me.

I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH JESUS CHRIST, WHO STRENGTHENS ME!
HW:278
cw:185.6
GW:140
The only regret I have is not getting my act together to have it sooner. I had the lap band first as well and I do regret that.

Lap band: 2006. Revision to RNY 9/23/2016
8/2/17: Goal Reached: 135lbs. & 115lbs lost (5'3")
Pre-op: 250, SW 242, CW 125, GW 135
Pre-op: 9lb M1: 20lb M2: 11.5lb M3: 11.9 M4: 13.4 M5: 10.8 M6: 10.2 M7: 8.1 M8: 8.4 M9: 6.5 M10: 5.7 M11: 3.5 M12: 4.3
on 6/19/17 5:08 pm
Not even one.

"What you eat in private, you wear in public." --- Kat