Thank you sooo much, this put me at ease. I did go over the risk with my Dr and I'm relatively low risk per my lifestyle etc. But I've had an uncle, sister in law and father in law all have complications with bypass right after and several yrs down the road, (which is why I opted for sleeve) and is contributing to my fears. I know I'm making the right choice for me and my life and have mulled it over for 3 yrs now trying this diet and that but never being fully successful on my own. I'll get through it, a new me is going to emerge strong and impowered with a new tool to get my weight on track!

I had cold feet, yes. Of course, it's natural to feel anxious about any surgery, but second-guessing the decision is particularly bad with WLS because of the guilt and because it feels more "optional". If you had something else wrong, like say gallstones, and your doctor advised surgery, you'd still be nervous, but you probably wouldn't agonise over the decision so much, and you wouldn't feel guilty about needing the surgery.

Those complications are rare. In my answer, I'm going to assume you've discussed the risks with your surgeon, and the logical part of your brain has decided this is the right thing for you to do. Now you need to give the emotional part of your brain something practical to focus on. Here are some things you are likely to experience, so you can be mentally prepared.

• Most people have a short period (a few days?) of "buyer's remorse" after surgery. I think it's a combination of short-term depression which is common after any surgery or illness, and guilt. It doesn't mean you've made a mistake.
• If you get on the scale right after surgery, you'll probably find that you've "gained" 15-20 pounds! This is temporary. It's because they pumped you full of fluids during surgery. You will pee it all out over the next week.
• Dehydration is a serious risk after surgery. Take it seriously! Getting enough fluid is going to be a challenge and a tiresome chore for a while. Eventually it will become second nature.
• Most people have a stall in their weight loss roughly 3 weeks after surgery, but it can happen earlier or later. It usually lasts no more than a couple of weeks.
• You will be low on energy for a while. Even once you feel able to work again, you won't be at 100%. This is normal after any surgery, but it's worse because you're taking in so few calories. Most of the time I felt better than I had in years, but I could go from I-could-run-a-marathon to I-need-to-sit-down-NOW! in the space of a few seconds.
• Eating is going be a chore for a few months, figuring out what agrees with your new stomach and learning how much you can eat.

Despite experiencing all of the things I listed above, it was one of the most exciting and wonderful times of my life. I lost all my excess weight, and -- touch wood -- have kept it off so far.

Hello, I ran across this thread because Im having VSG surgery in 3 weeks and was doing research for myself, however my father in law had gastric bypass surgery several years ago and after about 1 1/2 yrs post surgery he was diagnosed with an ALS type condition. He was never fully diagnosed because they couldnt figure out what was causing it but it mimicked ALS. I have no idea if he was malnourished or not. Unfortunately we just attended his funeral 4 days ago. He had about 1 good year after his symptoms emerged before he started infusions. He survived for 10 yrs before the Infusion's stopped working. Was wheel chair bound and unable to feed himself at the end. So sorry for your brother and what he's going through. I sure hope they find a connection! I believe you may be onto something. I always thought that was weird myself.

Ok you life takes over sometimes -

anyway I'm still hanging there not as good as I expected this is hard y'all don't get comfortable with old bad habits

so technically I have been doing well

a hard boiled egg - water - protein shake

a little chicken and a slice of tomato

my slip up was I had 2 glasses of wine last nite ugh

and my kids and grandkids arrive today for a week so this will continue to be a challenge but I got to do it - I'm still only down 1 pound this is going to take awhile to get off but I believe I can do it .

I'll check back with you in later this week staying accountable wish me luck ??
cheers

Mo

Ok -

so I made a plan and I'm trying to tell myself baby steps - you see Hubby and I moved to a community 2 years ago it's like living on vacation everyday

we play games a friends house - we drink wine and appetizers on the dock -

we boat- we jet ski - we golf so it is super hard to put unreal expectations on myself so rather than giving up and throwing in the towel on my first day I'm instead going to say what I did ok and each day will get better and easier -

so I started off with my morning tea

lunch I had a protein shake

dinner I was suppose to have a shake again but hubby grilled a filet minon ugh and cauliflower

so I ate about a inch cube of steak and couple florets of cauliflower had water to drink

was still hungry a couple hours later so I ate three jalapeño stuffed green olives lol

not too terrible and the he scale today came down one pound

wish me luck report back tomorrow ???