NO!!! First Year Reflections (Really Long)

Carmen - Glad I could help! Congrats on your surgery date. Don't worry yourself to death, it's going to be fine! Also, don't borrow trouble by looking for horror stories - try to focus on the positive. If you have any questions, please feel free to email me. Take care, Teresa

Hi Tia, What a great story! Thanks for the post, I know you must have helped a lot of people with this, thanks for ,,,, KEEPING IT REAL! I will be having RNY this fall, and you really touched on a lot of things I was worrying about. Tia you talked about telling your Dr.DVR jokes, how bout telling us all one! I think a lot of us needs some cheering up right now. Good Luck! Thanks, Leatha

Teresa, Thank you so much for your story. The part about wishing you had done this years ago was especially important to me because I am 22 yrs. old and was wondering if I was being crazy having this done so young. My grandmother died of obesity related diseases and I don't want to follow in her foot steps in that department. I am hoping for a Jan. surgery date due to the fact that I am a college student and need to have it done during winter break, or over the summer. Thank you for taking the time to share. Good luck to you and take care!!! Courtney

Courtney - Yep, I soooo wish I had had this done when I was your age. Even though I'm a very young 39 (and holding!!!), and hope that I have another 40 years or so, who knows what damage I've already done by being obese for so long. It's hard, too, to try to get into the dating scene at my age - I think I've forgotten how!!! I've got so many "issues" from so many years of obesity, that it's a struggle to see the now me - I still see the before me!!! The one thing I regret is that I didn't document my weight loss as well as I would've liked - take pictures every month, take measurements, etc., it'll be so much easier to "see" your progress. Good luck - hope everything goes well. Please feel free to email me should you have any questions, fears, etc. Teresa

Leatha - Hi! Thanks for responding; sorry it took me so long to get back to you. As far as my "telling jokes," they're not really jokes, per se. It's more my attitude - I try to approach every situation with wit and a lot of times, sarcasm. Sometimes, it really gets me through the day - kind of like chocolate did pre-op!!!!! Just remember, this journey is like a roller coaster - up and down, and you may want to puke, but in the end, it is sooooo worth it!!! Good luck! Teresa

I appreciate your post, but I always get annoyed when I find "no regret posts" on this board....This is perhaps the only place where a person who has regrets can post without getting flamed or second guessed.. I suffered from a long recovery period and felt very isolated and depressed during my first 7  months, and even at support group, every time I mentioned how I was feeling, people would try to invalidate my feelings.... Four years have passed since my surgery, and given the same set of cir****tances, I would do this all again....I just would hope that people would be more willing to accept that some of us do feel regret and need a safe place to express it....