hey everyone!!
I have a question and I'm a little embarassed to even ask it....
to those of you who had WLS...did you ever regret getting it done because you didn't feel like you got your "me" time in?? I'm a 27 year old mother of 3 kids, i had my first at 17 and my last when i was 22, I'm done having kids....but now i feel like it's my time to have a little fun now that they're getting older...i've always put myself on the back burner and i want to do things for myself...i am over weight, i have to lose approx. 120lbs to be at a normal weight. i don't have any co-morbids, i take pain meds which i hate cuz they knock me on my butt, and other than some self image issues once and a while, i feel fine.
i know it sounds like i'm not ready for surgery, but i have been doing research and trying to get my facts straight first, there's a couple things that scare me. i have a family friend who got it done in the states and on the way home she got really sick, she's almost died 4 times and has been in and out of the hospital for over a year, she's lost the weight but it's more due to the fact of being so sick, not the actual surgery. Plus, everyone is different, you can't predict how you're going to react to such a trauma, i've read of ppl getting very depressed right after surgery and actually regretting it. It's also mentioned in a book about WLS that I recently finished reading. When you have a love for food that got you into the position you're in now, how do you cope?? I'm starting to ramble, haha, I guess i just have some stuff to vent out, that's all...
is there anyone out there that regretted getting surgery because they thought they weren't ready due to wanting a bit of a party scene???? i've heared you can't drink alcohol....well not for the first 6 mos after anyways....but i guess i can gear my question more to 'do you feel like you're missing out'? while your friends are having fun and you're sitting there waiting to go home because you know you can't have the type of fun they're having....it's just my thoughts and i'm hoping to get some feedback on them because i'm just trying to get a feel for how it may be after surgery....i don't want to regret anything and any input would help!!
thanks!!

joanne

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hi ,just pecking in with ya  gal .how r ya ? hugs Red in TX .

I'm three years out with the gastric sleeve.  My insurance covered it 100% after I "explained" it to them.  I was their first VSG approval.

No complications, no problems and I have been able to easily maintain a normal BMI, below my  goal.   I am SO lucky, so thankful and so blessed to have had this smooth of an experience with my WLS. 

I have no comparison with the other (also very good) surgeries, but I'd do the VSG again in a heartbeat.

I am in the same boat you are in. My surgery was Sept. 10th and I researched for 2 years before I had this surgery. Like you said it all looks good on paper, but I am miserable also. I HATE the protien shakes and I HATE the taste of sugar free stuff. Everything has a gritty taste to me incl. water and I don't understand why. I feel like I have a constant film in my mouth no matter how many times I brush my teeth. I am always tired and I do take my vitamins. I just do not feel like myself anymore. The weight loss is good and all but to have so many restrictions is just crap! I get cravings so bad for a coke! I know the point is to get healthy and lose weight but at what sacrifice? If I had to do it over again I would have done whatever it took to lose the weight on my own rather then resort to surgery.  You would think in this day and age they would come up with something better.