I have no advice for you but I do suggest you post on the RNY board instead of the regrets board.  The ppl. On the RNY board are the ones who will be able to help and advise you. It does get better with time but you need some real life help from. Ppl who have been there and done that. Sounds like your surgeon is pretty useless as they often are post op. GL,

I felt awful and regretted the surgery for about 2 months, mainly due to post op complications of my gallbladder removal, which I had done at the same time as my revision from lapband to RNY. Also, maybe due to all the meds they pump into us, we can feel depressed. I know I did. I made an effort to walk outside, which felt good just to breathe in fresh air. Once you get onto soft and solids, and get a little exercise, you will feel better. I couldn't stand the protein shakes either, and to this day, never drink them. Hang in there - it will get better.

WTF????????????? You haven't had any complications, your weight has been stable for many years (I'll bet that wasn't the case before surgery) and yet you regret having WLS? I don't get it.  Maybe you regret your heart surgeries as well, even though they saved your life? Try being so sick you can't leave your house and regaining 100 lbs and then talk about regret.  But instead of living with regret I was proactive, did what I could to correct the problems I had (many of which I brought on myself) and turned things around so that I wasn't a victim any more.  If you are so full of regret why don't you have a reversal?  I am sure you can complain enough that some surgeon will do it just to shut you up.

There are people out there dying, who would give anything for the opportunity you have been given, the gift you have been given, a successful WLS with no complications but instead of being grateful all you do is whine and complain about how much you regret being given this gift.  A gift that has given you nothing but positive results.  Do you just enjoy complaining?  Poor me, I really regret winning the lottery.  I have no idea how I am going to spend all this money.  God, how I wish I had the power to relieve you of this terrible burden that you have and put you back at your morbidly obese self where you really would have something to cry about.

after reading other posts just hit me some have regrets so newly P.O. well i am nearly 7 yrs P.O. and still regretting Weight Loss Surgery

I am still in regrets of having this Wls, I have so much anger and hate myself for doing this..I havent had any complications from Wls. I have amazingly never regained more than 5 lbs post op. I always get back on track when i see a 5 lb regain on the scale. I use my scale every day 2X a day.. I have had a few more heart attacks since weight loss surgery (heart attack was caused from too much calcium in my heart arteries)..Seems the only Pro for having weight loss surgery is that we lose weight, many other bad things happen P.O. wls  nutrition deficenties. things get so stressful post op..Anxiety is very overwhelming. Dr. sez get lab work done once a yr P.O. I say get it done once every 3 months.could have prevented my last heart attack..those are no fun, trust me.

 

I cant do so many things i did pre op.True i am exception. my heart issues , I still cant go on amuzement park rides, I did have one good thing happen after weight loss, I can ride horses ,  and love riding them.which i never did pre op. even though i see obese people riding horses, i would have never done it pre op. I worry so much what kind of care i will get as i age living in a nursing home or where ever. I know i have to eat to get nutrition . I could write so much here all the Cons I have had but that would take too long..I need to update my profile and I plan to soon to tell about all my cons of WLS.

I know i could have lost weight on my own now. I love Dr. Oz show has taught me so much about foods.I couldnt afford to go see a nutritionist.I was 120 lbs overweight and know i could have lost at least 50 lbs and been ok with that.I have lost 110 lbs P.O. regained 5 lbs. working on taking it back off.

Has anyone overcame regrets later on P.O.? PeaceV Wendy