Members Speak.....If you could, would you?

I definitely made the right decision! I have no regrets and would do it again in a heartbeat, if need be.

Absolutely!  While I have had some ongoing problems with discomfort and nausea when I eat since my surgery, I am still less than a year out, and am optimistic these problems will get better with time.  Even if they don't, I would still have the surgery again.  Feeling better, having more energy, and being able to participate more fully in life is totally worth it!

In a heartbeat! I've lost 190 lbs, and even with a marginal ulcer that required a revision to repair, I'd do it all again. My kids have never known the fat me, and for that, I am eternally grateful. Life is so much easier when you're not carrying the weight of an extra, overweight, person, on your body.

I had a plastic surgery consult this week, and the surgeon said I have lost ALL of my excess weight, and all that is left is skin!!! Hearing those words from a pro like him, I felt like a kid at Christmas! Lol

In a heartbeat I would do it again. I remember watching Oprah years ago and I was in awe of people who have had the surgery and were successful.

When I started my weight loss journey I don't count the number of diets I have been on that would be a two page post. I knew it was time. This website has helped me a lot.

The vets here are great. They really do help.Even newbies like myself have helped me get through some tough times.

I have no regrets on having RNY. I can look at myself and I can walk and do things I couldn't do before.I used to always come up with some type of an illness if why we would have to leave somewhere.Now everyone else is ready to go and I am still going strong.

If I could go back I would have NEVER EVER EVER NEVER had the Lapband.  That wretched thing gave me the worst years of my life.

I would however, go back and have my RNY again and again!!! My biggest regret was choosing the band instead of the bypass.

Sherrie, I, too, had the lap band in 2005 and only lost 45 lbs. I wanted the RNY but couldn't afford it at the time.  I so wish I had waited.  I have since gained back 25 of the 45 lbs that I lost.  I am considering having

revision surgery to the RNY or DS but I'm SO AFRAID that I won't lose the weight that I want to lose.  I need to lose at least 100 lbs.  I have read that you don't lose as much weight with a second surgery, so what would be the use of having a second surgery if I only lost 20 lbs?  I am so frustrated and feel like such a failure.  It's been so long since I have been under 200 lbs.  How was your success at losing with the second surgery?

I have not one regret!  I am loving my life and myself!

I at first was against the surgery when my neurosurgeon mentioned it, but when my Primary Dr mentioned that research was showing it fixing PCOS she thought that maybe it would fix my fertility issues long enough to get pregnant. One pregnancy is all I am looking for, we will adopt the rest. So when she thought it would fix what was broke with my body, I finally did the research myself, found a good Dr who knew what Intracranial Hypertension was, and was comfortable working with my shunt and tubing during surgery that I finally decided to do it.

I may have regretted it the first 24 hours after surgery with the constant dry heaving every time I moved, even when just turning in bed, but now I am happy I did it. I would do it all over again, and it really was the best decision I could make for myself. I am only 3 months in, but I don't regret anything, and am grateful for this second chance at life. A year ago I was facing being blind, daily headaches on a scale of 10 most days, gaining weight even though I was eating very little, getting turned down for foster adoption, and in general in a dark time in my life. Now I have enough energy to get through the day of teaching, I have hope, and focusing on healing each and every day. 64 lbs ago I was barely making it. Can't wait to go shopping in the regular sized clothing section and stores.

As I was being wheeled in for WLS, the surgeon bent over me and said in my ear, "this will buy you fifteen years you would have never seen."  I haven't looked back since.