Did you wish that someone told you about it before?

I think you are very wise having surgery now, before you get heavier (which happens to most of us).  I had a BMI of 39 and am thrilled with the results!

All the best!

I was surprised by how tired I was postop- I had no other problems. No nausea, no pain, etc. Constipation can be a big problem for a lot of people. If you eat too fast or too much alot of pressure builds up and you have to burp. Feels like you have swallowed a lot of air. Good luck u will do great!

I wish I would have known that this surgery would still allow me to eat what ever I want when I want, 7 months  out. Today I struggle with staying on track, just remember it's a tool at helping you get full faster, but everything you crave now you will crave again. Just get healthy, exercise, and stay focused, you will do fine. My biggest problem was not allowing myself to succeed, I always feel great and feel I am done with it all, but we are never done, it is a life long struggle. I read once skinny people eat like skinny people... fat people eat like fat people...... words to live by.

I was at a 36-37 BMI (depending on the day) before my surgery.  I believe that in life in general that we are all on a path.  You can pretty much see where you are going to end up by looking at your path.  The path I was on was leading me to get larger every year and develop more health problems.  I needed to change my path, and this helped me do it.   Everyone's experience is so different.  I hated the first week, disliked the second week, and was neutral for a few more.  Now I love it.  What I wish I'd known - I really can eat all of the things I used to eat.  I just don't want that many things anymore. 

Yes! My Dr. Required a bowel prep.. Had to drink magnesium sulltrate and take dolcolax the day before surgery!  It was not a fun day! I thought all surgeons required this.. Apparently from the responses to my post, all surgeons do not require this.....

Sounds like you are well-prepared. I wish someone had suggested a larger bra for the first couple of weeks. I was so swollen that my old bra didn't fit well in the band area for a couple of days. And for about the first two weeks I would swell up in the evening,  just enough to be uncomfortable.

Ps I was 193 at surgery. 198 when I decided on the surgery. I'm 5'2. I knew if I didn't do it now, I'd be gaining 5-10# every year and have to have it in 5-10 years. And I was so unhappy with my life. I was isolating, depressed, and just plain miserable. My parents are severely obese, have diabetes, back & knee problems, you name it. That would be me. I know I have tried just about every diet known to man, and while I can lose 15-20# it comes right back and brings more pounds with it.

I had surgery on October 3rd and a few people told me the same thing, " your not that bad". What does that mean??? I was 220lbs when I decided to have the surgery done. I strongly believe that having this surgery not only will help me lose the weight, but also prevent me from gaining more in the future and I know that is where I was headed. Only you can make the right decision for you. Good luck!

I was 238 pounds (5 feet 5 inches) BMI=39.8  the day I started a 2 weeks pre-op diet.  Yes somebody at the natural store told me you don't need to have surgery, I was not big enough for her.  I had several health issues and other symptoms showing up.  

Since I started the diet on September 22nd I have lost 22 pound, My feet, back, neck, knee aches less or nothing at all; the pressure of my CPAP has gone down 1.5cmH2O, I feel better ( tired because of the strict diet) and I regret only not have done it 2 years ago when I was more heavy and the sleep apnea was diagnosed.

I had 95 ponds to lose, I was a class I morbid obese, yes a morbid obese even with only 95 pounds.  Those 95 pounds are way too much for what my body is able to stand, the signs of deterioration were already there and I was every day in pain.  No one is able to feel what you feel but everyone has something to say about what he/she doesn't know or even understand.  If you think you are ready to change your life and make the effort it will need, go ahead and don't look back.  I was wondering until I was out of the operating room, today I'm happy and don't regret my decision.  For sure sometimes I'm still wondering how my new life will be but for sure it will be way better than what it was going to be without the VSG.

All the best

Rosie

p.s

I didn't't have a pre-op preparation with magnesia etc.

I have read for the VSGs the foamies is a very rare difficulty, this happens more for the RNYs people.