What do YOU regret from WLS

Not a single regret! Well-actually the only regret I have is that I didn't do it sooner. So many years wasted.

I guess I'm so happy now to be where I desperately wanted to be for so many years that I regret nothing. I believe this surgery has saved me from having the same health problems I've watched my mom, aunts, etc. go through now that they've lived with obesity for 40+ years in their lives. Your friend is probably missing you but too proud to admit to herself that she feels threatened by the lighter side of you. Thankfully, noone has done that to me. A few people have openly said I "cheated" the system with surgery - of course they have no idea what it's like to be obese. I choose to ignore their ignorance and try to educate them on what it was like for me before surgery and how everything I tried wasn't successful. Oh well, I could go on and on but there's no point, everyone here has met those types. ....... Cindy 267 starting weight 133 today (at goal!!!)

Ugh! I hate when people say WLS is "cheating." It's such a silly thing to say on so many levels--It's like saying that a person with heart disease is "cheating" if he has heart bypass surgery to extend his life, or a person with bad knees is "cheating" by getting knee replacements to improve her quality of life! No one would say that. So irritating. ---- Leslie

I regret NOTHING. This has been the best thing I have ever done for and to myself. But now that I'm way past the honeymoon phase, I should have been more diligent with exercise. I too probably wouldn't be struggling with this last amount I need to get rid of.

Yeah the cheating thing really p*sses me off too! That was one of the final things she said in a group when they complimented me on how great I looked. It was and I quote, "Look, it's not like she did anything great, she just decided to have surgery, what's the big deal in THAT." UGH!!!! On the other side, I have tried to leave several doors open for communication with her, the last just being a few weeks ago and I got no reply, so I guess we really see people for who they are when our outward appearance changes and potentially "threatens" their own self worth. I'd do this all over again, losing my "friend" or not!

She wasn't a true friend.........if she had been she would not have disappeared from your life. You served a purpose in her life, maybe that she was thinner, prettier, etc. When you no longer filled that slot she eliminated you from her life. There are people out there who will love you warts and all, those are the true friends. It's hard to accept that but we have to recognize that people can deceive us. I've also heard it said there are many kinds of friends and I've seen that in my life. Some friends are for life, others we acquire due to the place we are at that time in our life (wls friends for example), others are there for a time and gone due to life changes, etc. The important thing is that we have friends in our lives. Have a good day!

that i dint have it done sooner i wasted so many years yo yoing with my weight..

ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! No regrets other than DITTO....I didnt do it sooner! But that is HISTORY!! Julie

Okay, I DO have a TRUE regret. I heard that RNY was the "gold standard" of WLS and had no clue that some surgeons transect and some do not. I also didn't know the higher failure rate for a non-transected stomach. So, after having a staple line disruption I certainly wish I had known that little tidbit of information and saved myself from a year of regaining weight while waiting for a revision. And for those who wonder why I gained weight during that year ... well, my stomach had TWO openings and food was heading down TWO intestinal tracks (pics at the bottom of my profile) so I was twice as doomed as I was before ever having the original surgery! I was ever bit as ravenous as I was before I ever had surgery and the floodgates had been opened wide... {sigh} My second surgeon told me there's only a 40% failure rate for non-transected patients so that means 60% of them miss this little bump in the road. DeeDee

Hi, the only thing I regret is that I did not exercise as frequently and consistantly as I should have ~ I think it would have made a real difference in my wt loss and not having as many plateaus as I did. I did have a good excuse though ~ a reoccurence of a very large hernia in my groin, since about the 3rd month after my WLS. Eileen p.s. Have you lived in Alaska all your life?? My sister lived in Anchorage for about 18 years and I visited up there about 5 times. It is so gorgeous there!!! I enjoyed my visits up there very much! She lives in Hawaii now and I am hoping to visit there again next year, as the last time I went was 1975.