Question:
Can you help with these concerns regardling WLS?

One concern I have is whether your energy level will go up or down. Will I feel tired because I am eating so much less food than before? What are the long term health risks with RYN Surgery? I hope to have LAP RYN but I have not really read of others who have had the RYN surgery for a very long period of time(please comment here). Will your stomach stretch so that eventually you will be able to eat as you once did? Will you get depressed because you are not going to be able to eat on special occasions as you once did? I seem to be addicted to food & it is a big concern of mine for me whether I will be able to deal with this when I have not been able to do so before. Will this surgery really work for me? I had almost given up hope in myself because I felt there was nothing I could do about my being overweight because I did not have faith/determination in myself. My parents had begged me to try & lose weight & I would try to do anything for them but I simply could not do this & therefore I felt of myself as being a failure although I had been successful in many areas of my life. Is    — Vickie K. (posted on April 27, 2000)

April 27, 2000
I am 6 months postop of a Lap proximal RNY. So I can not address your long term questions. I can tell you how my body/psyche has reacted to the surgery. Before surgery if I waited too long for dinner I would want to jump out of my skin, my little nerve endings would just scream to eat anything to increase my blood sugar. Tonight after work I walked just under 3 miles then went to the store and didn't get dinner until 8. I had a little turkey jerky and some sunflower seeds as an afternoon snack and had no problem waiting for a late dinner. The difference before and after surgery is like night and day. You also asked about food and special occasions. Honestly last Christmas was tuff, because at that time there was so little I could actually eat. My next Christmas will be just fine. I can now eat most things just in small quantities. Today at work we had some fabulous cookies. I ate one small corner and that was all I wanted. Before surgery I would have had more than one and also helped myself to the candy that was out. I find small quantities satisfy me. I think I may enjoy food more now than ever before.
   — Jilda H.