I am scheduled for VSG surgergy in two weeks.  Guess you could say that I am getting the case of "cold feet".  My BMI is 37.  I am almost 5'3" and weigh 208.  I have no other co-morbities besides my weight.

My question is......with no other health issues did you regret getting wls?  Did it just create other problems for you?

I can say I did have moments where I quesioned if I was making the right decisions. I think that is a normal response to the unknown. Hopefully you have done your research and will in the end make the best decision for you!
I had my surgery one year ago today and do not/have not ever regretted that decision.

Congrats on having your sugery in 2 weeks.  I too am 5'3 but I weigh 236.  I am sure I will get cold feet too but I know all this will pass once you have passed that after surgery date, and know that you are losing weight  So cold feet now will hopfully get warmer as you lose weight.  Just think you beat all the co-morbities before they even got started.  I already have some Co-morbities they are not fun.    I wish you luck with your upcoming surgery and hope all goes well for you

 I am two years post-op, 5'4" and 140 lbs.  I was 236, BMI 39.3 when I started.  I CAN tell you that there have been a few times I have doubted my decision, but 99% of the time, I am very glad I did it.  I have had to have other surgeries (not related), and the meds I could take were limited by my RNY.  Also, I dump, which has its good and bad sides.  It keeps me in check, but sometimes I miss being able to enjoy dessert with my family.  However, these are the only doubts/regrets I have, and I would not change a thing now.  The benefits of losing those 100 pounds have far outweighed (excuse the pun) the very few negatives.  I just want to be honest and realistic with you.  You will have moments when you will doubt your decision or wonder if what you did was the right thing, but my experience has been that 99% of the time, I am sure that I made the right choice.  I hope this helps you.

:)Michelle

I wish that I had done it the first time my weight went over 200 pounds. I can't believe how many years of my life I wasted fighting my weight and losing and not being able to do everything I wanted to.

Hi Honey,

Good for you for expressing your concerns, it is natural to get nervous before surgery and wonder what you did the day after surgery...

However, I had a BMI of 30.8 and no co-morbilities.  I LOVE my Sleeve and like Mac just wish I had done it sooner.  I struggled for so many years, losing and gaining, losing and gaining more.  For the first time since I was a teen, I have control of my weight, I like my body, I love life, I am strong and confident and look great... (blush...)

I am so happy I was able to go to Cancun, Mexico where they would do surgery on me with such a low BMI, because I am so tall I still will end up losing about 90 lbs in total, because I like to be extra thin, but in Canada when I inquired years ago, he basically laughed me out of his office.  After that I lost 74 lbs with Atkins and kept it off a few years, or gained it back slower than usualy is probably more accurate.  When I gained it back that time, I said that was it, I was done with dieting, and I just slowly got heavier and heavier and more and more miserable...

Having the Sleeve has changed my life!  Go for it!

Hugs,

Cindy

It's normal be nervous. Hang in there. I have zero regrets at almost 3 years post-op.

--g

I started to have some regrets when I was on my pre-op liquid diet and was losing weight. I thought, "why don't I just continue with this liquid diet and lose the rest of the weight?" I'm like you, no serious co-morbities. Silly me! How quick I forget. Sure, I'd lose weight....maybe all of it if I were lucky, but I know me. I'd cheat here and there...a holiday would come and I'd overeat, then I'd be "off and running" with the food and it would be the same old story only a different day.

I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that given the choice, I WILL overeat. Having WLS forces me into a healthier lifestyle. So no, I don't regret it for one minute. I'm very happy not eating sugar, flour or anything else that's bad for me. Those things are EVIL as far as I'm concerned. They never did me any favors....just made me miserable.

I'm 2wks out and I feel GREAT! No unhealthy foods, no caffeine, no cigarettes. You're going to feel great too! What you're feeling right now is normal.

In short, I'd hop up on that operating table and do it again!

I would do it again in a heartbeat and like MacMadame, I regret spending all the $$ and time at WW killing my metabolism and thinking *I* was the failure. I have lost 83# to date and have the body I always thought I should have. I also was a LW at a 35BMI and 208#/5'4.5". Now I weigh about 125 and have a bmi of 20.8.

Bridget

ABSOLUTELY NO REGRETS!!!

I'm also 5/3" and my surgery weight was 208.  I'd do it again in a heartbeat!  Best thing I did for myself.  My scale said 122 this morning - there is NO way i could have done that by myself...

 

 I only wish i'd done it sooner .....

I think cold feet right before surgery is very normal. I remember being on the way to the hospital thinking "what am I doing??"
I came through surgery just fine, had zero complications, no pain, no anything really- healed fine & lost the weight without so much as a stall. Hit my goal well within a years time. I started the process right about where you are, close to a 37/38 BMI, no comorbities at all other than the occasional sore feet.

So now I'm a size 6 & the world is perfect, right? Nope. There have been times, many many times since surgery that I have regretted my decision. All of that regret goes back to the fact that I did not address the issues that made me heavy in the first place BEFORE I went under the knife. Yeah, I started therapy about 6 months prior, but I had no clue that I was fat because I was failing to process certain things/ issues/ memories.
It did not take me long to become a full-blown alcoholic after surgery & that has, by far, been much much harder to work out than anything that ever came with shopping at Lane Bryant and wearing a size 18. With alcoholism came relationship difficulties all around- with my partner, my daughter, my friends, my family. I did get off the elevator at a relatively high floor in that I didn't lose anything, didn't go to rehab, etc... but many times I have thought the surgery has caused me more trouble than it was worth.

That's my honest answer. I love the way I look in pictures these days and am not afraid of the camera or other people, but I am pretty sure I've become afraid of my own shadow. If I had it to do over again, I can't say I would make the same choice.

I will be 3 mo on the 9th. I never got cold feet about doing the surgery, after I made my mind up and it was smooth going. I did have cold feet about paying out of pocket....I was taking money from our family and so on. In the end, I see it was best for our whole family. I am happy, I enjoy doing things outside with my family. I had thyroid problems going into surgery ...I always will be on meds with it. Just had my first work up since my surgery and my DR was all smiles. She said the blood work has never looked better. This is from a Dr that really has no background on the sleeve, I didn't even tell her before my surgery I was afraid she would look down on me. I still am in ahh that when I did have to tell her, she came back with good for you. Good for you doing your research and doing something to help yourself. She said she was proud of me! I too, wish I wouldn't of waited to do it. My highest weigh was 203 and I am 5'2 small boned. Years from now I will be healthy, happier and look better because of my sleeve. Vs heavier and unhappy and unhealthy. There are so many in my family that have had to fight with weight for the whole life, I don't want to do that. Instead I want to be happy. I don't think you will ever say I wish I didn't do it. It is hard work, for some more than others. I have been super lucky and it's been easy for me. I never had the ..I wish I could eat that, I am not hungry at all. I know it all could change. But I also have learned to change me. I won't say I don't  have a bite now and then of something I shouldn't, I do...but one bite is all I ever want. Somethings I use to love.....I don't even crave anymore. In the end, you have to do what is best for you and your life!!! Keep me posted on how you do!!!

L~

I only wish I could have done it sooner.  I had the VSG at 242 pounds and 5'2". 

I am a year out and my BMI is now 28. 

Just got back from my walk; me and my MP3 are bestest friends!

AppleSpice 251

I am very happy with my decision to have WLS. I have a couple of regrets. I wish I had investigated more surgeries than the RNY. I still think I would do better with DS. I have regretted the fact that I can't take nonsteroidal anti-inflammatoroy medications. I have had a major surgery since my WLS and since I have so many allergies to pain medications it is hard to take an entire class out.
The only other regret I have is that I spent most of my life fat and unhealthy. I missed my kids young years, not being able to play with them.