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Finally not regretting.  Pain is rare and very tolerable, just still very tired.  Seeing some results! Not so much in the mirror but I can see less pooching stomach when I look down!!!!

Getting in food/protein and water in is still a struggle but getting better all the time. 

 Still not certain I'd do this again - as I lose weight I'm sure I'll feel better about it. I do LOVE that I feel no hunger. 

I would not do it again. Plain and simple. I'd do everything in my power to gain control of my weight except surgery. I AM the 1 in 100 with complications. I am that warning on the Lovenox package insert that says 'may cause hemorrhaging'. I entered the hospital for surgery with excellent blood volume, received that shot just before surgery, and by afternoon all hell broke loose in my body. I required multiple transfusions of blood and blood products to save my life. I vomited blood 'til I couldn't vomit any more. I was convinced I was going to die. 

I am now one week out. I'm so tired I have difficulty walking to the restroom and fixing simple protein meals. I'm out of breath after taking 2 steps. My incisions are still very tender. My muscles are sore from all the vomiting. 

I thought I'd be a textbook perfect case. No outstanding comorbidities with my obesity except high blood pressure, controlled with meds. I'd be in, have a nice laparoscopic RNY, get up and walk by afternoon, and be home the next day. It didn't happen. 

I just want to go back in time, leave everything as nature made it, and try to gain control on my own. Why I think that would work now when it never did before, I don't know. I just think having knowing now what I know, after what I've experienced, I'd just try a little harder. 

I'm not knocking surgery for anyone else. Just for me, at this moment in time, I feel I made the wrong decision. I'll revisit my blog in another week and see if I feel differently after another week of recuperation is behind me.  

I had my pre-op visit with my surgeon. Just waiting for insurance to approve to FINALLY set the date. After years of researching, planning, hoping, and disappointment looks like it's really going to be a go!