Does anyone have any regrets after VSG?

I have completed my last required test, now I am waiting to submit the letter of medical necessity for VSG. I have done much research and I am ready but I would like to ask if anyone has any regrets.
I see many posts from people who are very happy and who say this was the best decison they  ever made but there must be someone who has a different opinion.

Anyone?

I just want to accurately weigh my options and make a fully educated decision.

Thanks!

You should probably post this on the Revision board and the DS board as well. I do know we've had some VSGers recently 'add' the switch to give them a complete DS.

As a DSer, I have a Sleeved stomach, and I've found it very easy to live with. Just like my pre-op stomach, except that it gets full faster. BUT I know that I, personally, would not have been vry successful with just the Sleeve---I really needed the malabsorption of the DS.

Hi! I'm pretty new to the WLS since I just had mine in Oct. I had the VSG.

I started to have regrets or better known as "buyer's remorse" about 3-4 wks out. I do not regret having done the surgery. I believe what I was feeling to be a pretty normal reaction to adjusting to the food intake. My tummy was full before my head was satisfied.

Now, it's not like that anymore. I get full and I'm satisfied. It's my "new normal".

Best wishes and have a blessed one!

Definitely seek out people who have had the sleeve for more than 2 years. check the revision board and failed wls board. The first sleever I ever met in real life only lost about 20 lbs out of 200. Its not a cure all. There are unsuccessful people. I think the last percentage I saw was sleeve was 50-60% successful after 5 years.

There's a VSG Maintenace Group here too. Most people are at least a year out. I'm 3 years out myself.

I have to say though that when you ask people if they have regrets on these boards, overwhelmingly the answer is no. To the point where I don't think people are getting the information they really want when they ask this question. I think you will get a better idea if surgery is for you if you lurk on the boards for the surgery types you are interested in and see what day-to-day life is like. Is it something you can live with? Because that's the million dollar question!

When I researched all of the WLS, I was scared of surgery and the lifestyle changes.  When I first read about the DS I thought there was no way I would do that.  I considered the band but didn't want to go thru fills.  I considered RNY because it didn't seem like the complications were as great.  I didn't hear about the sleeve until I saw Dr Rabkin's presentation.

He is a wonderful, brilliant and upfront guy.  I trusted him.  He presented all surgeries and their pros/cons.  I thought the sleeve would be perfect at first.  He said the restriction will take the weight off but the malabsorption would keep it off.  Dr Rabkin does do more than the DS but I am almost sure he doesn't do RnY.  I was so afraid to fail again or to gain weight.  I looked at the statistics and I read all of the boards on OH for one year before getting my DS.  I found that the DSers were very happy with their decision.  Anyone can answer a post and root for their surgery but it's all of the other posts (complications, regrets, weight gain, vomiting, etc) that convinced me.  I was also lucky that my best friend had the DS a year before me.  She was doing wonderfully.  

At least with the sleeve you can add the malabsorption part later, right?!  Good luck on your decision.   

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I am nearly three years out, I havn't made goal but I continue to loose at an excruciatingly slow pace (hypothyroid, PCOS, sleep apnea, stressful life), but I do not regret having the sleeve for one moment.  The past year I have not been as compliant with food intake (quality not quantity) but I have excercised alot more and had more loss than the previous 18 months.

I can eat type of food I want except for more than 2-3 bites of an apple or 2 sips of a fizzy drink.  I still have the same restriction as I had at about 6 months (but I have never pushed the limits to stretch my stomach anyway).  Without question, I could eat around my sleeve with high calorie slider food and would gain back the weight I have lost...healthy choices WILL ALWAYS be necessary for life.

I think the people who have regrets either a) had complications or b) didn't deal with the emotional and mental issues associated with being obese (whi*****ludes putting themselves first for a period of time even if you have family and other commitments).

If you know that you havn't dealth with issues or don't have the staying power to watch your intake and excercise for life, then a VSG will probably not be enough, you might have less regrets with a malabsorbtion surgery.

All surgeries have their drawbacks.  You have to decide which of those drawbacks you can live with.  I will say that the VSG is the most natural surgery.  It makes your stomach smaller, you eat less, but you have to still eat healthy most of the time.  Eating healthy most of the time is a requirement for all surgeries to be fully successful.

Good luck, the VSG is a good surgery if you don't want or need malabsorption.