does any one regret having gastric bypass?
white stuff in your mouth is probably thrush. Go to the Dr and get the meds you dissolve in your mouth 5x a day. In a few days, you will feel much better and the taste improves greatly of everything you put in your mouth. Tht in itself will make a big difference in how you feel, being able to drink and staying out of the hospital.
It isn't easy in the beginning, but it does get better. I hope your situation improves rapidly.
It isn't easy in the beginning, but it does get better. I hope your situation improves rapidly.
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During my vomiting phase (before my doc got it fixed with prevacid) I was really thinking that I would probably die.
After that got over with it, and after I could take pills instead of chewables, and after I found some likeable protein sources, I'm in love with my WLS. I just had to hang in there!
In my current stage I'm worried about not losing any more and then maybe gaining. I'm hating reading about the malabsorption lessening and the rebound weight that people talk about that just happens while you're eating/exercising the same.
To be 100% honest, I could deal with not losing more - even though I'm still overweight - but I would rather lose more in preparation for the rebound thing that I read about.
But no regrets after I began feeling good and got my supplements in order.
Hang in there! Enjoy the faster weight loss that you're experiencing now. It might go away when your problems go away - if you are like me. Mainly - communicate with your doc. Mine kind of set me up in the beginning by saying - "tell me if you have a problem and we're going to fix it." That was reassuring.
After that got over with it, and after I could take pills instead of chewables, and after I found some likeable protein sources, I'm in love with my WLS. I just had to hang in there!
In my current stage I'm worried about not losing any more and then maybe gaining. I'm hating reading about the malabsorption lessening and the rebound weight that people talk about that just happens while you're eating/exercising the same.
To be 100% honest, I could deal with not losing more - even though I'm still overweight - but I would rather lose more in preparation for the rebound thing that I read about.
But no regrets after I began feeling good and got my supplements in order.
Hang in there! Enjoy the faster weight loss that you're experiencing now. It might go away when your problems go away - if you are like me. Mainly - communicate with your doc. Mine kind of set me up in the beginning by saying - "tell me if you have a problem and we're going to fix it." That was reassuring.
I am only 4 weeks out, but I feel your pain. I sometimes feel like I have made a huge mistake. No food is good, I am sick of popsicles and water. I have tried chrystal light that everyone raves about, GROSS. I love cold water but can only sip and by the time i have taken a quarter of the bottle it is warm and I don't want it. Anyhow, I am glad I had it and sometimes not flad. I am told by many, my mom included, that it will get better. Even if it doesn't, there is nothing we can do about it now. I try to eat what I can that agrees with me. Sometimes not the best choices, but I have to have something in my body. Good luck to you.
I have recently gotten over my third ulcer. Because of my previous ulcers I was on pureed and liquid for 5 or 6 months. I really don't enjoy much when it comes to food.
When it comes to regrets I do have some regret. I regret living my life the way I was before having surgery and discovering what life could be like. I regret the life my wife lived in the early years of our marriage. I regret not previously being a role model to my sons and not being the your of farther they could be proud of.
Since surgery I haven't regretted having this procedure done. I didn't regret it having 4 scopes done 5 er visits, I didn't regret it crossing the finish line of my first 5k out crossing the finish line of my most recent holding my find hand with a finish time of 35 minutes a whole 15 minutes faster than my first.
So there are many things I regret but this surgery is not one.
When it comes to regrets I do have some regret. I regret living my life the way I was before having surgery and discovering what life could be like. I regret the life my wife lived in the early years of our marriage. I regret not previously being a role model to my sons and not being the your of farther they could be proud of.
Since surgery I haven't regretted having this procedure done. I didn't regret it having 4 scopes done 5 er visits, I didn't regret it crossing the finish line of my first 5k out crossing the finish line of my most recent holding my find hand with a finish time of 35 minutes a whole 15 minutes faster than my first.
So there are many things I regret but this surgery is not one.
Paul C.
First 5K 9/27/20 46:32 - 11 weeks post op (PR 28:55 8/15/11)
First 10K 7/04/2011 1:03 First 15K 9/18/2011 1:37
First Half Marathon 10/02/2011 2:27:44 (PR 2:24:35)
First Half Ironman 9/30/12 7:32:04

First 5K 9/27/20 46:32 - 11 weeks post op (PR 28:55 8/15/11)
First 10K 7/04/2011 1:03 First 15K 9/18/2011 1:37
First Half Marathon 10/02/2011 2:27:44 (PR 2:24:35)
First Half Ironman 9/30/12 7:32:04
RIGHT NOW i regret it. I am 6 weeks out and still nausious all the time. I've been in the hospital three times, 2 nights, 3 nights and 1 night and thats not including the 2 nights i spent for the actual surgery. I throw up most of what i eat and drink and I just feel sluggish all the time.
I know I won't regret it when I feel better. I'm just waiting til I feel better.
I know I won't regret it when I feel better. I'm just waiting til I feel better.
I was in your exact situation. 9 weeks post-op I had an ulcer that caused me to develop a stricure. I was only getting in a bottle of water a day and that was tough. I did that for about a month. I had no protein intake and had muscle wasting - your body has to get its protein somewhere. I had no appetite and nothing tasted good. I was admitted to the hospital several times and was out of work for awhile. I couldn't even get myself off the couch without getting to the floor and crawling to the steps to get myself in a standing position. Now I'm 11 months post-op and life could not be better. I just consider that time period to be a small bump in the road. I even tell pre-op patients that if someone told me that was going to happen, but that I would get much better, I would still have the surgery. I've lost 166 pounds. The only prescription I take is for acid reflux. I've been ziplining and white water rafting in the past few months. Those are things I could never have done before. Months from now this problem will be a distant memory and you won't believe how different your life is.
I regretted it over the first few weeks. I really felt like I had been basically ok before, and now I was sick, and hurt, and nauseous, and nothing tasted right, and and and...
And it gets better. Slowly, over the next few weeks or couple of months, you will start to feel better. It seems like such a long time when you're in the middle of it, and unhappy, but looking back, it was just a rough patch I went through, and I am so glad I was able tot get this surgery. There is no way I was ever going to see this kind of weight loss otherwise. Ever.
And it gets better. Slowly, over the next few weeks or couple of months, you will start to feel better. It seems like such a long time when you're in the middle of it, and unhappy, but looking back, it was just a rough patch I went through, and I am so glad I was able tot get this surgery. There is no way I was ever going to see this kind of weight loss otherwise. Ever.
The begining can be uncomfortable and frustrating. A few years out and it still is at times. However, it is so much better than the alternative. Continuing to get fatter and fatter each year would have been the real regret. The downside of wls is just an inconvenience.
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I am also 9 weeks out with an ulcer and bad inflammation. The foamies are terrible and I wish I could eat something besides liquids, however I certainly don't regret the surgery. I would never have lost this weight without it, I probably would be close to 300 lbs by now. It's a bit miserable right now but I know that it will pass. It all depends on your state of mind. Mine is positive most of the time so my general opinion about having had RNY is also positive. I wish you lots of luck and that both of our ulcers resolve soon so we can have a more normal life.










