If you could do this surgery all over again....
No, I would NOT have this surgery again,. I would spend everything I could to go back and change things but that is not possible. I struggle with the damage this has caused to my body and my life every day. I would NOT do it. I do, however, work hard to maintain my health as best as I can and appreciate all the good advice and support of my fellow WLS survivors.
Yup. I am only 16 months out, so I realize that I am not really far enough out to know for sure that I am a WLS success story, but.. I have lost 155 lbs and maintained that loss for the last 5 months. I am much more aware of what I put in my mouth now and I have learned a TON about nutrition that I didn't know before, so even if I DO gain some weight back, I think I will still end up healthier than I was before surgery.
Healthier = success
Maintaining weight loss = icing on the cake
So, I would do it again in a second.
Healthier = success
Maintaining weight loss = icing on the cake
So, I would do it again in a second.
I don't think i would hesitate...even though..today i have been down and feel like i am just not losing the weight..ha..i have lost 52 lbs but my weight loss has been strange..i have been teetering on a couple pounds for about a week now. lose it..gain it..lose it..gain it..lol I have had no problems.. i get amazed when i can eat a grilled chicken snack wrap at mcdonalds and take off most of the wrap and be full when i am done with that little piece of chix. ha. i get upset if i am eating more than 700 calories..(wtheck huh?) when i think about it i probably ate 3000 before. So the emotional thing is the hardest but being fat was emotional too. Now i can tie my shoes..shave my legs..not have to do hard manuevers to do simple everyday things..lol i can walk without getting all winded..i can do so many things i couldn't before..amazing..and i have only started my journey.
Yes, I would do it over and over and over again. 100% new lease on life. While embracing the one who carried all that weight for 25 years, and loving her fiercely... I now feel that my body matches who I am. Can't really explain it ... because I am not my body... but in this world, the body counts big time!
Now - spending my whole savings? I guess I would have to say no - just because I am in Canada and for many years weight loss surgery wasn't covered by our health care (in Ontario), and then when it was the doctors who could do it were few and far between... so people waited for 5+ years. During the past five years weight loss surgery is much more widely available and covered by insurance. So, I could have paid from my own funds to go to the U.S. for the surgery - but I never did.
Now - spending my whole savings? I guess I would have to say no - just because I am in Canada and for many years weight loss surgery wasn't covered by our health care (in Ontario), and then when it was the doctors who could do it were few and far between... so people waited for 5+ years. During the past five years weight loss surgery is much more widely available and covered by insurance. So, I could have paid from my own funds to go to the U.S. for the surgery - but I never did.
Yep. Sure would.
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I'm just over two years out and YES, I would do it again in a heartbeat! Now, would I do it if it meant spending my whole life savings to do it? No. But to keep this in perspective, I was relatively healthy, border line diabetic yes (under control with metformin and diet alone) IF I had been absolutely miserable ( I wasn't), unhealthy (diabetic, sleep apnea, etc.), and needed the surgery yes, I'd do it.
Katie
Ht. 5'2 HW 234/GW 150/LW 128/CW 132 Size 18/20 to a size 4 in 9 months!
Ht. 5'2 HW 234/GW 150/LW 128/CW 132 Size 18/20 to a size 4 in 9 months!