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Thanks all - I meet with my surgeon in a few weeks and will see what she thinks. Maybe my belly button will be healed by then and it won't seem so bad

Thanks for the responses - I'm not sure my belly button could take a third incision!

Oops - a Tanita

I've had a Tantra for over ten years and four moves. It is still working fine and seems pretty accurate.

I was thinking about my hopes and fears re: gastric bypass surgery and decided to make a list: Fears: complications from surgery, getting breast cancer (strong family history) and not being able to stay healthy due to malabsorption, my arthritis getting worse and not being able to take medicine for it, not being able to eat and drink at the same time (I hate being thirsty), what to say to all my nosy relatives when they ask how I lost my weight Hopes: better health, longer life, more energy, being able to fit in my bath tub comfortably and get out without risking injury, sitting in plane and bus seats and fitting and not being worried about people next to me being irritated, not being invisible, not having men avoid my eyes like they assume someone my size is going to go after them, being able to join my husband of 25 years on hikes and outdoor pursuits, not being mortified if anyone sees my underwear cuz it's so huge, I could go on and on!

As I research I go back and forth between trying once more to lose my 150 pounds by conventional diet or surgery. The dietary changes after surgery sound so hard I'm worried I won't be able to do it. Do you think it is easier to maintain a weight loss after surgery than it was to maintain one before? (I've lost and regained so often.) I'm so scared of dumping and vitamin deficiencies with gastric bypass. I have a mild form of GERD controlled by medicine but it makes me hesitant to try the sleeve. I'm an incredibly picky eater so worry about getting the protein in (no seafood, soft cheese, yogurt, tofu,ground or rare meat, etc). I'm 55 and starting to have real health consequences so losing weight is urgent. Advice please!

I was searching for this topic. I am presurgery and have been worried about having to give this up. I am so addicted!

I'm several months in on the presurgery visits. All the medical stuff has checked out. I'm not worried about the anesthesia because I just had general anesthesia twice in one day for emergency gall bladder removal and a follow up surgery for complications. I am struggling to get the 50 gram protein in and keeping the carbs under 100, though I have managed to lose 30 pounds so far. I've always been a big volume eater more than a junk food eater, which is why I was originally thinking of the sleeve.

Thanks for the feedback! I was looking at the sleeve rather than gastric bypass but as I said am worried about the GERD. Mine hasn't been a problem with daily medication but my Mom who has never had a weight problem has severe GERD and I'm thinking I could have a genetic disposition to it. Other than that my main problem is overeating. I'm addicted to sugar but have basically cut out all obvious sugar over the last ten years with occasional brief relapses around the holidays.

Btw when I say it might be easier I mean because of not being as hungry- I know from my research it is extremely hard to do even with surgery!

Wow - great comments! Thanks for all the responses! It sounds like you are all saying it is a little easier maintaining after surgery. I am ready to make permanent changes (not exactly happy about it but I know I have to). Even though it has always been easy for me to lose weight at some point I would go off my regimen and would find myself regaining at an even faster rate (faster than would seem possible on paper if you calculated my calories).That's what scared me cuz when I read comments from so many people struggling not to regain I was thinking what if I end up in the exact same position as before regaining uncontrollably with a now altered anatomy? I would not have the surgery just to lose the weight - it might be a faster and easier way to lose but I can lose without surgery. I will do it if it can help me maintain my loss because that is what I have never been able to do.