MelodyBronson

It's a struggle for me.....I am one who eats for other reasons than hunger so I am struggling with this delimma......I am recently had WLS....my old habits are still there and I have to constantly fight the urge to eat...just to be eating!! I can't eat very much at a time so I tend to "graze".......I am very discouraged about this struggle I am having.

I had mine removed several years ago....the pain attacks were terrible! No regrets having my gallbladder removed.

It is hard to "let go" of our bigger size clothes...I have "yo-yo-ed" so much over the years...going up and down with my weight, I keep thinking I have to hang on to all the different sizes. I have just started my weight loss journey and my clothes are already getting looser. My plans are to get rid of my "too big" clothes as I lose more weight......I Love to shop for new clothes! I am looking forward to not shopping at the Plus Size stores....but I still have a ways to go....... Good Luck!

I didn't tell but just a few people: a few friends who have had WLS and my family. It's a personal choice....

My reflux was terrible!! I was put on prescription reflux meds because the OTC meds did not help. The sleeve is "notorious" for reflux issues. Even with the prescription meds I still had the reflux off and on. I have not had any issues with reflux since I've had the bypass.....such a relief! Good Luck!

I had the sleeve done in Feb 2012 and never lost enough weight either! On May 30 I had a revision to ByPass. On the sleeve, I went up and down, highest weight was 252 when I had the sleeve (I am 5 ft 4 in so I am morbidly obese too!)....I could never lose enough to be in "onederland", lowest I got down to was about 212lbs.....over the years my weight went mostly up.....even though I couldn't eat very much at once, I tended to graze.....got up to 242 lbs and decided to get the bypass done. I had to self-pay my sleeve surgery. With my bypass, I also had a hernia repair so my ins covered a good part of the bypass surgery costs. I have lost 20 lbs.....and I started exercising again about 4-5 days week. "Starting over" and doing the bypass is a personal choice.....I felt I had to do it......I am a very slow loser....but I feel in a year from now that I will have a good success story to report! Good Luck with your decision! Melody

No fast food for me either. Being from Texas my "weakness" was sweet tea! I drank it every day. Now I am drinking unsweet tea or with splenda in it. Even though I have had the ByPass, I have not had issues with "dumping" due to sweets....(I ate a cookie to see if it would effect me and it didn't). My food intake is restricted, but not as much as I wish it would be! I had a revision from sleeve to bypass and there is no difference in my food restriction as far as I can tell. My problem has always been eating when I am not hungry (or grazing) and this is something I need to work on or I will not have a successful weight loss.

I need help with accountability and my struggle of eating.....I had a revision from sleeve to Bypass on May 30. In the past I have had 2 lap band surgeries....then lap band to sleeve in 2012....with not successful weight loss and recently the sleeve to by-pass. I have no issues with dumping......I ate a cookie to see how my body would react....nothing happened.....The only time I feel any type of discomfort is if I get too full...but it seems I can eat more than most folks who have had by-pass. I struggle with eating when I am not even hungry.......I have struggled with this issue for years which is one reason why my WLS have not been a success. I currently work out 5 days a week: both cardio and strength. I am 57 years old. The struggle is REAL for me.......I probably should seek some type of counseling because of my "need to eat" when I am not hungry... I feel do disappointed and discouraged that I will NEVER lose weight..... I have lost 20 lbs, but that was my initial weight loss right after my surgery....I have not lost or gained in over 4 weeks.....

Different surgeon for each surgery..... Thanks!

No judgment from me! I have just had my 4th WLS as well! I was banded in 2004, had slippage and issues and it was removed in 2005....lost about 30 pounds. Decided to try again with the band about 2 years later. I seemed to have the same issues as you: too tight or if full of liquids my eating was somewhat restricted but could certainly get down junk food! Lost weight, gained weight...up and down over the years....In 2012 did a revision to the sleeve....Lost 30 pounds and that was ALL I ever lost..Even though I could eat very little.....(I have had to self-pay for all of my surgeries)....On May 30, 2017 I did a revision from the Sleeve to Bypass......Have lost only 20 lbs so far....my eating is somewhat restricted but I do have any "dumping issues" so sweets are not a problem even though I have restricted them. I ate a cookie to see how my body would react.....No issues here. So I have to be extremely disciplined with my eating, otherwise I will not lose weight. I eat about 900 calories a day and am exercising 5-6 days a week. I do have a food restriction on how much I can eat at a time and have eaten too much already and it came back up! But I thought my stomach was going to be the size of a walnut after this surgery but I can certainly eat more food than the size of a walnut! Will see how my weight loss journey goes over the next 12 months!!

My ins doesn't cover wls either. The doctor's office that I used are also abdominal specialists/surgeons....I had an umbilical hernia that needed repaired so my approval for surgery was approved for the umbilical hernia.....with this being done, my out of pocket expense was very low....and I was able to get a "medical loan" to pay what I had to pay the hospital for the "extra" staff, etc. needed for the wls. This might be a possible route. Or just getting a medical loan for everything....a lot of the weight loss clinics have partnered with wls medical loan companies.....Some people also choose to go to a dr in Mexico, they charge less and anyone I have ever talked to who went to Mexico for surgery had a great doctor and a great experience. Good Luck with your journey.....I was in the same place you are now....I did a lot of research.....I live in the Dallas, TX area.

I have been a sufferer of GERD for awhile (even before surgeries)...I had the sleeve several years ago and I suffered with GERD. I just recently had a revision from the sleeve to a by-pass and my GERD has greatly improved! I was told by my dr to continue taking my GERD prescription meds for now....but that eventually I will probably no longer have GERD. Good Luck!

I like your determination and that you fully realize this weigh loss journey will not be without "hiccups" along the way. I completely understand the "mind over stomach" issue.....Too many times I have talked myself into eating something I should not have (instead of talking myself out eating something I should not have!).....I use to beat myself up when I made a bad choice but now I learn from it and tell myself I will work on doing better. Good job on the weight loss so far.......and Good Luck on your weight loss journey......We are all here for you so keep posting!

I don't think they will postpone it.....I had only lost 8 lbs and mine was not postponed. Good Luck!

I hear you! My surgery will be May 30.....Sleeve to Gastric Bypass.......I know first hand the struggles of those 3 weeks of nothing but liquids....it's hard.....I am trying to prepare my mind......Having only liquids you feel deprived!! Food is my addiction! I wish you the best....You can do this....3 weeks will over soon.....