I'm really curious......

I'm pre-op and have been hanging around the boards for over a month....I'm getting all my testing done, jumping through the required hoops for my insurance company.....

and I see sooo many posts from people who are struggling with so many questions and issues, from relationships, to PBing, plateaus, pain, some have had it removed, just to have it re-installed :thumbup:

what percentage ( hence the poll) do not regret this choice, and would willingly make it again?

who thinks that this is the only option that would successfully help them lose the weight for good?

Does anyone still think they can lose weight on their own ( without the band)??

Is the pain, frustrations, and negative's completely overcome by the success of losing 50-75-100+lbs?!?!?!

has all of it inclusively been worth it?!??!

(thanks for letting me know your opinion)

sizes depend a lot on your height as well. When I was 326 I was a 22:biggrin:

Right. I forgot not everyone is a short stump like me. I'm only 5'3. I've always said I'm not too fat...I'm just too short. :cursing:

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Thanks for all the input!!!

I am "diggin" all this perspective......

I know that life at size 2-3X can still be fufilling and rewarding, but I'm looking for the "Extra" that I can get from this....

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BTW

- FYI I'm 5'9" 294 ( size 22W) sometimes a 20, or 16!!!! depending on the rat who designed the clothes!! sometime they want to make you think you're "smaller" ....whatever!!! :cursing:

3 1/2 month post op NO REGRETS!:cursing:,even after loseing my gall bladder 2 wks ago.I knew that with rapid weight loss sometimes can be the cause of gall bladders removal. I need my band I know that about myself.

my husband, best freind and business associate also had emergency gall bladder surger this January!!! I think it's some crazy epidemic!! (LOL) (none have had WLS) My DH said EVERYONE should lone up and get theirs removed! He hasn't felt this great in YEARS!!!!!

hope you're healing fine!!!!

Right. I forgot not everyone is a short stump like me. I'm only 5'3. I've always said I'm not too fat...I'm just too short. :cursing:

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LOL me too at 5'2" Since the G-Force movie my line is ..

"I am not fat, I am FLUFFY!" My 8 yr old son has stated I am losing my fluffiness, and now he can totally wrap his arms around me and hold hands when he hugs me and it makes him feel good too!

LOL me too at 5'2" Since the G-Force movie my line is ..

"I am not fat, I am FLUFFY!" My 8 yr old son has stated I am losing my fluffiness, and now he can totally wrap his arms around me and hold hands when he hugs me and it makes him feel good too!

Isn't it sweet! my 8 year old is so encouraging and does the arms thing too. We hit a spell about 3 weeks ago where his classmates were saying he was fat and his legs were too big. According to this classmate it made sense because his(my son) mom was big. Ryan says that his mom used to be big but isn't anymore. I had to chuckle! For the record my son is a blackbelt in Tae Kwon Do, and ranked 16th in the nation for track and field. He has not an ounce of fat on him. It is incredibly sad how early this starts and somewhat unexpected since he is a boy.

Isn't it sweet! my 8 year old is so encouraging and does the arms thing too. We hit a spell about 3 weeks ago where his classmates were saying he was fat and his legs were too big. According to this classmate it made sense because his(my son) mom was big. Ryan says that his mom used to be big but isn't anymore. I had to chuckle! For the record my son is a blackbelt in Tae Kwon Do, and ranked 16th in the nation for track and field. He has not an ounce of fat on him. It is incredibly sad how early this starts and somewhat unexpected since he is a boy.

Pretty cool; love the kid stories. It seems like a few of us following this thread have 8 year olds. It was definitely a wow moment, when my son (sho is now 8 of course - LOL, said he could wrap his legs all the way around me when I picked him up! NO REGETS!!! Kids are proud when I volunteer in school.