I was just wondering if anyone has any regret about having this surgery? I was banded on the 10^th (Yay one week ago!) I have had a lot of time to think the last few days and I’m just wondering if everyone would do it again or if they would do it differently? I know the first few days I think I really regretted what I did to my body (I was just emotionally in the dumps!) now one week after surgery I’m down 13lbs granted I have been on the wonderful liquid diet but I feel hopeful. Anyways I know this surgery isn’t perfect and it’s not for everyone … so I was wondering if there are people out there that are willing to share if they would do it again or maybe if they would have done something else…

Like several others who posted, I had some regrets in the first few weeks. Mostly because I was so sore and because by week two I was hungry on the liquid diet. Once I started on soft solids the regrets started to fade. I will say that in the first two weeks on liquids, if I was hungry I had some broth. It helped a lot.

I had only been heavy for about 3-4 years when I had surgery. I went through a breakup right after I graduated high school is 2004, and I slowly (and sometimes not slowly) gained weight. I knew what type of things ran in my family health wise so I wanted to get a jump on this early, and take care of it while I was young. I have lost over 80 pounds in 11 months, and I would do it again in a minute. I like maybe 20 or so pounds at being to goal, and I think it has been pretty easy so far. No major problems or anything. Getting stuck stinks, but I can still eat just about anything I want (excluding bread) just less of it. I've lost my weight without really exercising and eating too healthy. I just cannot eat much. I like my band most of the time.