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Would You Have Weight Loss Surgery Again?

Alex Brecher

Would You Have Weight Loss Surgery Again?   

107 members have voted

  1. 1. Knowing what you know now about weight loss surgery, would you do it again if you had the chance to make your decision again?

    • Yes, without a doubt! The surgery has been everything I?d hoped for.
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    • Yes, probably. The journey hasn?t been easy, but I?m losing weight and feel that this was my best option.
      24
    • Yes, but I would have chosen a different type of weight loss surgery.
      17
    • No. I?ve had complications and my health has suffered and/or I haven?t been hitting my weight loss goals.
      3
    • I haven?t had the surgery yet, but I?m looking at the results of this poll carefully to help me make my decision!
      7
    • Other...read my response below!
      6

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MichelleStevens    18

MichelleStevens
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I would do it again in a heartbeat. It is also best thing I have ever done.

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nursemedic83    22

nursemedic83
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Yes! I had it in feb 2013 and I am 40 pounds down best decision I have ever made.

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sweetsoutherngirl    32

sweetsoutherngirl
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Yes! In a heartbeat! I am the healthiest I have been in my adult life!

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PhatKat1127    55

PhatKat1127
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I think I would chose the sleeve over lap band since there is no monthly cost and lap band fills are expensive I am noticing.

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♥LovetheNewMe♥    1,216

♥LovetheNewMe♥
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Yes I would have surgery again. Lap band has been a very positive experience for me and I have reached a healthy BMI 6 months ago and have been able to maintain that weight successfully with my band.

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GuyMontag    1,264

GuyMontag
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I would definitely have wls again but I would look harder at options like the sleeve and plication. I've been happy with my band but there are definitely some downsides.

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Tonya Miller-Goodman    20

Tonya Miller-Goodman
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YES!!!!!! My only regret is I didn't do it sooner

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sunny44    7

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I absolutely would not have weight loss surgery again. It has nothing to do with me not meeting my goal; I am successfully meeting my goal. I had the single incision surgery and developed a hernia as a result. I had surgery (hernia repair) last year--and now the hernia is back again. I am also tired of eating a spoon of food and my stomach bloating. The next day I can eat the same food and nothing happens. My doctor is saying he can repair it with a mesh, he should have done this in the beginning. Now my doctor is stating that there is some new and updated port and he can change my port--no way. I told him if he has to change my port , I would just have it removed. I have learned behavioral modification, so I would just need to continue with the behavior and exercise. What I am afraid of if there is a recall of the device and I have no self control over food. It's not the band-it's up to the individual to practice behavioral modification.

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ms kat    25

ms kat
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Why did you all choose lap band over by pass?

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ms kat    25

ms kat
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I would have WLS again but I would NOT get another Lap Band. I am currently considering removal and revising to a sleeve.

Why do you feel that way? Has the band not worked for you?

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ms kat    25

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I would have WLS again but I would NOT get another Lap Band. I am currently considering removal and revising to a sleeve.

Why do feel that way? Has the band not worked as well as you had hoped? I am scheduled to be banded on aug 5th and feel unsure if the band will work for me. I would hate to go through it all and be unsuccessful. I've read some bankers have not lost any weight at all and that scares me

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jennbrenna    1

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YES! Although I am not sure I would choose to have the band again. I would probably opt for the sleeve just because it is not a foreign object in my body. My band does worked, do not get me wrong, it is just if I had to choose again that is what I would choose. I am starting to have some weird issues with my band but I will be A ok!

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SiouxsiQ    5

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If I had it to do all over again, I would not get banded. i would have considered other surgeries but the band makes you FOREVER dependent on your surgeon and the more research that is done, the less doctors (at least at the University Hospital where I work) are recommending the band.

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chasingadream    1,311

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Thank you all...as someone in the testing phase who often flounders back and forth with this decision (although I know I must do this and have chosen lap band w/ plication)....it helps when those moments of self-doubt and panic do set in....

this site and its phenomenal "bandsters" are truly amazing to me..... :D

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Ibecheatin    0

Ibecheatin
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Absolutely, I am 7 years out and it saved my life I have a better liver disease, off of insulin completely, lost 112#, and lots more health improvement!!! Absolutely

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