What kinds of emotions have you experienced, or situations have you found yourself in since surgery, that you didn't anticipate or expect?

Hi! I am day 16 post op. I guess the most unexpected thing for me was the fact that even though I'm eating such a tiny amount in comparison to my husband or other people, I still take almost just as long to eat. I also am still in that "grieving" process. Eating is no longer as intensely pleasurable as it used to be, but after a few days I'm learning to accept it. Eating should be for survival for the most part. There is nothing wrong with great taste, but that is what got me to being 270! I'm down to 252 today.

I'm only 3 days post op. but can already relate. I've had "buyers remorse" for having the surgery. What I discovered was it was all because of the intense pain I was in. I ended up calling my doctor who called in something stronger. Now that my pain is under control my outlook is much, much brighter! Don't let your pain get out of control! Call your doctor!

Amy, once you start seeing that weight fall off and the look on your loved ones faces, I PROMISE you'll no longer regret it. I was so emotional the first few days after I got out of the hospital, most likely because I had 50 mg of of Demerol every two hours on the freaking dot for 48 hours straight. My intense pain was actually the gas building up in my back muscles. It was HORRIBLE, especially after coming back from recovery. I was so bad and the nurses were idiots. My mother had to be Big Bad Momma b***h. Untill she got them to give me my pain meds, it was so bad she had to pull my hands out of my hair because I became a bit delirious from coming off the anesthesia and pain that I tried pulling my hair out. :/ FORTUNATLY, I recovered wonderfully throughout the following days.

Wow! I am so sorry you had to deal with what you did. That is just awful!

The place where I had my surgery was awesome about controlling my pain. The first day I had serious gas pains. Since then, not so much. I can feel it and it feels better after I burp or toot, but it isn't painful. My severe pain was/is centered around that big incision where they pull the majority of your stomach out from. Just getting some relief from the pain has done a total 180 on my mental outlook. It's amazing the difference I feel both physically and mentally.