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What is one thing you wish someone had told you about gastric surgery? Good or bad.

No matter how much I research, I fifigure'll still miss something, hence the question.

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I wish I would have known that it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be so I could have done this a lot sooner.

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I only wished I'd decided to have it sooner.....I love the fact that I can eat a half of a serving size and feel stuffed....

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I wish I would have known just how hard the eating stages are. I'm on puree right now, and I thought it'd be simple. I bought all sorts of things that would be simple to puree and eat...but I didn't realize that certain things would make me feel incredibly nauseous--or that my stomach would hate them.

I also wish I knew just how hard this surgery actually would be. Before I made up my mind, I watched tons of vids and did a lot of research. It seemed most people had an incredibly easy time. For me, it's been a lot rougher than I expected.

But... on a positive note, I wish I would have known that I would succeed. I spent a lot of time pre-surgery worrying that I wouldn't lose anything. But, it's been 2.5 weeks and I've lost 25 pounds!

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i glad i didnt know how much better the sex would be because i would have done it years ago. i did this to be healthy....but dang, i had no idea i was a stud. lol. dont judge me.

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Wish I'd done it sooner also. Today, I'm 5 months out of surgery and miss going to food for comfort. Wish I could have found another comfort before doing the surgery. I'm still looking for that special hobby that fills the void of me chewing. I pretty much eat anything I want now...just not alot of it. My stomach says Im starving and after a couple bites, I'm stuffed and feel like I was jipped out of something good. I look forward to the skin removal sometime next year. Hopefully during the summer. I had a rough time the first month and the mental part of what I had done was really tough the first week home....but other than that...its been a breeze. Today is my birthday and I told my family - No food, just gifts and visiting. Was a little odd but turned out ok.

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I wish I would have known that it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be so I could have done this a lot sooner.

:) You read my mind

I'm 43 and I really would have saved myself a lot of health issues if I had been able to do it 10 years ago. Of course back then they wouldn't have done the sleeve so I can't beat myself up too much for it.

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I wish I had known how weird thanksgiving would be. So glad I did it though.

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I wish I'd known how easy this is! Twelve days out, I don't even feel like I had surgery. I was worried that at 61.5, I'd have a little trouble. None, zero, zip.

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Wish I'd done it sooner also. Today is my birthday

Looking Ahead stats

WooHoo

June 25, 2012

338 lbs

5 months later

11/24/12

227 lbs

down 111 lbs

keep on doing what you are doing - its working for you

happy b'day bud

you are not getting older, you are getting better :)

kudos

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No one told me about the severe gas pain immediately after surgery. I would have appreciated a heads up. I wouldn't go back I'm so glad that I did it and my life will never be the same. I also feel like I look forward to meals that aren't as gratifying as before because of the small quantities now but I am perfecting the art of eating a half a spoonful of everything so I still get to taste what I want.

Sent from Lake Travis

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY PROUD GRAMMY!

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY PROUD GRAMMY!

Fun size

No, no, no :)

you misunderstood what i wrote

today is Looking Ahead's b'day

mine isn't til January 12th, but lets not push it ;)

i will be 59, i too wish i had done this years ago

its done now - i'm elated!!!!

so happy you are doing well

You are 61 1/2 - glad you are in my canoe - we can successfully pedal together :)

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The day after I regretted it because of the pain. Now I am so glad I did it.

8 weeks and 35 lbs down.

I do miss eating though. Learning to eat small amounts slowly and chewing lots is hard to learn.

I am amazed by how much people eat, kind of grossed out by it. Obviously we can all get by on far less.

I now eat to live not live to eat.

Good luck on you surgery

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