WLS has a lot of benefits, but it comes with a lot of responsibilities. You have to think about every bite you take, how you’ll be sure to get in enough Protein, and when you’ll manage to get your fluids in around your meals. There may be workouts to schedule, social events to prepare for, and – if you’re a lap-band patient – fills and adjustments to worry about.

What are the one or two things you find most inconvenient or difficult to manage about WLS? That is, what’s weighing you down after WLS?

I finally stopped having panic attacks in the grocery store...but, I have developed a hernia at some point after my sleeve surgery. I have had to endure an upper GI, and I am scheduled to have another upper endoscopy (I had one pre-op already) At the very least, I am faced with a hernia repair surgery, and possibly conversion to RNY. So, I guess complications are weighing me down right now. Kind of discouraged. And on top of it all, my weight loss has stopped at 3 months out.

@@Valentina

I didn't know you went in for the skin surgery! How are you??

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@@justhere4theshow

So sorry to hear that, about your complications.

I sincerely hope that everything goes well for you, and that you start feeling better soon!

Best wishes to you.

@ Thank you for your kindness. I am sure it will get better.

@@Valentina

I didn't know you went in for the skin surgery! How are you??

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Three weeks out and I'm sooooooo glad it's over. tough, tough surgery, but if having it will help stabilize my spine it will all be worth it. would I have skin surgery just for cosmetic reasons? HELL NO!!! I am content with my scars less painful life. All will be well.

Thank you for caring enough to ask, Friend.

@@Valentina

I didn't know you went in for the skin surgery! How are you??

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Three weeks out and I'm sooooooo glad it's over. tough, tough surgery, but if having it will help stabilize my spine it will all be worth it. would I have skin surgery just for cosmetic reasons? HELL NO!!! I am content with my scars less painful life. All will be well.

Thank you for caring enough to ask, Friend.

Of course! I just wish I'd have known before so I could have checked in on you sooner.

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it can be a double edged blessing. Getting both the fluids in a and the Protein requirement both can be exhausting. Knowing that by doing this I win for another day - balances it.

For me it's getting used to all the people who want to know how much I weighed before, how much I've lost, what size I wear which half the time I don't even know, or wanting to see before pictures and making comments like "wow look how huge you were" or "you are so tiny now" and I don't feel tiny. I still feel huge and it feels like they are still ridiculing me for my weight even though that's not my weight anymore. I have to take lots of pictures to be sure that I am progressing because it's hard to see when I look in the mirror. When I hold the pic in my hand, it's obvious that changes have happened, but my mind still plays tricks in the mirror.

I'm amazed that people think it's okay to ask weight questions or make comments about how you looked before (as though you're not still that person).

For me it's getting used to all the people who want to know how much I weighed before, how much I've lost, what size I wear which half the time I don't even know, or wanting to see before pictures and making comments like "wow look how huge you were" or "you are so tiny now" and I don't feel tiny. I still feel huge and it feels like they are still ridiculing me for my weight even though that's not my weight anymore. I have to take lots of pictures to be sure that I am progressing because it's hard to see when I look in the mirror. When I hold the pic in my hand, it's obvious that changes have happened, but my mind still plays tricks in the mirror.

^^This exactly is how I feel.