Does anyone regret having surgery?

[frananp03 110]

I regret having surgery. I'm one month out from being sleeved and I still have nausea every single day. The doctor doesn't know what's wrong. All they've done so far over several phone calls and office visits are labs and fluids though. I don't have any pain that would indicate a leak, I've had my gallbladder out years ago, and I don't have symptoms of a stricture. I wonder if there could be something tiny going on that isn't showing symptoms but nausea but they won't hear of it. I take two different anti nausea meds every day and they don't get rid of the issue but help it enough so I don't feel like vomiting nearly as bad. I honestly think I'm dying. This surgery was the worst decision i could have ever made.

Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I had the same problem for a while. My surgeon put me on some liquid medicine called Carafate. It is actually used for ulcers....but for me it was a game changer when it came to nausea (i was taking 2 different meds plus an antispasmodic med). Something to discuss with your physician if you want.

Are you taking an acid reducer like omeprazole?

[hdiaz 22]

I am struggling something fierce and I seriously regret having surgery.

Why

Sent from my LGMS631 using the BariatricPal App

[HisMrsWright 6]

I regret having surgery. I'm one month out from being sleeved and I still have nausea every single day. The doctor doesn't know what's wrong. All they've done so far over several phone calls and office visits are labs and fluids though. I don't have any pain that would indicate a leak, I've had my gallbladder out years ago, and I don't have symptoms of a stricture. I wonder if there could be something tiny going on that isn't showing symptoms but nausea but they won't hear of it. I take two different anti nausea meds every day and they don't get rid of the issue but help it enough so I don't feel like vomiting nearly as bad. I honestly think I'm dying. This surgery was the worst decision i could have ever made.

Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I had the same problem for a while. My surgeon put me on some liquid medicine called Carafate. It is actually used for ulcers....but for me it was a game changer when it came to nausea (i was taking 2 different meds plus an antispasmodic med). Something to discuss with your physician if you want.

Are you taking an acid reducer like omeprazole?

I have been on omeprazole since surgery. Yesterday they gave me something similar to what you are talking about called hyoscyamine and the other day they started reglan. I don't feel nausea anymore per se which is good but I'm skeptical and my stomach just feels weird. I'm going to have to see how things go tomorrow

Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

[kblanc 53]

Six months post op today. Worst mistake of my life!

Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Y do u have regret?

Sent from my HTC Desire 626s using the BariatricPal App

I am struggling something fierce and I seriously regret having surgery.

Yes I do very much so my husband also had bypass 5 weeks after me and he regrets it as well

Sent from my LGLS992 using the BariatricPal App

I am part of a bariatric group that started our seminars together. Out of the group before us, some a few weeks after and ourselves, there are ten of us who seriously regret having had our surgeries. My neighbour had a bypass a few years ago and she also regrets having done it.

I am six months out now so people will have to accept that this is not "buyer's remorse", simply a statement of fact.

Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Y do you regret it?

Sent from my HTC Desire 626s using the BariatricPal App

[kblanc 53]

I thought so at certain points, but today is my 2 month surgiversary and I just hit 50 pounds lost. So definitely not!

I have lost over 100lbs now but the health problems I have acquired post op means that I can't enjoy any benefits of being lighter.

Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

What kind of health problems

Sent from my HTC Desire 626s using the BariatricPal App

[GinaCampbell 434]

Just go through my posts. I have explained this completely.

Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

[mslah103 16]

I only regret surgery when I can only take 2 bites. 13 days post op. I miss eatin

Sent from my SM-G928T using the BariatricPal App

[candyjo 1]

Hi I'm Candace 61 sleeved Nov 7th, I feel better than I have in years. Started at 263 today 245. I pretty much don't follow the rules. Drink lots of Water, drink 70g Protein a day. Chew chew chew sip sip sip. Maybe I feel so good because I'm not eating all the yuck I once ate and I take Vitamins .

Sent from my iPad using the BariatricPal App

[birdie bird 24]

I regret it a little bit because I am 2 weeks and a half out of surgery and I just still don't have no energy and I'm just wishing I was back to my old self

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using the BariatricPal App

[My4Brownies 283]

Absolutely! As in not having it performed a few years earlier.

At 47, I feel the same way..I wasted 20yrs struggling with my weight and 2yr researching my option and what benefitted me...No silly rabbit ..no regrets and I am new to this journey..Sleeved November 9th..and feel okay about my decision????

Sent from my SM-N920P using the BariatricPal App

[theantichick 2,204]

I regret it a little bit because I am 2 weeks and a half out of surgery and I just still don't have no energy and I'm just wishing I was back to my old self

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using the BariatricPal App

The energy starts coming back (for most of us) once you can eat solid food. Hang in there!

[crissyt5909 1]

I had some feelings of "what did I get myself in to" but when I get on the scale, I lose all that. Yes it is difficult to get in all the nutrients that are needed but I try my hardest not to stress over it. I carry a Water bottle with me everywhere and I have my Protein shake in the morning and eat lunch and dinner. I will not say that it has been easy, it has been difficult because although I am not hungry I still crave different foods but it is getting easier day by day and now that I can eat more solid foods it is alot easier. The only issue that I am currently having is sharp upper right abdomen pain. Sometimes it is so unbearable. I cannot lay on my sides or bend over at all. I am 4 weeks post op. Other than that I dont regret my surgery! I just get a little frustrated with the cravings sometimes. Everytime I see pounds lost when I weigh myself it makes me feel so much better! It is all gonna be worth it!

Sent from my SM-N920P using the BariatricPal App

[Kellyfitz4 53]

I'm 8 months out and I can honestly tell you I totally regretted if for the first 3 months. It was a tough road for me psychologically. I had so much head hunger and had to re-learn how to manage stress. The key for me now is to walk off my stress, not eat it, but that took a LONG 3-4 months before I got a handle on it. Now down 80 lbs, at goal, walk/running 2-3 miles a day, left a 22 year career in law enforcement to start a new job with new possibilities and new goals. This is the BEST decision I ever made for myself getting the sleeve. Hang in there, I promise it gets better but you MUST invest in yourself and find what works for you!

[OutsideMatchInside 10,166]

The first night I wanted my Nana but other than. That, no, not ever.

I did the work pretty surgery to be mentally prepared. I had already give all the bad things up years before the hard way, with no help. Surgery gave me the support to make the rest easy.

[GinaCampbell 434]

For those of us who had complications or who are sick, things like the normal healing from major surgery, the psychological challenges, the new routine of Fluid and food ingestion, exercise etc, are made so much more difficult.

It can feel like just too much. The trauma of overcoming all the adversities that you didn't plan for, on top of the ones you did plan for, can feel so upsetting.

Especially when so many other people are seeming to go through such a different experience.

I do think that there are different paths of the "regret" issue.

The people who are left with life changing, permanent issues, can certainly be understood for feeling regretful.

People who are just cross because they can't eat the way they used to for fun, addiction, social interaction etc need not really regret too much because they will eventually be able to eat around their sleeve.

Then there are the "normal" post op patients just trying to align their minds to what surgeons did to their bodies.

And the answer to all three is that by year one post op, it will be better.

Maybe not right or even okay but certainly better than the initial first three month battle.

Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App