I need this surgery so bad in order to be healthy and enjoy life. My concern is I'm seeing all these people who have had so many problems after surgery. I get so scared that I'm going to have the vomiting and some of the other issues others have had. I get all excited about surgery and weight loss and then I read things on here and I get scared. I'm 47 years old, 5'6, 326 pounds

Me too, im trying to stay positive. My date is 4/11

Carlychloe2 I have to get a date because I messed my preop testing. I have to call and get them all scheduled again.

This decision is yours to make. You have to do hats best for you. In all things there will be some that has some issues and your no different than any of us. Immso glad that I knew this was meant for me, I feel God lead me to this and made all the curves staight. I want going to let fear drive me away from hat I knew God had done and I TRUST GOD!!! I read someone said the closer you get to surgery stay off of this site because EVERYTHING scares you, and your going to die on the table and your going to have a leak all that could happen Will happen to you[emoji23][emoji23]. I Had mine on Feb 20th and I prayed about it and here I am today. The only problem that I did have was some constipation....no gas pain, no nausea, no vomiting all liquids went down well. Trust God keep your eyes on him and you will be fine. You may have gas and the pain hurt me ALOT!! But you got your stomach cut out, you will have pain then tenderness but it will be ok. In all of that I have NO REGRETS. Feel free to ask me anything and I will pray that you trust your own mind. Some people are just complainers they won't be happy no matter what. Blessings to you all.

Thank you so much strengthin#ers. My bff and her husband both had gbs and they didn't have any issues at all. I do trust God with this I'm just going to call get my appointments set up again and get it done. I've prayed from the very beginning and i know that this is something I need to do to better myself. Thanks again

Thank you so much strengthin#ers. My bff and her husband both had gbs and they didn't have any issues at all. I do trust God with this I'm just going to call get my appointments set up again and get it done. I've prayed from the very beginning and i know that this is something I need to do to better myself. Thanks again

There it is. It will be ok come what may. Your going to do and LOOK GREAT!!!! Praying with you.

I went into this expecting the worst and praying for the best. I had my gallbladder removed a little over 2 yrs before my WLS. It was a horrible experience. I was in so much pain, had nausea, vomiting and was just plain miserable after surgery.
I thought long and hard about having WLS. I educated myself as much as I could. I was scared. Surgery is scary. I just KNEW I was going to be in as much pain as I was after removal of gallbladder. I knew it would be worth it. I had my surgery on 2/9. I've had no complications. I wish I was losing weight faster but I did start out at a low bmi. I'm down 44#'s since I started last September. 20#'s since I had surgery.
Good luck on your journey.

Take all the horror stories with a grain of salt, remembering that people who've had a hard time are the ones most in need of support. Those of us with smooth sailing tend to be the quickest to get out of the support cycle, so we are probably underrepresented in the grand scheme of things.

I had gastric bypass in January 2015 when I was 44 years old, 5'4" and 305 lbs. I currently weigh 145, which blows my mind every day. I have run a half marathon, two triathlons, and about four dozen 5Ks, whereas before surgery I couldn't run half a block to catch the bus. I said goodbye to high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, and sleep apnea. My life is different only in ways that are amazing and wonderful.

I've never dumped, and only threw up a couple of times at the beginning when I ate too fast. It didn't take long to figure out how to avoid that. I never found foods I couldn't tolerate, but then I wasn't eating things that were bad for me anymore so go figure. The worst thing that happened to me was excess skin, which I addressed with two rounds of extensive but routine plastic surgery in November and January this year.

My results may not be typical, but neither are the doom-and-gloom nightmare scenarios. Keep your chin up and take it all with a grain of salt.

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Thank you everyone. I just got myself all worked up over things that could happen. Surgery does not really scare me. I had a Breast reduction almost 4 years ago. The only problem I had with that was a small infection from the tape they used to close the incisions. Now I wish would have had the wls back then. Oh well. I do really appreciate all of the kind words and support