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Anybody regret getting WLS?

Good morning lovely people,

I read all these success stories and that's great, it's motivating and helps me stay on course. I'm about halfway through my qualifying process for the sleeve.

In the interest of getting the whole story though I was hoping to hear from people who regret having done wls?

Thanks for your input.

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I'm so sorry you're going through this but maybe hang in there for a couple of days and see how it goes? From all that i've read it sounds like the first few days can be really tough. You'll drudge through this!




I'm 8 days out and am thankful I am doing well. I have to say the best thing I did was make myself walk A LOT. It's the only way to get the gas out and to be honest even though I had to make myself do it I really only felt good when I was walking. It will get better but the first week is rough. I am pretty much back to my normal self. My surgeon told me to walk walk walk and he was so happy, every time he visited me I was up and doing laps around the unit with my IV pole.



I'm 8 days out and am thankful I am doing well. I have to say the best thing I did was make myself walk A LOT. It's the only way to get the gas out and to be honest even though I had to make myself do it I really only felt good when I was walking. It will get better but the first week is rough. I am pretty much back to my normal self. My surgeon told me to walk walk walk and he was so happy, every time he visited me I was up and doing laps around the unit with my IV pole.



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I'm 19wks out and don't have a single regret but I did have some rough patches. Those first 48 hours in the hospital were miserable. I was in pain or high, I missed food and I instantly had regret but when I got home and started really healing I found each day got better. Now I would not change a thing. Those first months, are just that, a short blip of time. I'm now almost 5 months out. I can eat whatever I want, my sleeve is like steele but I never had a weak stomach before, albeit I don't just eat whatever. I've learned how to eat in public and found that I eat more normally now. I used to be so embarrassed when we would go out and I cleared my plate but all my girl friends had left overs. I'm just loving this new life.

5 hours ago, Sullie06 said:

I'm 19wks out and don't have a single regret but I did have some rough Patches. Those first 48 hours in the hospital were miserable. I was in pain or high, I missed food and I instantly had regret but when I got home and started really healing I found each day got better. Now I would not change a thing. Those first months, are just that, a short blip of time. I'm now almost 5 months out. I can eat whatever I want, my sleeve is like steele but I never had a weak stomach before, albeit I don't just eat whatever. I've learned how to eat in public and found that I eat more normally now. I used to be so embarrassed when we would go out and I cleared my plate but all my girl friends had left overs. I'm just loving this new life.

Going out and eating as much as the people I'm with is something I soooo look forward to. I'd easily put away double what they ate, plus dessert.

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