Bariatric surgery? Or not? I may be chickening out...

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  • dcc56
    dcc56 Posts: 172 Member
    The answer to your question should come from a discussion with your doctor, the clinic's psychologist and your significant other....not from members of MFP. Everyone's situation and health issues are unique. I believe you are not ready for the surgery if you are not at this point 100% committed to the process. At the seminar I attended with the HeathEast Bariatric Group in St. Paul, Minnesota I learned that only 5% can keep off the excess weight after losing it on their own. No wondered I have struggled with my weight my entire life. After a year long process I had the gastric sleeve procedure 05/12/2014. I'm doing fine and don't regret my decision. Good luck with your decision.
  • MissMaryMac33
    MissMaryMac33 Posts: 1,433 Member
    So here i am, 1 week from surgery and thinking I should give it 1 more go. One major thing that is sparking this is the pre-op diet...weight it coming off, how motivating...

    Bariatric surgery is a last resort for extremely overweight people who have proven through time and multiple interventions that they can't lose weight and keep it off on their own. That involves, among other things, several successful weight loss attempts followed by eventual weight regain. If just losing a few pounds on a pre-op diet is making you rethink your decision to have surgery, you probably haven't tried hard enough to to change your habits in the past and should postpone your surgery until you have truly tried and failed with everything else, probably several times. Put another way, if the idea that just because you've lost a few pounds on some diet you may be able to lose all your excess weight and keep it off for the rest of your life doesn't strike you as delusional, you probably haven't been through this grind enough times to really know you need the surgery.

    Best of luck to you.

    It is a HIGHLY Viable solution for someone with diabetes as well. I was not "fat enough" to have gastric bypass on my own (5'4" and 270 isn't fat enough? Whatever) ---- I got approved because my diabetes was getting worse no matter what we tried to correct it. To get approved these days you have to jump through hoops, many companies require you try multiple diet plans for a minimum of 6 months. I did all of this and nothing worked. I went into surgery 270#, diabetic, shooting insulin in my gut and taking tons of medication.. I can out and never took another medication. Diabetes and all of the complications it causes far outweigh any fear I had. Not everyone has gastric bypass because of the weight, I did it to get rid of diabetes and the weight loss was a bonus.
  • Kr1ptonite
    Kr1ptonite Posts: 789 Member
    To me if a person is physically capable of doing it without surgery then they should.
  • hoosiersec
    hoosiersec Posts: 7
    My surgery scheduled for June 6th. I am scared to death. I'll be honest with everyone. I am lazy. I love food. I stress eat. The stress I have in my life is still here. I am 48 and I want to live the next 20 or so years feeling good. Right now my feet hurt so bad. My legs hurt. Just wanted to share a little of my story.

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