Experience with bariatric surgery?

I myself had the gastric sleeve done in 2011. I was 440 lbs. Within the first year and a half, I got down to 285 lbs. I was doing great. But then I started slowly reverting back to my old ways of bad food choices. And as of today, I'm 385 lbs. But I got up to 403 lbs. I guess where I am getting at is that if you ain't mentally ready for a healthy life style of eating. There is a good chance you won't succeed. That what I learned from my experience. Now far as the surgery itself, it was that bad. I mean it is still a surgery but I was back to work a little over a week. And are the time I worked in a warehouse operation a hilo. The surgery is laparoscopic so the pain afterwards will be base on your pain level. And make sure you follow your surgeons direction for after the surgery. Eat slow, because your stomach is so small you will get full very quick. And get in as much protein as possible. It is going to be had to get all the nutrients your body needs eating so little. The difference between the Roux-en-y and the sleeve. Is that with the sleeve it didn't really restrict the types of foods I could eat. I mean you still have a banana shaped stomach, but it's still a stomach to digest your food. The Roux-en-y doesn't give that option. They bypass your whole stomach straight to your intestines. Which sugars and other foods can make you sick. So all in all, the sleeve is a great tool. But I took advantage of it and never mentally got my mind right. So here I am today back on the weight loss journey. Just remember the the sleeve is a tool in your weight loss, not a miracle solution.