Surgery on June 4 and having 2nd thoughts - Page 2 - ThinnerTimes

LisaM · 06-01-2007, 07:08 AM

Dyann said it really, really well--and I'm just going to continue on her thought path a little more. Here's the deal. You are only giving up food for a while...I am a complete foodie now!

Before the surgery, food was all about volume. Decent food, and lots of it, preferably.

Now, a little over a year and a half out, I demand that food be fresh, spicy, prepared well (OK, I demand it of myself, I do most of the cooking

), that it not only taste awesome, but that it looks good. I love food, I don't grieve for the loss of it, because I didn't lose it...I just lost that incredible, horrible, 24-7 hunger that no food could ever really satisfy.

Beeotch · 06-01-2007, 07:57 AM

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Originally Posted by 1fatmama

Mine is going to be lap. How about yours

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LisaBoston · 06-01-2007, 09:59 AM

Dyann, said it very, very well. Points that I forgot about.

Believe me, I was a skeptic....I failed at EVERY other attempt to drop the pounds and went into this surgery with a positive outlook and it was the best thing for me. There is NO way that I could have done this on my own and I proved that over and over again. Food is now just food...this is coming from someone who could polish off a medium pizza and 2 litres of coke.

AlabamaChick · 06-01-2007, 10:54 AM

I'll tell you my story in a nut shell.....

I don't know your weight or your co-morbidities, but I can tell you I would be dead right now (I believe this with all of my heart) if I had not had this surgery. Is this fun for me? No....it's definitely NOT! I have problems eating solid foods and I cry sometimes even at a year out because I can't eat even the good stuff such as baked fish or chicken very well. My Mom gets so upser when she watches me try to eat because she paid for my surgery and she says she did this to me. All she did was give me a chance to stay alive and I'm grateful to her for that. I took the lesser of the two evils so I feel good about my choice. I know I cheated death and I'm HAPPY about that. I want to live to see my grandbabies and I want my children to remember having a mother that was fun and alive! They are my world! This surgery is not a pleasure cruise and it's a GREAT deal of work and some of us struggle harder than others. I love food too now, but I just can't eat it. I love to cook, but I just make it lood good and feed it to everyone else! There are things that just DON'T have the same appeal to me anymore, like a McDonald's hamburger. Do this test....get one and take a tiny bite (thumbnail size) of just the meat and cheese and chew it until it's almost watery in your mouth and see what all you find in it. YUCK!!! It's the grosses thing in the world. That's one reason your food tastes will change. You have to chew everything so well that you find what is the good stuff and what isn't and you don't even want to waste your time with the stuff that is bad. Like everyone said, your taste WILL change and you won't even want or miss alot of what you eat now. You will want the good stuff!

Just so you know that the only co-morbidity that I had was severe sleep apnea and couldn't even drive or work for 3 months before my surgery and I fell and broke a bone in my back at my highest weight and I was headed for a wheelchair fast. At 39 years old I would barely make it to the door of Wal-Mart and have to ride in the little motorized cart to get groceries for my family and most of the time someone else went for me. When I had to get in that cart for the first time, that is when I said....ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! I refused to live my life that way. So think long and hard about what all this surgery can do for you. It is definitely a trade off, but it's well worth it in the end!

mauldinmama · 06-01-2007, 12:06 PM

oh boy did I ever have those feelings! It was hard for awhile after surgery too. I have to say though, it has been six weeks for me and I see to finally have a handle on my brain. I do not regret having this surgery...I chew lots of gum and eat sf popcicles to keep my mouth busy.
I wouldn't want to go back to my old self for anything. I laugh now when I go out to eat with my husband and I say geez, can you believe how much food they serve???? he has cut back on his food intake too and now we can share a dinner and usually have a little to bring home!

It is saving me money, adding years to my life....I feel so much better and I even sleep better!

Best wishes.....I only regret I didn't have this sooner!

LQQkn · 06-01-2007, 12:40 PM

You are in good hands with your surgeon... I'm one who can't eat and I'm asking you to look at this decision realistically before you blow it off in fear. Make a list as one mentioned, but seriously look at this.. are you doing it to be thin for just vanity reasons? Are you doing it to stay younger and regain the health you lost? Only you can answer.. but don't do it out of fear, make it out of a sound intelligent decision. Janie

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Originally Posted by Beeotch

I am in the same boat so you are not alone babe my is also on Monday I dont think I am going to do it...is your surgery going to be open or lap?

J & D · 06-01-2007, 02:36 PM

Dorene and I had surgery last Tuesday. We got to have cream of wheat cereal which me never ate because of Dorene's diabetes. We tested her blood sugar this morning it was 122 and she cried because it has never been this low in years. Would we do this again tomorrow if needed. I have been on ever stomach med known to man and this morning I took my prevacid and that was it. it cut my pill intake in 3/4. We are looking forward to solid food again but I'm not hungry. What a blessing this surgery was for us.
Jim and Dorene

Tim · 06-01-2007, 04:31 PM

I was on the ranch until I was thirty. I thought the four food groups were
meat, sugar, fat, and potatoes. Now after 100# and a few months I don't have that hunger all the time. Control is no problem. I'm convinced the tool is totally responsible.

LisaBoston · 06-01-2007, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by AlabamaChick

I'll tell you my story in a nut shell.....

I don't know your weight or your co-morbidities, but I can tell you I would be dead right now (I believe this with all of my heart) if I had not had this surgery. Is this fun for me? No....it's definitely NOT! I have problems eating solid foods and I cry sometimes even at a year out because I can't eat even the good stuff such as baked fish or chicken very well. My Mom gets so upser when she watches me try to eat because she paid for my surgery and she says she did this to me. All she did was give me a chance to stay alive and I'm grateful to her for that. I took the lesser of the two evils so I feel good about my choice. I know I cheated death and I'm HAPPY about that. I want to live to see my grandbabies and I want my children to remember having a mother that was fun and alive! They are my world! This surgery is not a pleasure cruise and it's a GREAT deal of work and some of us struggle harder than others. I love food too now, but I just can't eat it. I love to cook, but I just make it lood good and feed it to everyone else! There are things that just DON'T have the same appeal to me anymore, like a McDonald's hamburger. Do this test....get one and take a tiny bite (thumbnail size) of just the meat and cheese and chew it until it's almost watery in your mouth and see what all you find in it. YUCK!!! It's the grosses thing in the world. That's one reason your food tastes will change. You have to chew everything so well that you find what is the good stuff and what isn't and you don't even want to waste your time with the stuff that is bad. Like everyone said, your taste WILL change and you won't even want or miss alot of what you eat now. You will want the good stuff!

Just so you know that the only co-morbidity that I had was severe sleep apnea and couldn't even drive or work for 3 months before my surgery and I fell and broke a bone in my back at my highest weight and I was headed for a wheelchair fast. At 39 years old I would barely make it to the door of Wal-Mart and have to ride in the little motorized cart to get groceries for my family and most of the time someone else went for me. When I had to get in that cart for the first time, that is when I said....ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! I refused to live my life that way. So think long and hard about what all this surgery can do for you. It is definitely a trade off, but it's well worth it in the end!

Trina, I have to let you know your post moved me very much. Read it a few times and wow - you are amazing and such a role model for others...sounds funny to say that I know, but even with all your food struggles, your postive outlook shines through..you go girl!

Beeotch · 06-01-2007, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by LQQkn

You are in good hands with your surgeon... I'm one who can't eat and I'm asking you to look at this decision realistically before you blow it off in fear. Make a list as one mentioned, but seriously look at this.. are you doing it to be thin for just vanity reasons? Are you doing it to stay younger and regain the health you lost? Only you can answer.. but don't do it out of fear, make it out of a sound intelligent decision. Janie

I think my decision is all of the above. I am only 26 years old I have hypertension, sleep apnea, and joint pain and problems. I am more doing this because I want kids someday and it scares the living crap out of meeh to be prego and gain more weight. If I stay this way I will probably never children in few of the prego complications and also my health. Also it would be nice to go to school and not have to suck in my tummy to get into one of those desks.