Happy after a bypass or regret?

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Did anyone have gastric bypass and completley regret it or were you glad you had it done. Ive always struggled with my weight and binge eat almost . I had a gastric band for 6 years and had it removed 4 months ago due to an infection. DO NOT GET A BAND EVER! At the time there wasnt much info about how many complications they were. The surgeon said I would qualify for surgery through the NHS since the first one was private and failed through no fault of my own, if I choose so. If I did choose I would have a bypass not sleeve. I know too many people who it has stopped working form I have around 40 to 50 kgs to lose. I know surgery stops you eating less and doesnt change you how you think about food. Ive been there and done that. I need a tool to help. My mindset changes itself. Jabs are just too expensive for me especially since I hear most have to go up a few doses before it works ( I'm still not sure). Orlistat is a big no. Calorie deficit only works if you dont eat excessively. I dont eat junk food and lift weights but its the food intake. My husband is a big no on the surgery as he saw the pain I was in prior to removal but he doesnt understand how I am feeling. Would love experiences/advice. Thankyou!

I was on the NHS waiting list for surgery..three years of jumping through hoop after hoop ..first I had to join a slimming club, despite spending my whole life joining and failing on them ..then I had to do two food on line courses with basic information that most primary school children know ..such as alcohol,sleep , exercise.the second course was run by someone just finished their A levels and consisted of telling us how a portion of cheese was a matchbox,chicken a fist , a potato a fist ect ...every week I had to submit an food diary and my weight to some kid with limited information, because every question people asked she didn't seem to know ..the courses were on line with 12 or so in each group.
This took 3 years ..then I had an appointment at hospital..and met a dietician..I'm vegan ,and she said ,she had never come across a vegan having weight loss surgery and basically said she had no idea what I would eat after surgery,and my homework was to find out before the operation.
Then I met two consultants who told me this was my pre op assessment and my operation would be in about 8 months ..so Nov 24 ..
Exciting stuff ..
Two months later I get an email
Sorry no op in 8 months ...it's another 5 year wait for me ,due to COVID .
So at this point I start looking in to injections
By Christmas I'm on monjroro
To date I've lost well over 9 stone
I don't qualify for weight loss surgery now anyway..but even if I did ,I'd not have it .I'm absolutely fine with hunger..it doesn't bother me ...my problem was the craving fatty crunchy carbs ..I guess what everyone calls food noise ,but I call head hunger .
And weight loss surgery doesn't tackle food noise ,so it wouldn't of helped me .
Yes the injections are expensive
But I cut down on everything I spend on myself to afford them , including massively reducing the food budget.
I lost my weight in 11 months .
I can say ..they saved my life ..my weight was killing me

I apologise in advance for talking about mounjaro instead of surgery OP but I would strongly advise you to try mounjaro before having irreversible surgery.
I am another one who looked into the nhs shitshow which is called weight management before buying mounjaro.
I have lost 9 stones over a year.
Even if you have to get a 0% credit card to buy them it is worth it.

Well done ..same as me 9 stone

The operation just seems terrifying to me, now with the option of jabs I’d have thought we will see a huge reduction in the surgical options surely? I wonder which is more cost efficient for the NHS.

Two close friends have had the surgery in recent years and after the initial weight loss, both have steadily put it back on. I was surprised at this, but apparently it's quite common.

I asked them whether or not they would have gone down the injections route (not available at the time). They both said they would have tried that first.

@Iwanttoliveinagardencentre @Whippetwonder I think you both have convinced me to try them. Im on maternity leave so the money can feel alot but once im back at work spending 200 a month is doable. I wont be able to eat properly again with surgery. I know the band could be adjusted so I didn't mind that but permanent is different. With mounjaro will I be on it for the rest of my life? Did you guys stay at a maintenance dose or slowly come off it? How long did it take you guys to lose? Thankyou your replies helped me alot. ☺️

@Ihaveoflate thankyou for this. Most people gain weight after if they go back to bad habits as it stretches the stomach. I dont want to go through all that again for no reason. My issue is the food noise aswell so MJ seems to be a good option to try. Thankyou for commenting

I started just before last christmas.
Am now planning to stop cold turkey after my present pen.
I couldn’t feel any effect until I reached 7.5mg and then as my body became tolerant to a dose I gradually moved up to 15mg.
I have never had unwanted side effects.
Have gone from BMI 46 to 26.
Size 14 and I am perfectly happy as I am tall anyway.
It won’t surprise me if I regain a little but I will keep using nutracheck to record all I eat and keep weighing myself weekly so that I don’t go back into denial.
I can’t exercise due to disability but will do my best to keep to a maintenance level calorie intake.
To lose as I did I fairly much stuck to 1280 calories a day which I couldn’t have stuck with long enough to lose all I needed to without mounjaro helping me.

I still need to loose 5 more stone to be thin ...or 3 stone to be ok ..
So I'm on 15 mg and £279 a month with cheque up.
I'm planning on coming off around April ,and joining a gym instead of injections.
I never wanted to be on it for life .
But I do calorie count ..I've never once gone over 1200 calories a day the whole time I'm on it .
Lots of veg and a jacket potato most days .
I haven't prioritised protein as much as I probably should of
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Oh I also downloaded the NHS weight loss app ,and I track my weight and calories on that ..it's helpful to see which months I lost more or less weight
I've been on monjroro,I think about 11 months now

I didn’t have a bypass but did have a sleeve. It was a lifesaver for me. My only regret is I didn’t do it sooner and spent years yo-yoing.

having said that if Mounjaro had been out at the time of my op I probably would have tried that first. I’ve gone from a BMI of 40 to a BMI of 19.5.

My DH had a bypass in July 24 and he has had no ill effects and tbh the surgery was a breeze for him. He’s lost 10st too so between us we’ve lost 20 odd stone.

Wegovy is way cheaper than Mounjaro. The rate of weight loss is slightly less, but not a significant difference. It’s only takes a bit more time on Wegovy to achieve the same results as Mounjaro.

I’ve slowly lost a couple of stone on Mounjaro, it’s taken nearly a year! For the final 🤞 10-14 pounds, I am going to swap to Wegovy, as it’s so much cheaper - yet with similar results.