I had my GS surgery 2 years ago. Things are much easier now, that first year was literally one of the most challenging of my life. I’ve gone from a size 24 to a size 8 but my honest opinion is you really need to think long and hard about whether this is how you want to spend the rest of your life.
I’d put a lot of research into it and paid £12,000 and have access to all the support I could ever need but nothing could have ever prepared me for just how hard it is. Of course being slim has brought me so much happiness it’s lots of different ways but it’s also caused me lots new problems.
I’ve transferred my addictive behaviours onto other things, first it was spending money, then it was vaping and now it’s alcohol. It’s very well documented that this happens.
2 years down the line I maintain my weight well but I’m still regularly vomiting up my food (my stomach is VERY fussy!) to the point it doesn’t phase me at all, I’m so used to it now, I just throw up and get back to whatever I was doing and cannot tolerate many of the foods I once loved. I eat my food in a small cereal bowl, I can take a few spoonfuls and then I need to stop and go back to it over a few hours, I’m used to eating my food cold now. If I eat out socially I don’t have the luxury of going back to my food, so I tend to eat a starter, I can usually eat half and the rest I give away. I loved food, obviously too much but there’s something quite sad about the extreme decision I needed to make. If anyone reads this and wants to loose a smaller amount of weight that could come off through traditional methods they really do need to consider this is very permanent and yes, of course I can eat meals now but they are really bloody tiny meals and I’m still really hungry most of the time. Best of luck to you in whatever you decide.