Surgery Scheduled for August 12!

[Guest guest]

Hi everyone,

I'm so nervous and excited (anxious?) for my upcoming surgery. It's something

I've wanted for quite some time. My aunt had a gastric sleeve by Dr. Aceves in

2009, and she highly recommended his services. She's also going to accompany me

on my trip.

I'm going with the lap-band. I found a doctor that lives only and hour away

that will do fills for patients who had their surgery in Mexico. That was

pretty reassuring.

I've dieted, but could never diet for more than a few months at a time without

falling off the wagon. I can be so insatiable at times, and I hope the lap band

will control my hunger (and I like that it's refillable).

Part of me thinks I should try harder with dieting. I am 23, so my metabolism

should be salvageable at this point. But, part of me knows that my dieting will

just end in failure. I've been obese most of my life (since I was 10 years

old), and I'm hovering around 220 lbs and I hate it. My boyfriend thinks I'm

beautiful the size I am (he's a very sweet guy), but I don't want to be over 200

lbs anymore.

I've wanted to have this procedure done for years, and now that it's happening

I'm nervous. Is it normal to get some second thoughts? I don't want to back

out, though. I'm tired of being the fat girl.

Thanks for reading

Kala

[Guest guest]

This is great. Can I ask why you would have a lapband when your Aunt had a Sleeve???? Please read some of the post that have been around the couple days and here what they are saying about the lapband and all the problems they had; and they all say they wished they would have had the sleeve surgery.

Suzanne

In a message dated 7/19/2011 8:37:57 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, kalars88@... writes: