MGB - questions and answers

[Guest guest]

This has been an enlightening two days to read the posts on this list

and the post op list. This surgery is serious business! This is not

said to scare anyone. Just be informed. I am now nine days post op

and it is getting better. Someone asked on an earlier post who

the " new post op " was......... Holley. I had surgery on the

20th and it was difficult! Please feel free to e-mail me privately

if you have any questions. I know I needed the surgery and had to

have the surgery but that still does not take away the pain or

suffering getting there. Hopefully, I will be feeling as well as the

other post ops and it will be a whole new world for me! Hello to all

the post ops I met the week of surgery :-)

Holley

sville, Virginia

pre-op clinic: 345

post-op clinic: 332

[Guest guest]

Hi , my name is and I just saw an ad on MGB. I'm considering the

operation. I'd appreciate anything you can tell me. You say you're in pain,

I'd like to ask how long are you in pain and how much pain are you in? I'd

greatly appreciate hearing from you, and if you can think of anything that

you think I should know please tell me. Thanks

[Guest guest]

Dear ,

It is a very serious step, this WLS decision, MGB or other. And I, like many

others, found the first 2 months, give or take, to be quite trying for a

variety of reasons. You are in this group with some excellent company! I

believe, though, that you will do well and soon will begin to believe that

the light at the end of this tunnel is NOT an incoming train! In other

words, it really does get better. I will be 2 months post MGB on the 3rd of

January. Finally, I can get further than 20 feet from my bathroom! Finally

I alone can not provide the gas to heat my world! Finally I can eat real food

and have a tummy that stays quiet! Our problems are different, but all seem

to resolve within the 2 month time-frame.

Keep your chin up, it will be OK. Better than OK. If I can help. . .

PhillyJude