Re: Needing some help or advice!

[Guest guest]

,

My name is Jennfer, had my surgery when I was 20 and was 300 lbs. It has been a

year latter and I am at 193. it is still a process but considering... it is very

worth it I

would recomend it to you but only if your ready because it is a big change in

you

lifestlye especially if your not the active exercise person (like me) I hate to

exercise

but you have to to keep the weight from plateauing. It's easy in a sence when

you first

have the surgery because many foods you are not able to eat bcause they make you

sick and therefore dont want to, but I notice as the time goes by eating again

becomes easier and easier and having that will power to still say no is the

hardest

because even though your stomach only consumes so little you are now able to eat

more various foods that shold not be in the diet (and guess what? they dont make

you

sick anymore.) Anyways the surgery is a great tool to helping you acheive the

weight

loss that you are looking for but remember the key word TOOL. The rest is up to

you.

About the horror stories you've heard... well thats a risk that you are willing

to take.

I had some problems when I was in the hospital. I developed a High fever and

was

really sick. they had to take me back in to surgery 3 days after the first to

make sure

that I did not have a leak due to the stiches I was in the hospital for 6 days

it was alful

then getting out of the hospital was worse since I was still sick and I was in

alot of

pain from them going back in my stomic throught the prior incisions. After about

a

month in a half everything started getting better and then your focus on your

new

diet.

I was fine from the surgery and it turned out that I developed Herpes due to the

extremely stressful time and that is what caused my fever and the extreme

sickness.

But everyone is different. There were other people in the hospital that had the

surgery

the same day as me and they were fine. 3 days latter they were being sent home

and

they felt great. everyone is different dont worry so much about the horror

stories.

Well hope I did not bore you and I hope that my advice and experience have

helped

you out a little. if you have any questions about anything else just write me .

Good luck

PS I had Blue Cross PPO and My first consultation was december 11th 2002 and

after

all the insurance and approval went through I had my surgery March 17 2003 So

that

was pretty fast. about 4 months (maybe because I deffinatly considered a

canidate for

medical reasons)

> Hello Everyone,

>

> My name is . I am 20 years old and I am from Pittsburgh. I

> was never what you would call super thin, but I always ranged from a

> size 10 to 14. I have done every single diet there is and failed. In

> the past three years, I have gained 120 pounds and found myself

> wearing a size 20. My weight consumes everyday of my life. I am

> young and I don't think that I can live everyday of my life

> struggling with this. I have in the past month been vigoriously

> researching gastric bypass and the gastric band. In all, I have

> found that the most success rate is with the bypass. Basically, I

> need some feed back. I have a consultation appointment on the 27th

> with the first doctor and have yet to hear from the other. I am just

> scared and have heard some real horror stories. I need to hear that

> it is worth it, because I really do believe that it is and have

> never wanted something so bad in my life. Other question that I have

> are how long it usually takes to have it done as far as from your

> first appointment and if anyone has Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield,

> how they are with coverage.

> I would greatly appreciate it. My email address is natd842@t...

>

> Thank You,

>

[Guest guest]

That was a wonderful response to her. I just want to add that I

see, even here, that too many people think they can simply go into

an operating room and wake and everything is easy. It sounds like

many people believe they can have the surgery and continue to eat

and not exercise and they will be magically smaller and healthier.

It simply is not the case and there IS no magical cure like that I

would have gotten into THAT line...

> > Hello Everyone,

> >

> > My name is . I am 20 years old and I am from Pittsburgh.

I

> > was never what you would call super thin, but I always ranged

from a

> > size 10 to 14. I have done every single diet there is and

failed. In

> > the past three years, I have gained 120 pounds and found myself

> > wearing a size 20. My weight consumes everyday of my life. I am

> > young and I don't think that I can live everyday of my life

> > struggling with this. I have in the past month been vigoriously

> > researching gastric bypass and the gastric band. In all, I have

> > found that the most success rate is with the bypass. Basically,

I

> > need some feed back. I have a consultation appointment on the

27th

> > with the first doctor and have yet to hear from the other. I am

just

> > scared and have heard some real horror stories. I need to hear

that

> > it is worth it, because I really do believe that it is and have

> > never wanted something so bad in my life. Other question that I

have

> > are how long it usually takes to have it done as far as from

your

> > first appointment and if anyone has Anthem Blue Cross Blue

Shield,

> > how they are with coverage.

> > I would greatly appreciate it. My email address is natd842@t...

> >

> > Thank You,

> >

[Guest guest]

, There are 2237 members here, and not too may report

disasterous results. A few had a rough few days to start, but I think

the surgery goes pretty smoothly for the majority of us. There is

always going to be risks with any surgery. My take is I was going to

die from diabetes or a heart attack decreasing my life span, so this

surgery was going to save my life. My advice is to read everything.

Listen to what the doctors say, ask alot of questions. The answer if

this surgery is right for you will reveal itself. Good luck, Janet

> Hello Everyone,

>

> My name is . I am 20 years old and I am from Pittsburgh. I

> was never what you would call super thin, but I always ranged from

a

> size 10 to 14. I have done every single diet there is and failed.

In

> the past three years, I have gained 120 pounds and found myself

> wearing a size 20. My weight consumes everyday of my life. I am

> young and I don't think that I can live everyday of my life

> struggling with this. I have in the past month been vigoriously

> researching gastric bypass and the gastric band. In all, I have

> found that the most success rate is with the bypass. Basically, I

> need some feed back. I have a consultation appointment on the 27th

> with the first doctor and have yet to hear from the other. I am

just

> scared and have heard some real horror stories. I need to hear that

> it is worth it, because I really do believe that it is and have

> never wanted something so bad in my life. Other question that I

have

> are how long it usually takes to have it done as far as from your

> first appointment and if anyone has Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield,

> how they are with coverage.

> I would greatly appreciate it. My email address is natd842@t...

>

> Thank You,

>