Re: son's wls

[Guest guest]

Depending on where you are from, I would go see a specialist in this area of

surgery.. For me, I am having the surgery in Burlington, VT, and the

surgeon is Dr. Laurie Spaulding.

Your son will not only have the surgeon, but also a dietician and a

psychiatrist. If the doctor hasn't mentioned it already, your son may have

to go for a sleep study for sleep apnea (one of the clues is if your son

snores alot when he sleeps, and if he sleeps alot during the day, and

doesn't have any energy). Each member of the " team " will explain things

very thoroughly.

Lori

lpeters6@...

son's wls

> hi everyone, my son and i are new to this whole thing and have a few

> questions for anyone who has already done it. My son is 18 and has

> been heavy {but gorgeous} most of his young life. He has juvenile

> degeneratve disc disease, arthritis in his back and a possible

> ruptured disc {he's having a myelogram in a few days to find out for

> sure because he won't fit in the mri tube}. He weighs over 350 we

> don't know how much over cause that's as high as the drs scale

> goes.His back surgeon is making him do the wls because he says he

> can't fix his back until he fixes his weight. he wants to know if u

> can feel the staples in your stomach, if you dont eat when u get

> hungry do u get sick, if u have to eat every 15 minutes, and

> generally anything u can tell him to ease his fears. He has a lot to

> worry about with his pain and back stuff and i don't want him to have

> to wait for his class on wls to find out the things he is most

> worried about. Thanks, Boo's mom

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[Guest guest]

Hi.

Can I make another suggestion? As well as seeing the doctor (very

important also check your area for a support group. I am pre op

myself, but between the doctor's session and going to the group

meetings, I have learned alot and am able to hear from people who

have gone thru this before me (both the + and - of it). Good luck to

him and his wls journey.

In Gastric_Bypass_Family , " nonnie28610 "

<nonnie28610@y...> wrote:

> hi everyone, my son and i are new to this whole thing and have a

few

> questions for anyone who has already done it. My son is 18 and has

> been heavy {but gorgeous} most of his young life. He has juvenile

> degeneratve disc disease, arthritis in his back and a possible

> ruptured disc {he's having a myelogram in a few days to find out

for

> sure because he won't fit in the mri tube}. He weighs over 350 we

> don't know how much over cause that's as high as the drs scale

> goes.His back surgeon is making him do the wls because he says he

> can't fix his back until he fixes his weight. he wants to know if

u

> can feel the staples in your stomach, if you dont eat when u get

> hungry do u get sick, if u have to eat every 15 minutes, and

> generally anything u can tell him to ease his fears. He has a lot

to

> worry about with his pain and back stuff and i don't want him to

have

> to wait for his class on wls to find out the things he is most

> worried about. Thanks, Boo's mom