Re: Good Morning Everyong!

[Guest guest]

Dear Diane, Welcome to the family. How many words of encouragement would you

like? Here, right here on this site, there are millions. You have found a

wonderful place with wonderful folks abounding. Ask your questions.

Guaranteed, you'll get lots of answers and support. Good luck to you in your

effort to have a better life. You deserve it, right?

Do all the research that you need to know what surgery you want, and then go

for it. It has changed so many lives, and the vast majority for the better.

I am too new to offer much help; but in spirit I support you.

All my best, Judy

MGB 11-3-00

[Guest guest]

go to www.obesityhelp.com it has names of insurance companies fron every

state, what patients had done and what was approved or not and the struggles

if any, that the person went through...i went there about a month ago anf if

i'm not mistaken i say that insurance on the website... hope this helps

mgb january hopeful

calissa

>From: NDGross123@...

>Reply-To: MiniGastricBypass (AT) egroups (DOT) com

>To: <MiniGastricBypass (AT) egroups (DOT) com>

>Subject: Good Morning Everyong!

>Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2000 09:34:31 EST

>

>My name is Diane and I live in upper east Tennessee. I am strongly

>considering this surgery. I have read Dr. R's website until I know exactly

>where everything is by heart. I have Aetna Healthcare POS. Does anyone have

>any experience with them? If so, what was the outcome? I am nervous but

>excited too. I know this will truly change my life. Currently I am 5 " 7' and

>weigh 315 lbs. Any words of encouragement?

>Thanks, Diane

>(Possible Pre-op)

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Diane,

I know that you are concerned about this surgery, You should be! This is

a major surgery, the risks and complications are there..You will be

under anesthesia so there are risks from being under.. Anytime you are

put under there are risks..Anytime, your body is invaded, there are

risks..

The amazing things that I found when doing my research is that most of

the mgb surgeries take about an average of 45 minutes. Many have been as

little as 30 minutes. With the lap RNY, how long are you under? 2-4

hours?

With the open--4-6 hours. I have a very good friend that went under the

knife for tummy tuck and lipo and was in surgery 7 hours. So, In my

mind, I think, less time under COULD mean less complications.

Another thing, the other complications--bile reflux? I found a lady that

had liposuction and a tummy tuck and developed bile reflux. Many people

have bile reflux and never had any surgery.

Also, check out the rny's and the other gastric bypasses and see for

yourself that there are alot of complications with all of the WLS.

Not just the mgb has complications, all of them do.

You may come to the conclusion all by yourself, by doing the research

and by talking with a lot of wls patients, that the mgb may be for you

or it may not. One amazing site is the AMOS site, (association for

morbid obesity surgery), I found many many people that have had all

sorts of wls, and I read their stories and wrote emails back and forth

with them. They helped me so much. Their stories are a true inspiration

for anyone researching weight loss surgery (wls). Also, use the search

mgb site, you put in key word and many, many letters appear.. The search

tab is up top on the right, on the main mgb page.

The main point that I want to make is that all surgeries have risks and

complications and they can all lead to death. YOU must make up your own

mind and be sure of yourself and your decision before you go any

further.

Read whatever you can find. Search the web for all of the weight loss

surgeries. You can find bile and acid reflux under the gastrointestinal

section of most of the medical pages. Read 's letters, whatever it

takes to make an informed decision.

I know what you are going through. I have been in your shoes. I got so

excited about this that all I could think about was the mgb, how do I

get it.

Then one day, wrote me, she did scare me. I thought my mind was

already made up. I thought, why am I doing this now. But that is when I

decided that I would not listen to anyone until I did research. I sent

a few letters out to dear friends and family and asked for their help.

They would send me info and where to find it, and I would stay up nights

and read, read , read. I finally decided that I had enough info, I

weighed all aspects of weight loss surgeries and decided that if, I

was going through with this, that the MGB was the only choice for me.

I am not trying to sway you either way, the mgb is my choice. It may not

be the right choice for you. I came to my conclusion after 3 years of

considering it and after about 9 months seriously considering it and

after about 2 long months of researching it..

Who knows what our future holds for us, only God knows. What I do know

is that I am miserable with all this weight and I have tried so many

times unsuccessfully to lose weight. I want to live a healthy life, My

hopes and dreams and prayers are that with the MGB I will have a chance

to be a healthy person. If for some reason, I am one of the ones that

have complications, I will handle them then. I am willing to risk my

unhealthy life to have a healthy life..

By the way, I will be having the MGB done on December 15th.

I know, you are thinking, dang she did not help at all, but I hope I did

help you realize that this is YOUR DECISION, do your research, find what

you need to find for your heart and mind to be satisfied.

Wishing you luck in your research,

in Ga

I use dogpile as my search engine and it brings up alot of info..

[Guest guest]

Great reply, . Nothing more you can do or say. PhillyJude MGB 11-3-00

[Guest guest]

WOW! That's encouraging. I hope to get them to pay " in-network " benefits if

possible. Diane :0)

[Guest guest]

- I know I want to have WLS. And I have done so much research. I have

not stopped looking online for facts and articles. I am so excited about it

too. The only thing that concerns me is an article I found someplace. It was

talking about how the MGB was a ressurected version of the old loop. Is this

true? I've read some things on Dr. R's site that says it's not the " loop " ,

but he doesn't really say what it is. I apologize for all the questions. I

want this so badly. As I know all of you other pre-op's do. This will

definitely change my life. And how I am ready for it. Thanks for listening,

Diane :0)

[Guest guest]

I went to the site but didn't see how I could get the information that you

are talking about. Do you have to sign in first?

Good Morning Everyong!

>>Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2000 09:34:31 EST

>>

>>My name is Diane and I live in upper east Tennessee. I am strongly

>>considering this surgery. I have read Dr. R's website until I know exactly

>>where everything is by heart. I have Aetna Healthcare POS. Does anyone

have

>>any experience with them? If so, what was the outcome? I am nervous but

>>excited too. I know this will truly change my life. Currently I am 5 " 7'

and

>>weigh 315 lbs. Any words of encouragement?

>>Thanks, Diane

>>(Possible Pre-op)

>>

>>

>>