Eva Aycock

What lap band lawsuit?

@Eva Aycock - I had VSG in August 2016. (I didn't have a band prior.) I was 55 when I had my surgery and staring down dual knee replacement because I'm bone on bone in both knees. I'm down 82 pounds. I'm training to run a 5k in 4 weeks. When I started training 4 weeks ago, I was "running" (that's a charitable description of what I was doing) a 15+ minute mile. Yesterday, I ran a 12:09 first mile.
I was scared, too. I had never been through any of this before. I had no complications with the sleeve, so I can't speak to DS, but I can say it was the best decision I have made in my life (after deciding to marry my hubby and have kids). I feel 10-15 years younger.
I was in the hospital overnight. I had my surgery on a Tuesday, was home by 3 Wednesday afternoon. I'm a desk jockey who works in the office 2 days a week and from home the rest of the time, but was back at my desk on Monday. I was back at the gym in a week after surgery doing cardio on a recumbent bike.
Assuming you have no other health issues which would make you a risk for anesthesia, I would think you'll be ok. I know its scary and its ok to be scary -- but isn't the thought of dying young due to obesity frightening, too.
Wishing you all the best on your journey.

Hi! First post here. Next Thursday will be exactly 4 mos from my DS surgery date. Since that date I have lost 46 pounds from my SW of 261.4. While that is more than I have been able to do on my own, I feel like I am not losing at the same percentage/rate that many WLS patients who are members on my surgeon's face book page--and they had surgeries that typically lose less than DS! (shoutout I the other Rex in Raleigh patients, woot woot). Some had their surgery around my date and weighed very close to me and already have busted the 100 club wide open. I'm exceedingly happy for them, but it makes me feel like my surgery is not as successful and fuels the fear that I will still be a fat girl after all of this. Hitting my goals 95% of the time so I feel confident in that. I've made so many positive changes and yes I have had a bite of pizza or a Coke once or twice, but it's not the norm for me by a long shot and mainly I just had them to see how they affected me (no effect whatsoever). In any event one Coke in 6 months is not going to reduce my comparative percentage loss that much. Ok so I have poured out my soul, what have y'all experienced in terms of rate of weight loss? Please don't tell me everyone is different, I know that, but I also know that many others lose at rate higher than mine...in fact, everyone that I have ever met at has had the surgery has lost at a higher rate than me. I'm getting discouraged...

Looks like surgery in April
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