Rebecca Cain Salpacka

WTG for not giving up. Its not going to be easy, but you will get there and once you have the surgery...you will do amazing.

My first appt is this friday, i was wondering what the timeline might be before surgery, so good to know it can be in the 8 wk range. Was really hoping to have it done on my birthday Mar 26, so maybe it will be possible if not, it will be close . Good luck on your journey and im sure I will see you around on here, as im on here often now.

Good luck with your continued journey. I am meeting with surgeon for first time this friday, so glad to read about the weather and pressure issue, as it is something i will discuss with her. Again, good luck! and wtg on the 44 lbs.

I am a 38 yr old married mom of a 8 yr old son. For years i swore i would never do WL surgery of any kind. Recently I started having back problems, and found out I have 4 bulging discs and 1 herniated. Obvoiusly, any exercise i was doing, came to an almost dead stop when the pain started (this was not from accident or fall, we dont know what exactly caused all the discs to be messed up) I do know tho, that my 200 lbs of excess weight, isnt helping. I currently got my first cortisone injection and its been a miracle...I now can move and exsercise and have been to the gym twice in the week since my injection. I am confident that as long as im not hurting i can workout and lose the weight..but it wont come off as quick, and i can only get so many cortisone injections within a set time. So i need to do the serugery and start getting the weight off, before i hit the limit on the injections and then am hurting again and not moving. I have two friends that did the LB years ago, and both had to do the pre-op diet, but one said was jus a few wks, the other doesnt remember how long, and im reading online everything from a month to 3 months....I hope its the lesser, just because im anxious to get this surgery. I am 5'1 and 356 lbs...fortuantely i dont have HBP or diabetes, cholestoral or any problems like that..but I do have Sleep Apnea..so, im hoping that all of my "owies" and the apnea will be history by at least mid 2013..but i know it can be a slow process even with surgery. I know I will be on here alot before and after surgery, as I am no doubt someone that needs the occasional pat on the back when i do well, but also the kick in the behind when i mess up lol. Thanks and im looking forward to gooing on this journey with you all! Becky

I have a over 150 lbs to lose, and I have read that with Lap Band you dont lose as high of a percentage of your excess weight as you would with bypass, but I am dead set against something so evasive...so I have chosen lap-band. My doc wants the weight off quick because its causing lots of probs with my back and knees..but I am confident that once i get the first 40-50 lbs off, I can keep myself working out and eating the right portions and food choices to get the rest off. Maybe not as quickly but still quicker than If i didnt get the kickstart with the surgery. Reading what most ppl have lost in the first month or two, is very exciting and makes me that much more certain that the LB will work for me! Thanks Becky