alley-gator

I totally know its a safe surgery with less complications then most others. I know all of the logical things that you great ladies have told me are true but that doesnt stop the irrational part of your brain from being scared.

I've had 13 surgeries to date, and 1 was abdominal which was gallbladder. Of all my surgeries that was the hardest...I ended right back up in the er a few hours later, sick as a dog. Maybe that plays into my fear, knowing I have to deal with that again. The gas pain is absolutely terrible for me. I am sure many of us say that!

To answer your question Pandora... It isn't the band procedure or plication that is freaking me out. I chose the banded plication because while bypass and sleeve are just too drastic for me, I am totally fine having a few stitches thrown in. In fact, I like that in many cases bandster hell can be eliminated because of the instant restriction it creates. Also it lessens the chance of a slip, and I like that.

I saw a post earlier about intense vomiting and the band....that does worry me, as I do get bugs/flu and get pretty intense vomiting at times. Do you just get an unfilled or....? How hard can you really vomit before causing a slip?

So I am new here, but know after much research I am doing lap band with plication. Tonight I went to my seminar even though I already made my choice, and she said that the death rates were 1 in 2000. I know that sometimes these surgeries are performed on very sick, end of the line patients who need help and that skews the numbers, but this really freaks me out. I am still going to go through with surgery after my 6 month diet is over, but 1/2000 feels like a huge risk to take . I really don't want to leave my family behind, I mean, isn't that the reason we are doing this to begin with?

It doesn't help that I had a dream a couple nights ago that I the grimm reaper came down and got my soul from surgery and I died.

Ugh, I know its responsible to know the risk, but I almost wish I didnt!

Anali welcome! I am fairly new here too, but have been reading everthing I could get my hands on, and making calls like crazy! If you are self pay, I bet you could get it done by august. If you are using insurance, it depends on your plan. Some insurances have a 6 month diet you have to do before the surgery, some don't. If they do ( like mine, and I am just starting!) Then obviously it will be after that. Boo! However I've seen some self pays get it done very quickly!

You ladies need to get on soulcysters.com, its a great pcos informational/ support sire for pcos. It has a whole forum on infertility where you can educate yourselves.

Any obgyn that tells you that you can't get pregnant from ivf is completely full of it and sending you down a needlessly expensive, emotionally tramatic path. Some people with pcos do need ivf, especially if they have male factor infertility as well, but most do not, and for a obgyn to state that is ridiculous and uneducated and really upsets me. I did infertility treatment for a few years and after some weight loss, drugs and iui was able to concieve. Just like most women with pcos can. Are their always those who cant? Sure. But many many more women with pcos can use metformin/ drugs/iui or even just timed intercourse to concieve. But for a doctor to say that's your only recourse is ridiculous and, in my opinion, means that they want the money etc that would go hand in hand with ivf.

And if your obgyn can't diagnose pcos, you need to find a new one because that doctor is a retard. Any obgyn out there should be able to diagnose and treat it. Some even do infertility treatment for it, but some send you to a reproductive endocrinologist to help you get pregnant.

That being said, I don't know how the band will effect my pcos, I have a consult in July for it and think I will get the band with plication done. I am hoping it improves me pcos drastically and makes me much healthier for my next pregnancy.

Hello ladies, I am so glad I found this thread, and I will look for the other one too. I have pcos and am going to a seminar next wed...my insurance does a great job of covering the band and fills. I have a lot to learn about the band although I have been researching like crazy but even with all the info I knew having pcos would make this band different for me than someone without it. The only time I've ever been successful losing weight during infertility treatment to get pregnant(now have an awesome little guy) but since then I have gained that and more back, of course like we always do. So I am pretty much just starting this journey and appreciate so much that you have shared your tips & experiences for me to learn from!

It's polycystic ovarian syndrome. It messes with your hormones, especially insulin, big time. It basically makes your body store everything as fat, and it won't let anything go. My doctor said that basically I have to work hard enough to lose 5 lbs, but I will really only lose 1 with all that work. That's why I truly feel like I need the help of the band- its next to impossible with this disease. It also causes infertility, which is why we had to do infertility treatment to get pregnant. We now have a 14 month old son.

Yeah for sure! Although I don't envy the cash you'll spend I do envy you not having to deal with all of the insurance b.s. its not fun and I have only just scratched the surface!

I am sort of hoping that I end up losing a fantastic amount of weight on the preop diet, but I think that's unlikely. I have pcos so its ridiculously hard for me to lose weight at all.

My husband Tyler is skinny as they come so he is supportive but can't really step into my shoes.

I am in slc, I am just going to a seminar this week with Dr. Volckmann at the u of u... Anyone know anything about him?? I am nervous and excited about starting the journey.

Shelley I am going to the seminar next week, and since my insurance requires the 6 month medical diet that puta me about December. I have done tons of research & am fairly certain that I want to be banded. I assume you are doing the 6 month diet as well, to be all the way into December?