debri85

Hi Everyone, I saw my surgeon yesterday and am scheduled for the 5th of April! :laugh I'm so excited! He uses the "Swedish Band" which I'm not familiar with....does anyone know about it? I thought I saw someone who had it in their signature.... I still have a few tests and if all is well it's a go so wish me luck! One funny thing that happened was the dietician asked me how I have dieted and I of course have been on every diet known to man including acupuncture and I told her that the only real success I had was when we could get anphetamines and she rolled her eyes and said that was terrible they could kill you and I just laughed (being the sarcastic one) and said well lets see, I could take a pill everyday for the rest of my life and achieve the same or better results (and I wouldn't be here now) or I can opt to have them open me up, mush around my insides with metal insturments which can puncture something and put a bunch of plastic in me which could, slip, leak, bond to my stomach, be rejected or have wound infections not to mention the risk of having surgery period...gee which one do you think is more attractive if it was available? Even she had to laugh at that......:devious When I saw my surgeon he was sort of leaning toward convincing me to do the bypass but I told him that was more extreme than even I would do... I know it's been said, but I have to say it again...thank you all for sharing your experiences, positive and negative..it makes the decision an informed one instead of a shot in the dark. D

Hi Amber, you are going to be great! One day at a time...that's my battle plan when/if I get mine done next week...you can do it...if you can resist all that tempting food, you can do this....

Thank you all....this is wonderful... I've been doing some research and decided to hell with it...we plan on being here for another couple of years and I'll worry about that leg of follow-up if necessary then.... Ciao for now!

Hello Everyone, I see the surgeon on Monday and was going to wait until then to actually post (in case I got denied for some reason) but I have been using the site for research and I just want to say you are all great and as others have said before me, this site has been a priceless source of information. The impetus for my posting was my concern with the port and sex:lick , I did a search and found the information I'd been looking for....I've been married for 33 years and while it may not be as often as my husband would like, it's still great and I avoid anything that might hinder in any way. So thanks to your openess my last reservation has been addressed...Thank you. I turn 51 in a week my husband and I live and work in the Middle East, I've been looking at this procedure for a couple of years. But was putting it off because there wasn't anyone here to follow-up. We now have a surgeon and a friend of mine had it done about a month ago and doing well. Thanks again and Keep your fingers crossed for me. Deb in Saudi